“The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!”

Next to Jesus Christ and “love,” Christmas is probably the most popular theme for music.  For most Americans, Christmas has been, as the song says, “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!”  But why is this so?

I will tip my hat to the purist who complains that Christmas is commercialized and secularized.  This is certainly and disappointingly true, but I would like to suggest that there is still more to the holiday than the commercials; and it is possible to use the season to promote the message that Christmas should communicate to the nation which it desperately needs at a time such as now.