The change has been driven by technology. In the pre-streaming era, consumers would play Christmas music through CDs and records or catch tunes on the radio during the winter months. But the rise of ...

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 December afternoon, and I’m watching the afternoon sky turn from light to dark grey to black. An overgrown holly bush waves vigorously at me through the window. It is a stark backdrop, but one ...

DETROIT, Mich. — Detroit radio stations are switching to Christmas music, igniting the annual debate about whether it's too soon to start playing holiday tunes with Thanksgiving still weeks away. We ...

People sang around Christmastime as early as the year 129 A.D. and created Latin hymns for the season by the 4th century, but it wasn’t until the 12th century that folks started singing what we would ...

Fa-la-la-la-la, Christmas is here! There are a lot of ways to get into the holiday spirit: You can decorate a tree, bake Christmas cookies, exchange gifts at a white elephant party—the list goes on.

Many classic Christmas songs have remarkable Cincinnati connections, from Andy Williams to the composer behind the Grinch.

Amid the classic Christmas carols, country artists often release original Christmas songs. It might only be November, but it’s still not too early to listen to these three country Christmas songs.

When it comes to the holiday season, there are plenty of songs that encapsulate the jolly energy. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” continually finds its way to the top of the charts ...

For a musical act to remain relevant across decades and generations, it must have at least one song that could be considered timeless. For some, that means delivering a track so good that it never ...