’Tis the season—and this year, we’re traveling the world through sound.
The World Footprints Holiday Music Special is our musical thank-you to listeners who have journeyed with us over the years. Holiday music has a way of crossing borders effortlessly. Long before playlists and streaming, seasonal songs carried stories, faith, resistance, joy, and memory from one generation to the next—often shaped by local languages, rhythms, and traditions. What we call “Christmas music” in one place sounds entirely different somewhere else, and that’s the beauty of it.
Just as travel changes how we see the world, music transports us without a passport. These selections from around the globe are meant to stir memory—family gatherings, winter streets, candlelit churches, sun-soaked celebrations in the Southern Hemisphere—and to remind us that the season is observed in many ways, across cultures and continents.
This special also reflects what World Footprints has always stood for: celebrating our planet’s diversity, honoring cultural expression, and finding common humanity in shared experiences. Music, like travel, helps us listen more closely—to one another and to the world around us.
Thank you for inviting us into your homes, your cars, and your quiet moments. We’re grateful for your continued support and for being part of the World Footprints community. Wishing you peace, love, joy—and plenty of travel inspiration—as we look ahead to new journeys and conversations in the year to come.
“The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness. It illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more interested in people than in things.”
–Thomas S. Monson
...and to all...a good night.
