For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from November onwards, and the uncouth younger sibling of the traditional carol.
There's a Christmas song for all tastes – jolly to melancholy – so corralling them into one list is not only futile, but impossible. Still, we try.
From punk and indie to hip-hop and alternative rock, these unconventional Christmas songs take a different approach to the ...
Christmas is a time for nostalgia – but plenty of us have apparently been listening to these more modern festive songs, too.
Musicologist Joe Bennett explains the common components of the most enduring Christmas songs, from "Jingle Bells" to "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – which inspires David Pogue to compose his own ...
A journey through five decades of Christmas music, exploring hits from Wham! to Sabrina Carpenter, that shaped how we celebrate the holidays.
Hundreds of new Christmas songs are released every year, but each time December rolls around, the same small handful of classics races to the top of the charts. Will anything new ever break through?
A decade later, Ella Fitzgerald recorded her own version in 1960, further cementing the song’s place in the popular ...
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The highest-selling Christmas songs of all time
Every December, a small group of songs returns to dominate charts, playlists, and pop culture. Wham!’s “Last Christmas” has ...
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This classic is the most popular Christmas song in Pennsylvania
Christmas is quickly approaching and everyone is getting into the spirit, and what better way than to put on some classic ...
From original carols to Christmas pop, Virginia expert describes the staying power of seasonal music
What makes holiday music so popular years after they came out and what do modern songs have in common with them? A Virginia Tech professor says these themes tie them together.
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