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Series from 13 Hours of France 2 is devoted this week to Christmas carols that can be heard everywhere at the moment in stores and on the radio. In the United States, singing these songs has become a must during the Christmas holidays.
These are refrains that all Americans know. Exported around the world, Christmas carols have been remixed for decades. A few chimes, a little jazz and rock, candid lyrics and more elaborate melodies than you might think: here is the recipe for Christmas hits made in the USA.
In a square in New York (United States), every year, a group of musicians brings together passers-by and residents of the neighborhood to sing along to the best Christmas songs. These songs sometimes became planetary hits like All I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carey. This track is the biggest Christmas song success for a female artist and one of the bestsellers in the history of music. But the American Christmas tube factory dates back to World War II.
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