Picture this: It's December. You turn on your car radio. The first few synth-pop notes of "Last Christmas" by Wham! start playing. What do you do? Why, you turn the volume up and you sing every single ...

If you look up ten lists or playlists of country Christmas songs, you’ll likely find Merle Haggard’s 1973 No. 1 hit “If We Make It Through December” in at least five of them. In my opinion, it’s out ...

There’s something truly magical about a classic Christmas song and its ability to fill a person with the Christmas spirit, conjure memories of the kind of holiday you’re meant to dream of when Bing ...

Nine tracks from Barbra Streisand, the 1975, Fleet Foxes and more get put to the Lindsay Test. By Lindsay Zoladz What makes a Christmas song … a Christmas song? Sleigh bells? Yuletide imagery? A ...

There’s a secret to having a Christmas record that is successful in the 21st century: Put it out before 1970. That’s clear from just looking at the top 10 songs each December, and knowing that Brenda ...

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The chase was on, as it had been for years. After the tale of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was put to music and sold in a frenzy in 1949, each yuletide brought a bumper crop of sonic delights (or ...

I’m the kind of crazy Christmas junkie that Hallmark has made a mint on. I still cry every time Kevin McCallister runs across the foyer floor and leaps into Catherine O’Hara’s arms, I can recite Hugh ...

Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is the most popular Christmas song across all states in America, but as a Newsweek map shows, many states have their own favorites. Carey's hit was the ...

Charlie Puth has some experience with Christmas music, like when he performed an all-star rendition of “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” in 2016 alongside DNCE, Sabrina Carpenter, Tinashe, Fifth Harmony ...