Picture this: It's December. You turn on your car radio. The first few synth-pop notes of "Last Christmas" by Wham! start playing. What do you do? Why, you turn the volume up and you sing every single ...

The song begins with a Christmas-y chime. It's the sound of a celesta — an instrument featured in Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic “The Nutcracker.” Carey’s hit also uses the sleigh bell, which became ...

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 ...

From peppermint mocha everything to the tunes infiltrating just about every speaker around you, Christmastime is in full swing. While it's customary to throw on your favorite holiday playlist, you may ...

When it comes to Christmas music, you only need one hit to be wonderful. But you can also end up a one-hit wonder. Slingo put together a list of the best Christmas one-hit wonders. And the list has ...

Bing Crosby’s " White Christmas " is one of the most recognizable holiday songs. Aside from being a staple on any Christmas music playlist, the song holds a very impressive record. The song has sold ...

Christmas songs fill the airwaves every December, but most people don’t know the surprising stories behind these beloved tunes. Many classic Christmas songs have unexpected origins, from “Jingle Bells ...

If it began to sound a lot like Christmas earlier than usual this year, it wasn't your imagination. Halloween wasn't even over before Spotify users began curating songs about mistletoe, snow and ...

Let’s be real, Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé’s hit Christmas songs can get a little old, a little tired, and definitely redundant. Frankly, a lot of Christmas songs can be tarnished by time and ...

Lenten music and hymnody aim to lift us up and call us back to the two primary themes of this season of preparation for ...