Plus, this is usually one of the first songs radio stations decide to play upon switching over to Christmas music in late November (or if you’re lucky, earlier!). Probably the most iconic ...

Here are 10 Christmas songs — old and new — to freshen up your rotation this season. Richie Assaly is a culture reporter for the Star, with an interest in music, pop culture and food reporting.

Is Christmas really the saddest day of the year? There’s a whole history of holiday music that explores what it’s like to be down-and-out during the season. Are you mourning absent family members?

Country music's Christmas songs are like side dishes at your fancy holiday dinner. Most country fans reach for the standards, but a few will always prefer those specialty treats. Others you ...

Some of us prefer our Christmas music on the pensive side ... There just might be a Christmas song for all tastes – jolly to melancholy – so corralling them into one list is not only futile ...

Every year, Mariah Carey’s 1994 song “All I Want For Christmas Is You” reliably returns to #1 on the Hot 100. It’s part of the flood of holiday music that dominates the Hot 100 for about ...

“All I Want for Christmas Is You.” First released in 1994, the song celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and has become a staple on the radio, on streaming services and at holiday ...