(CNN) -- What is it about Christmas music that enters our very souls, calms us and even gets us to do things that are right for humanity? This music even has the ability to make us like our old Aunt Emily. If there were a marketing campaign for Christmas, it would be the most successful campaign ever devised. Paintings of angels protecting sheep or a masterly rendition of the manger scene certainly evoke emotion. Then there's a good Christmas story. In 1843, Charles Dickens gave us "A Christmas Carol." This literary gift had the power to make us actually give a farthing or two to the needy.
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Bruce Morrow says nothing stirs emotions as powerfully as Christmas songs do
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He points out the various tunes: Classic carols, religious music, silly songs for kids
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"Cousin Brucie" points out that many seasonal tunes have nothing to do with the holidays
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Morrow says magic of the holiday lies in the security of home, family, friends
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