You’ve sung them while clutching cups of hot cocoa. You’ve heard them played in shopping malls. But do you know how some of ...

Christmas music is a nostalgia trip. Generally speaking, pop music prizes novelty — fresh songs, surprising sounds, this week’s hit, the Next Big Thing. But once a year, a soundtrack that reaches back ...

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 ...

Holiday music is inescapable this time of year, but it's worth remembering that "Jingle Bell Rock" isn't the only game in town. This week on All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen sits down with NPR's Jacob ...

Christmas as a child is pure magic, and a big part of that wonder comes from the songs that fill the air during the season. Over the years, certain kids’ Christmas songs have become iconic. They have ...

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 ...

The time has come for streams of garlands, frosty snowmen, decorated trees, and more yuletide scenes around the holiday season. In the days following Thanksgiving, Christmas music typically starts ...

On that note, Latina country singer Kat Luna just dropped a brand-new Christmas song, “Evergreen,” plus versions of “Have ...

I’d say that anyone who has listened to Saint-Saëns’s Oratorio de Noël has started down the classical Christmas rabbit hole. Now, let’s go a bit further down. A Symphony of Carols by Victor ...

Christmas may be on Dec. 25, but Christmas music begins playing at stores and restaurants well before to spark holiday cheer. But several of the songs that are supposed to lift people’s spirits ...