Weihnachtslieder & Christmas Carols

It is probably fair to say that most Americans are not very familiar with popular music from Germany — aside from Kraftwerk, Nena, Scorpions, Rammstein, Nina Hagen and maybe some Krautrock bands. Once a year, however, that changes.

No matter where you go during the month of December, you will likely hear Christmas tunes blasting from the speakers. Many of these festive tunes that have become ingrained into our musical DNA since childhood are actually German, or at least come from a German-speaking background. Let’s take a look at some of the season’s favorites which really make for cross-cultural holiday entertainment.

Read the rest of this article at my blog on Chattarati.

But before you keep reading over there listen to some great interpretations of holiday hits by two of my favorites: Ray Charles and Götz Alsmann.