Personalized Gifts for All Seasons - Music & Lyrics for Every Season

When it comes to Holiday Music, Christmas steals the show. There are a vast number of Christmas songs, both religious and secular.

But what about all the other holidays? Don't we get an opportunity to listen to seasonal music meant for other times of the year besides December? Of course we do, and you'll find that music right here on this site.

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Let's start at the beginning - New Year's Day.

Since New Year's Day is so close to Christmas, it is generally rolled right in to the "holiday season." But it does have one outstanding song of its very own: Auld Lang Syne.

Most people know the tune, and maybe a few of the words, but the full lyrics, of which there are several versions, are known by only a few.

It is an old Scottish verse written in the 1700s by Robert Burns. It is from an earlier form of English and loosely translated means, "times gone by."

Lot's of love songs are played around Valentine's Day, February 14. But Rodgers and Hart's My Funny Valentine (lyrics) is its unofficial theme song. It has been sung by innumerable artists, including Barbara Streisand and Frank Sinatra.

When we think of Valentine's Day, we invariably think of that cute little devilish imp, Cupid. There are also some songs written in his honor. More than one are called, simply enough, Cupid. Sam Cooke did one famous rendition (lyrics) .

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According to Wilstar's Holiday World, the St. Patrick's Day page garners the most single-day page views of any holiday. It's amazing there aren't more songs dedicated to it.

There are, however, many Irish songs. And the one sung most often on St. Paddy's day would have to be Danny Boy (lyrics). It's an old Irish folk song, but several modern singers have performed renditions of it, including Roger Whitaker, Elvis Presley, and Harry Connick, Jr.

Other Irish folk songs sung on St. Patrick's Day include When Irish Eyes are Smiling (lyrics), and My Wild Irish Rose.

Easter is the most sacred of the Christian Holidays. Since it always falls on Sunday, it was never made an official U.S. holiday.

There are lots of religious songs with Easter, or the Resurrection, as the main theme. But there are also some fun secular songs about this holiday's non-religious side: that of Easter bunnies and Easter eggs, etc.

Here Comes Peter Cottontail (lyrics) is an old children's song that is still popular at Easter time today. Another fun song is Irving Berlin's Easter Parade (lyrics).

The phone company claims that there are more phone calls made on Mother's Day than on any other day of the year. Perhaps sons are calling their moms to sing them that old traditional standby of Mother's Day songs, Howard Johnson's M-O-T-H-E-R (poem).

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Memorial Day, although a legal U.S. holiday, is more typically observed as a somber occasion. Once called Decoration Day, and used to commemorate the Civil War dead, it now commonly is a time of remembrance for all those who have passed on.

There are no celebratory songs, but most military-style ceremonies usually include the playing of Taps. Click the link at left for a striking MIDI rendition.

Fathers have had many songs written about them over the years. Some of them have become hits.

Eric Clapton sang My Father's Eyes (lyrics), for example. And don't forget that Holly Dunn favorite, Daddy's Hands (lyrics).

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The Fourth of July has more songs associated with it than any other holiday besides Christmas. However, most of the songs were not written for or about the day itself, they're simply songs of patriotism.

God Bless America, My Country 'Tis of Thee, and American the Beautiful are all traditional patriotic songs we've all known since childhood. Lee Greenwood's God Bless the USA and Moe Bandy's Americana (lyrics) are more recent additions to the patriotic repertoire.

And many patriotic tunes don't even have lyrics. John Philip Sousa's Liberty Bell March is an example.

Labor Day isn't a big holiday to sing about. There are probably no songs specifically written for the day itself. But there are some songs about people laboring. From Roy Clark's, I Never Picked Cotton to Tennessee Earnie Ford's famous rendition of Sixteen Tons (lyrics), there have been songs written about the working class.

Halloween is one of those truly fun holidays, especially if you're a kid. But adults seem to enjoy it, too.

There are a few songs written about Halloween. Bobby "Boris" Pickett's Monster Mash (lyrics) is an example. And then there is the song from the movie Nightmare Before Christmas called This is Halloween.

Veteran's Day, once called Armistice Day to commemorate the end of World War I, now is a legal holiday that honors all American war veterans.

When Johnny Comes Marching Home was one of the songs to come out of World War I. The MIDI tunes on this page are from the five branches of the Armed Services: The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard.

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Thanksgiving is the only codependent holiday. It is a legal holiday that is officially the fourth Thursday in November. The day after Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season.

But it does have one or two songs that are associated with it more so than with Christmas. We Gather Together is a traditional song of thanks that goes good with this day.

And who doesn't remember singing Over the River and Through the Woods (lyrics) as a kid, especially if you really were on your way to Grandma's house?

And that brings us to Christmas, the holiday that has the most songs written about it.

Christmas is another schizophrenic holiday. It's a Christian observance, but it's also a very popular secular holiday. In fact, it's the only Christian holiday that is recognized as a legal holiday by the U.S. Congress.

Christmas songs are innumerable. And new ones are written every year by many current artists.

The MIDI tunes on this page are mostly traditional Christmas songs, some secular and some religious.

Have a good listening experience, and happy holidays, whichever holiday you're interested in!

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