Christmas and country music were made for each other. Sure, the classics — from Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas” to Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December” — still define the season, but ...

“White Christmas” might be the best-selling Christmas song ever, but the song’s backstory has less to do with tidings of comfort and joy than it does with the tragedy of loss and war. Written by ...

At the height of her career, Mariah Carey took a risk by releasing a holiday song. Given what we know about the singer who has dubbed herself "Queen of Christmas," and the ubiquity of the seasonal hit ...

Brenda Lee released plenty of songs throughout her country music career. Lee was only 11 years old when her debut “Jambalaya (On The Bayou)” came out in 1956, kicking off a career that would ...

Like fruitcake and tangled lights, holiday songs show up every year, some nice, some naughty. For the past five decades, several Christmas songs have risen above the tinsel and snow to become true ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (KTAL/KMSS) — Classic holiday favorites continue to dominate the Billboard charts each Christmas season, with a mixture of decades ...

Here’s the good news: There’s a whole world of modern Christmas music that exists outside of what restaurants and retail stores play ad nauseam starting Nov. 1. Now for the bad news: That world has ...

Christmas music brings us some of the most cheerful and comforting songs ever released. Though the genre is mostly reserved for the festive season, some holiday tracks have sustained mass popularity ...

Here are a few suggestions to freshen up your holiday playlist. Here are a few suggestions to freshen up your holiday playlist. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, ...

12/24 UPDATE: We've reached the finals! David Bowie and Bing Crosby beat out Elvis Presley and John Lennon made easy work of the Eagles. Now they square off against each other. You have until 11:59AM ...