With the loss of his wife, only two and one half years earlier, and the tragedy abounding in his own country, on Christmas day, in 1863, he tried desperately to reflect on the joys of the season.

The California indie pop act shot a video for its rendition of “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” and Billboard has the exclusive premiere. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and ...

A reader recommends one for the day: I’m really enjoying the Christmas songs series and wanted to point you to John Gorka’s sublime take on “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.” ...

It may not be as popular as "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," but “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” is a holiday classic. In case you need a refresher, here’s Bing Crosby’s rendition ...

Dad’s favorite Christmas hymn was, “I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day,” because his service during the war had made the words even more meaningful to him. I think of him every year when this song is ...

On Dec. 25 of that year, he wrote from his Cambridge home, “I Hear the Bells on Christmas Day,” addressing the horrors of the Civil War. However, when it was put to music several years later ...

I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, and mild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of ...

“I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” based on an 1863 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is a truly unusual Christmas song. Instead of the expected Christmas joy and mirth, the lyric forms a ...

On Christmas ... for the present day. Then, as each of us should do, he turned his thoughts to the one who solves all problems. From his pen flowed..... "Then pealed the bells more loud and ...