What makes a particular piece of music get us thinking of the holidays? It’s the use of sleigh bells and a whole lot 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?

Once upon a time 79 Christmas’s ago in 1946, the golden voice of Nat “King” Cole recorded a ballad that describes this joyful season like no one else could ever do. It was entitled- “THE CHRISTMAS ...

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 ...

Most people have read or at least heard of a man named Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). He was a literary giant in his lifetime and is still known today in many circles as “The Children’s Poet” ...

The upbeat party song with its own dance spelling out Xmas is Kylie's first number one since 2003 - think yuletide YMCA, writes our culture reporter Wham! narrowly miss out on the top festive spot ...

When this song was released in 1961, it was a pivotal time not only for Christmas music, but for America itself—culture was colliding with mid-century modern sensibilities and Christmas was becoming ...

About 80% of the U.S. residents who put up a Christmas tree this year planned to use a fake one, according to the American Christmas Tree Association. The entirety of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' ...

If you think about the crossover between fiction and Cape Cod, beach reads are king. But the Cape & Islands have featured in their fair share of Christmas movies, too. With the holidays rapidly ...