We hear all the standards, in department stores, on holiday radio stations, and in the offices of dentists and doctors. Those melodic, saccharine Christmas songs that are embedded in your brain no ...

Musicologist Joe Bennett explains the common components of the most enduring Christmas songs, from "Jingle Bells" to "All I ...

Some of us prefer our Christmas music on the pensive side, with wistful lyrics about dusky snowfalls and memories. It’s not joy being sought, but permission to wallow in nostalgia. Others relish the ...