From “Silent Night” to “Jingle Bells,” Christmas carols are some of the most familiar songs of the season, and some of the oldest. Stephanie Sy explores why most popular music changes with time, but ...

Shake a classic glass snow globe to see a flurry of snowflakes float down onto a diminutive old-world Christmas village. The enchanting scene gives rise to a sense of nostalgia. For a fleeting moment, ...

Some people observe December 25 as sacred and also mark January 6 as “Old Christmas.” We’ve all heard of traditional Christmas carols like “Jingle Bells” and “Deck the Halls,” but what about “The ...

Old-fashioned Christmas is quietly sneaking back into style, one candle, carol, and handmade card at a time. Instead of chasing the latest viral decor, more families are dusting off traditions that ...

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 Coventry Cathedral is the birthplace of “The Coventry Carol,” which is inspired by Matthew’s Gospel account of the massacre of innocents. Credit: Joseph Witcombe/Coventry Cathedral If you want to ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — a time that we eat and drink to abandon, shop ‘til we drop, and do time honored traditions that we’ve done countless times before. For many of us, it isn’t ...

Almost everybody loves Christmas. As the old song tells us, “it’s the most wonderful time of the year.” When the calendar moves into “that time of the year” (which seems to get earlier every year), ...