Musicologist Joe Bennett explains the common components of the most enduring Christmas songs, from "Jingle Bells" to "All I ...

As we head into December 2025, both Brenda Lee and Bobby Helms are in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Holiday 100 — for 1958’s ...

For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the ...

For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from ...

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This is a story of when a singing cowboy got upstaged by Santa Claus on Hollywood Boulevard. In the Christmas season of 1949, Gene Autry's version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was the No. 1 ...

Christmas is upon us, and everyone is celebrating with the traditions (and pieces of media) that are near and dear to their hearts: Muppet Christmas Carol, Mariah Carey’s holiday oeuvre, and beyond. I ...