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Featured music:

“Sing We Noel” by Found Wandering from the album “On a Christmas Night”

Background music:

“We Wish You A Merry Christmas” by the United States Marine Band from “Holiday Music Selections” (from the Free Music Archive)

“We Wish You a Merry Christmas” by Jason Shaw (from Audionautix.com)

“We Wish You a Merry Christmas” by The Manor House String Quartet from “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and Other Carols”

“Sing We (Merrily on High & Now of Christmas)” by Frank Carter from the album “Christmas Cheer”

More information:

Patheos delves into the Happy vs. Merry conundrum. Hello Giggles’ take on the same thing. And so does Wonderopolis.