Joy to the World

Name: Joy to the World
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SKU: 9781739417833
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Celebrating the Stories Behind the World's Best-loved Christmas Songs and the People who Made them Famous

By Carrie Grant and David Grant and Carrie Grant & David Grant and Revd Carrie Grant

Brief Description

What does Christmas mean to you? Angels from the realms of glory? Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Rocking around the Christmas tree? Whatever you love best about Christmas, this delightful gift book is sure to kindle memories of Christmases gone by. It will also inspire... Read More

Format: Hardback

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Joy to the World

$47⁹⁹

From popular carols to classic pop songs, this colourful gift book is for all who love Christmas and the music that comes with it.

From popular carols to classic pop songs, this colourful gift book is for all who love Christmas and the music that comes with it.

Description

What does Christmas mean to you?

Angels from the realms of glory?

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire?

Rocking around the Christmas tree?

Whatever you love best about Christmas, this delightful gift book is sure to kindle memories of Christmases gone by. It will also inspire you with the hope, love and joy that's at the heart of the Christmas message.

From traditional carols to contemporary pop classics, award-winning broadcasters Carrie and David Grant explore more than sixty of the world's best-loved Christmas songs - including fascinating anecdotes about the making of the songs, the people who wrote them, and the amazing singers and musicians who made them famous.

Contents

1 Songs from long ago

Including: Ding Dong! Merrily on High, O Come all Ye Faithful and The Holly and the Ivy

2 Best-loved carols

Including: Away in a Manger, In the Bleak Mid Winter and Silent Night

3 Holiday songs

Including: Let it Snow! White Christmas and Winter Wonderland

4 Time to party!

Including: Merry Xmas Everybody, Rocking Around the Christmas Tree and Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer

6 Friends and family

Including: All I Want for Christmas is You, Feliz Navidad and Last Christmas

7 Songs for the world

Including: Do They Know it's Christmas?, Happy Xmas (War is Over) and When a Child is Born

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781739417833

Publisher: SPCK Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 21 August 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Lion Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 208

Collections

Arts & Culture Carrie Grant Carrie Grant & David Grant David Grant Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality Revd Carrie Grant

About the Author

Carrie Grant & David Grant (Author) Revd Carrie Grant MBE and David Grant MBE are BAFTA award-winning broadcasters, vocal coaches, leadership coaches and pastors. Their TV and music career has spanned more than 40 years, from having numerous hit records to appearing on BBC’s Fame Academy, Pop Idol, The One Show and Songs of Praise. They have lived and breathed music their whole lives and have worked with many of the world’s leading singers, musicians and songwriters. Philip Law (In-House Editor) Philip Law is Publishing Director for SPCK and Lion Books. His previous books include The One Hour Bible (SPCK, 2018), A Time to Pray: 365 classic prayers to help you through the year (Lion, 2002) and The SPCK Book of Christian Prayer (SPCK/Crossroad, 1995/ 2009). He is also a contributor to the 6th edition of The Lion Handbook to the Bible (Lion, 2025).