12 Days of Christmas Music: Day 12

I love Christmas music and classical music--fortunately, they often cross paths. There are wonderful pieces everyone associates with Christmas like Handel's incredible Messiah (of which only the first third is really about Christmas) and Tchaikovsky's delightful The Nutcracker (which has almost nothing to do with Christmas and was also the source of my childhood nightmares). Nothing against these--I especially love Messiah--but I wanted to share some other findings that may aid you in your quest to make sure Christmas doesn't get canceled.
So to kick it off on Day 12--Bach's jubilant Christmas Oratorio!




If you like this music, Bach also wrote lots of other Christmas cantatas (including numbers 1, 40, 63, 65, 110, 121, 191, and the joyous Magnificat).