BAY RIDGE — This year, more than ever, we may want to turn to holiday sing-along favorites such as “Winter Wonderland,” “Sleigh Bells,” “Deck the Halls” and “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” to help put us in the spirit of the season.

It’s also an excellent time to reflect on the more spiritual songs that celebrate Christmas’s true meaning. A good place to start would be revisiting the themes that honor the Virgin Mary and the birth of our Lord …

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