When Brenda Lee recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” in 1958, she was just 13 years old—and she never imagined it ...

For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the ...

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 ...

The change has been driven by technology. In the pre-streaming era, consumers would play Christmas music through CDs and ...

Hundreds of new Christmas songs are released every year, but each time December rolls around, the same small handful of classics races to the top of the charts. Will anything new ever break through?

Producer Owen Bradley decorated the studio with a Christmas tree — and some band members dressed in Santa suits ...

With all those Christmas cookies around, it might be a good idea to get your heart pumping this holiday season. The average American gains a pound or two between Thanksgiving and New Year’s — and ...