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Listen to our 2025 winter holiday specials on demand

We have a variety of Christmas and other classical specials for the holiday season, from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day. Listen to them any time that’s convenient using this comprehensive listing.

Holiday specials are posted throughout the season, so bookmark this page and keep checking back to see if your favorite is listed. Looking for the holiday programming schedule or for more information about these programs? Click below.

2025 Classical Holiday Programming Schedule

Thanksgiving

LISTEN — ‘Every Good Thing’ (2024)

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'Every Good Thing'

LISTEN — ‘Song of Thanks’ with Cantus (2025)

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'Songs of Thanks' with Cantus

Christmas

LISTEN — ‘Welcome Christmas’ (2025)

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'Welcome Christmas'

LISTEN — ‘Carols, Customs and Candlelight’: A Celtic Christmas Celebration (2024)

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'Carols, Customs and Candlelight: A Celtic Christmas Celebration'

LISTEN — Christmas at Luther: ‘Seeking Refuge for a Weary World’ (2025)

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LISTEN — ‘All is Bright’ (2023)

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All Is Bright

LISTEN — ‘A Chanticleer Christmas’ (2025)

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LISTEN — ‘Carols as Home’ with the Imani Winds (2023)

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'Carols as Home' with Imani Winds

LISTEN — St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2025: ‘O Morning Star, O Radiant Love’

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St. Olaf Christmas Festival: 'O Morning Star, O Radiant Love'

LISTEN — Christmas With Cantus (2024)

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Tales of Christmas with Cantus

LISTEN — Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (2021)

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Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square

LISTEN — ‘Echoes of Christmas’: A Dale Warland Special (2021)

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'Echoes of Christmas'

LISTEN — Hollywood Holiday (2022)

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'Hollywood Holiday': Ebenezer Edition

LISTEN — Sound of Cinnamon (2025)

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'The Sound of Cinnamon'

LISTEN — ‘In Winter’s Glow’: A Solstice Special (2025)

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'In Winters Glow'

LISTEN — A Soulful Christmas (2022)

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'A Soulful Christmas'

LISTEN — St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2024: ‘Our Hope for Years To Come’

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St. Olaf Christmas Festival - 'Our Hope for Years to Come'

LISTEN — YourClassical Christmas Favorites (2025)

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Hanukkah

LISTEN — Candles Burning Brightly (2024)

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'Candles Burning Brightly'

Kwanzaa

LISTEN — ‘We Stand on Top of the Mountain’: A Kwanzaa Celebration (2021)

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We Stand On Top of the Mountain

Programming is supported by Alight, CF Design, Ebenezer and the Guthrie Theater.

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Carols, Customs and Candlelight: A Celtic Christmas Celebration

Carols, Customs and Candlelight: A Celtic Christmas Celebration

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