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Nobody sets a happy story on Dec. 26. So when Ben Folds' song opens with a timestamp – 6 a.m., day after Christmas – it pretty much guarantees we're about…

Visitors hit the archive every Christmas for holiday songs from years past. There are the most visited holiday songs from the archive this year. Admittedly, they would make a disjointed…

When you hear this novelty tune these days, it's usually the Jackson 5's version, with 12-year-old Michael playing the youngster shocked to see his mother canoodling with Kris Kringle. It…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona “We Need a Little Christmas” is a Christmas song about celebrating Christmas when it’s not Christmastime. Auntie Mame has just lost all her money in…

Christmas can be a hectic time for young adults. You've left the nest, but your parents expect you to return home for the holidays, and they're likely to treat you…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona There are two Christmas songs with what seem like almost endless strings of “o’s” in the word “gloria” – “33 syllables in just one breath,”…

If the "Carol of the Bells" doesn't sound like a Christmas carol, it might be because it wasn't at first. It was a Ukrainian New Year's song back when Ukrainians…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona A perennially popular Christmas song was born when a crowd of parade-goers in 1946 shouted “here comes Santa Claus” as the Grand Marshal approached on…

The good news is that Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" might be slipping as the world's most popular holiday song. The not-so-good news: It's being supplanted…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona This is the time of year for songs that celebrate poison. Mistletoe and holly: Don’t eat them. Frank Sinatra seemed a little venomous now and…

Wait, wait, don't go! This isn't what you think it is! It's not the Mariah Carey hit, the one that plays in stores so often that retail workers voted it…

Guest post by Nathan Arizona You don’t find many Christmas songs with St. Nicholas in them. Santa Claus took over in the 19th century with a big boost from Clement…