Christmas music a version by American "a capella" group Pentatonix which had already been released on their Christmas album shortly before Cohen's death, were added into Christmas music playlists on radio stations in the United States and Canada. Christmas songs introduced in theater, television, and film include "White Christmas" from "Holiday Inn" (1942), "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), and "Silver Bells" in "The Lemon Drop Kid" (1950). Some musical films have been set around Christmas time, and because of that some of the songs are popular during the holiday season, including: A popular form
Merry Christmas with Love (song) Merry Christmas with Love (song) "Merry Christmas with Love" is a Christmas song by Greg Wayne Davis and Billy Smiley. The song was first recorded by Sandi Patty, then known as Sandi Patti, for her 1983 Christmas album "The Gift Goes On". More recently, it was recorded by Clay Aiken as the title track of his 2004 Christmas album "Merry Christmas with Love" It is a song about an older woman who is alone for Christmas and has given up hope for being happy, when a group of carolers comes to cheer her up by singing, "Merry Christmas with love."