For years, Snopes has covered the origins and myths attached to classic holiday songs such as "The Twelve Days of Christmas" ...

“The 12 Days of Christmas” is also a Christmas carol in which the singer brags about all the cool gifts they received from ...

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?

From punk and indie to hip-hop and alternative rock, these unconventional Christmas songs take a different approach to the ...

Shazam is also the perfect holiday helper for those of us who love Christmas but feel a little Scrooge-like after hearing the same 20 songs on the radio day after day. We can now tailor-make our own ...

PNC Bank is once again crunching the numbers to figure out the cost of Christmas, and its shopping list is based on the holiday song “The 12 Days of Christmas.” This year’s cost is a 4.5% increase, ...

As we head into December 2025, both Brenda Lee and Bobby Helms are in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Holiday 100 — for 1958’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” and 1957’s “Jingle Bell Rock,” respectively.

The former Beatle addressed theories that his 1979 holiday tune “Wonderful Christmastime” encourages witchcraft and wizardry.

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with Christmas upon us again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. There's nothing that brings the world together more than sharing opinions ...

A journey through five decades of Christmas music, exploring hits from Wham! to Sabrina Carpenter, that shaped how we celebrate the holidays.

For those that like their holidays a little different, songs like "Mistress for Christmas" and D*ck in a Box" are essentials ...

A new study reveals the most pet-friendly Christmas songs based on tempo. Slow classics like “Carol of the Bells” soothe dogs ...