Wham!’s “Last Christmas” from 1984 and Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” from 1958 demonstrate how different eras produce enduring holiday favorites. These songs achieved lasting ...

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

This is the second article in a 3-part series titled "A Brief History of Holiday Music." Read the first part, covering the earliest music through the 1700s, here. When Prince Albert married the ...

Each year one or two of the wealthier families would host a Christmas party in their homes for the whole town.