Joy to the World: Celebrating the world’s best-loved Christmas songs and the people who made them famous

By Carrie Grant and David Grant

What does Christmas mean to you?

'Angels from the realms of glory'?
'Chestnuts roasting on an open fire'?
'Rocking around the Christmas tree'?

In this joyful and surprising collection, award-winning broadcasters and musicians Carrie and David Grant open the songbook of Christmas - from ancient carols to modern chart-toppers.

With behind-the-scenes stories, personal memories, and reflections on the hope at the heart of the season, this beautiful gift book will help you hear these songs in a whole new way - and remind you why they matter more than ever.

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

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lion Books
• Release date: Aug 21, 2025
• ISBN: 9781739417840

Carrie Grant

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. Carrie and David have been married for 36 years and have four children.

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