Christmas songs can be powerful earworms this time of year, but do you really know them as well as you think you do?

To me, it’s not December until I hear Andy Williams singing “The Holiday Season” and Adam Sandler crooning “The Chanukah Song.” The former reminds me of my childhood. My parents played that Andy ...

We've heard these songs all our lives, and we still fumble a verse or two. If it's one of the lesser carols -- say, "Jingle Around the Rocking Tree" or some other '50s novelty number we still warble ...

Christmas songs are a holiday tradition that dates back generations. Baby Boomers had their own classic songs, many of which ...

Do you know what bobtails and wassailing are? We have experts explain the meaning of those weird Christmas carol lyrics. Many of our most popular holiday songs are from the 19th century, when ...

Each year, Thanksgiving dinner isn't even over before everyone starts hating on "Baby, It's Cold Outside" for its blasé attitude toward consent. It's an easy target (even without the "what's in this ...

It’s been 80 years since Birmingham, Ala., native Hugh Martin wrote “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” one of the most beloved Christmas songs of all time. But if not for Judy Garland, the ...

No song exists strictly within the milieu that the songwriter imagined for it. The magic of music is in the silent, but very real, interaction between the artist and the audience members, who are free ...