Now why is it that so many of us do indeed have such an affinity with Christmas music? Well, Rosie Axon, the Director and Founder of Chiltern Music Therapy, explainer that a meaningful piece of music, such as a Christmas song, tends to have an impact on mood.
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00:00Now, why is it that so many of us do indeed have such an affinity for Christmas music?
00:07Well, Rosie Axon, the director and founder of Chilton Music Therapy, explained that a
00:12meaningful piece of music, such as a Christmas song, tends to have an impact on mood.
00:17And it seems that songs which tend to strike a chord at Christmastime can have certain
00:23similarities.
00:24According to an article by the Washington Post, it was reported that the best performing
00:28Christmas tunes usually have short, repetitive lyrics and standard holiday themes.
00:33Joe Bennett, professor of musicology at Berklee College of Music, analysed the lyrics of UK
00:39Spotify's Top 200 streams from Christmas week in 2016 and found 78 were holiday songs.
00:46The lyrics of those 78 fell into a few thematic categories.
00:50The categories on these lyric themes included Home, Santa, Being in Love and Snow.