Way Back Wednesday: Holiday Cheer

For my money, there is really no better time of year than the holiday season. Everything about it from the cold air, football games, Christmas decorations, and the great food with friends and family make it my favorite time of the year. It’s especially important this year as this past week we were reminded of the importance of the ones we love and never to take them for granted. I know I will certainly give my young nieces and nephews an extra hug and thank God for the time we have together.

There is another component that is essential to completing the holidays: the music. Each year as soon as you digest your Thanksgiving turkey, you can count on a local radio station to being playing their 24/7 Christmas carols and holiday music. Old school K-pop is no stranger to good winter music as holiday themed music has been a staple of some of your favorite old school artists for years. So in the spirit of the season, here are a few holiday classics to add to your playlists.

HOT – Wedding X-mas

These days it seems like every idol puts out a cover of a holiday song or releases a holiday inspired single this time of year but the very first idol group to do this was your boys HOT. The song sounds pretty standard now but back then it was a novel concept to have singles released according to the seasons. I admit that the song is pretty saccharine but no one does cute like SM Entertainment.

  HOT-Wedding X-mas(圣诞婚礼) 

 

SM Town – Jingle Bells

The final song of the SM trio is from the now famous and ubiquitous SM Town winter albums. Most K-pop record labels now create these label-wide albums (like JYP Nation and YG Family) but the very first to do this was SM Entertainment and the genius that is Lee Soo Man. What a novel concept; get all of your artists who are super popular and make them record an album together around big events to create duets and groupings that fans have been craving for. This song featured all of your favorites like HOT, SES, Fly to the Sky, Shinhwa, and an appearance by Yoo Young Jin who is one of the creative forces behind the company and a former singer himself. He’s probably best known (or unknown) for being the producer for some of your favorite groups like HOT, SES, Shinhwa, Boa, and more.

SM Town - Jingle Bell   

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