PROGRAM ORIGINALLY AIRED ON THIS DATE: The Little Drummer Boy [Watch it on Amazon Video.] WHY IT’S IMPORTANT: The most popular Rankin-Bass holiday specials were all intensely secular in nature.

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The Little Drummer Boy features amazing stop-motion animation that helped pave the way for animated films to follow. It was made by the same people who brought you Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph, and ...

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"It's very basic," Joel Smallbone, 36, tells PEOPLE, explaining how he and his brother cracked the "Little Drummer Boy" code. "This is a song about a boy who's playing a drum for Jesus.

Whatever the reason, “The Little Drummer Boy” has become the unlikeliest of Christmas perennials: an overtly religious number with a martial rhythm, and no mention of snow, trees, or jingle bells.

Through its rhythmic drumming and its simple lyrics, “The Little Drummer Boy” grounds us in the real reason we celebrate during the Advent season, and challenges us to reflect on what gifts we ...