As soon as Dec. 1 rolls around, the Christmas songs start streaming. Whether you love Christmas queen Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" or a classic tune such as Dean Martin's "Let It ...

Jam to the best modern Christmas songs in 2025, including new songs from artists like Kesha, Ariana Grande, Mariah Carey, and ...

If you’re sick of those typical holiday songs playing constantly in every store and on every radio station this time of year, we have some obscure Christmas songs that you probably haven't heard of ...

Long before the rise of streaming, Christmas songs like “The Little Drummer Boy” and “Jingle Bell Rock” were some of the most popular of the genre racking up weeks on the charts in the 1960s without ...

If all you want for Christmas is more Mariah Carey, you're in luck. The fan-favorite artist follows up her 2020 memoir with Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special: a musical showcase out on Apple ...

Christmas music is a nostalgia trip. Generally speaking, pop music prizes novelty — fresh songs, surprising sounds, this week’s hit, the Next Big Thing. But once a year, a soundtrack that reaches back ...

Jim Goodwin of the Christmas Underground blog is back with this year’s indie rock Christmas mix, this year titled Jolly Chubby Elf. Every year for more than a decade Goodwin puts together an annual ...

When listeners in Fort Wayne, Indiana, tuned into Majic 95.1 in July, they heard something both unexpected and all-too-familiar. The station was playing Christmas music. In the heat of summer. With ...

This article originally ran on December 1, 2022. We’re republishing it now for anyone looking for recommendations for their own holiday playlists. If there’s a single sound that announces holiday ...

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