In the lead-up to Christmas 2025, a purported risqué song in the style of 1940s or 1950s "oldies" tunes spread online. Its ...

For years, Snopes has covered the origins and myths attached to classic holiday songs such as "The Twelve Days of Christmas" ...

A decade later, Ella Fitzgerald recorded her own version in 1960, further cementing the song’s place in the popular ...

According to BMI.com, "Back Door Santa" was one of a series of songs written by Carter and Daniel in 1968 for the album Soul ...

This 2019 holiday film drew its inspiration directly from Wham!’s Last Christmas, weaving George Michael’s music into the ...

For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the ...

Released in 1994, Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas” is an up-tempo love song that talks about prioritizing time with a lover over receiving gifts. It includes bell chimes and synthesizers and has ...

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 ...

Mariah Carey's “All I Want for Christmas Is You” hits 18 million units moved, tying with tunes by Ed Sheeran and Journey as the third-most-certified song in history.

Cher’s second performance was of “Run Rudolph Run,” written by Chuck Berry in 1958 and credited to Marvin Brodie and ...

The former Beatle addressed theories that his 1979 holiday tune “Wonderful Christmastime” encourages witchcraft and wizardry.

We asked our readers to vote on the worst Christmas song of all time. This song beat Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga and that one ...