The youngest song of the group, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You," was released 30 years ago, while at 67, Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" is old enough to collect Social Security.

Songs must be reasonably well-known. Yes, this rules out some truly excellent stuff. Many of my favorite Christmas songs, atheist or otherwise, are on the obscure side: from the grisly, gothy ...

There comes a point every festive season when it suddenly dawns on you that if you hear the same old Christmas songs one more time you are going to run for the hills. Yes, we’ll admit to getting those ...

Here are 10 Christmas songs — old and new — to freshen up your rotation this season. Richie Assaly is a culture reporter for the Star, with an interest in music, pop culture and food reporting.

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol ... The two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments The three French hens stood for faith, hope, and love.

It’s all about down-home pleasures this year at the Plymouth Playhouse, as it presents a show dedicated to country life and especially old-time country music. “Christmas on the ...

There comes a point every festive season when it suddenly dawns on you that if you hear the same old Christmas songs one more time you are going to run for the hills. Yes, we’ll admit to getting ...