You know Dasher and Dancer and Pran … ugh, you know the rest of it. Yes, Virginia, while there is a Santa Claus, the music of the Christmas season can make you shift from having the feels to the ...

When a Christmas song is doing its job well, listeners feel joyful, reverent, inspired or celebratory. The tune is like a holiday gift, stirring up emotions that are merry and bright. Some Christmas ...

Some Christmas music is classic; some is cringe-worthy. Today we celebrate the latter. This is the music you play when you want your guests to leave. Indeed, it is, and nothing sets the mood quite ...

(WDKY) — A new study breaks down the nation’s favorite Christmas songs by state, as well as the most-disliked – which happened to be the same song, in some states. To get a better sense of which songs ...

Christmas music brings us so much joy. Do people listen to it way too early in the year? Yeah, but who are we to rob them of any premature Yuletide glee? Our “Best Christmas Song of All Time Bracket” ...

Some Christmas gifts keep giving year after year after year. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU") MARIAH CAREY: (Singing) I don't want a lot for Christmas. There is just one thing ...

Christmas music is a big part of the music industry. John Yang speaks with Nate Sloan, an assistant professor of musicology at the USC Thornton School of Music and co-host of the podcast Switched On ...

ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH CHOIR: (Singing) Christmas time is here. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Indeed, it is, and nothing sets the mood quite like the right Christmas song. Stephen Thompson of NPR Music is ...