Stories Behind the Greatest Hits of Christmas – eBook

Ace Collins is almost a household name. His many books have sold tens of thousands of copies and have become treasured family classics–read and enjoyed by young and old alike.

In his latest book, Collins reveals the stories behind the greatest hits of Christmas, all the songs your readers know by heart and have welcomed into their lives and families for generations. But how many know who wrote them, any why?

For example, everyone knows, "The Christmas Song" (sometimes called "Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire". But how many know that jazz great Mel Torme wrote the song after visiting a friend in California, and seeing what his friend had written on a spiral pad: "Chestnuts roasting…Jack Frost nipping…Yuletide carols…" Nat King Cole recorded it in 1946. The rest is history.

Readers of Collins new book will discover the origins of such famous Christmas songs as "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Winter Wonderland," "White Christmas," "Little Drummer Boy," "Feliz Navidad," "O Holy Night," and two dozen others. It'll be a "hit" with readers everywhere.