Sleigh Bells Ring, and We're Listening: Holiday Songs Draw Us Closer Together
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 14:01
in Mathematics & Economics
There's a reason why Christmas carols start filling the air before we have polished off the last pieces of our Halloween candy. Craving a sense of community and drawn to ritual, we welcome the return of seasonal music, even if the calendar says we have several weeks to go before Dec. 25, according to Jeffrey Sharkey, director of the Peabody Institute at The Johns Hopkins University.