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

For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from ...

Michael W. Smith, Tasha Layton, Matthew West, Elevation Worship, Anne Wilson have all recorded excellent Christmas songs in ...

To celebrate the holidays, we’re looking back at four archive Fresh Air interviews discussing popular Christmas songs: First, jazz singer Mel Torme tells Terry Gross about co-writing “The Christmas ...

Each year I’m devastated anew by Vince Guaraldi’s maudlin piano plinking softly under the opening line of “A Charlie Brown ...

In Catalonia, Christmas involves a hollowed-out log with a painted face, stick legs, and a little red hat. Children feed it ...

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 ...

Many classic Christmas songs have remarkable Cincinnati connections, from Andy Williams to the composer behind the Grinch.

This is a festive playlist featuring Christmas songs with Long Island ties, including songs by Mariah Carey, Billy Joel and ...

The best Christmas song to blast your eardrums out to. "Carol of the Bells" is the most epic — and maybe kinda creepy? — Christmas song, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra just shreds their rendition of ...