There's nothing that brings the world together more than sharing opinions about Christmas music. And why not ... If the feelings evoked around the holiday season could be bottled up and sold ...

Entry Play your chosen music as pupils enter ... that they're going to watch a short video about Christmas traditions around the world and, as they watch, to think about the possible reasons ...

Some of the happiest sounding Christmas classics left those who wrote them in tears, and here Express.co.uk shares the untold traumatic stories of best-loved songs.