Originally posted Friday, December 27, 2019 by RODNEY HO/[email protected] on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog Good news about Christmas music: it’s great for a few weeks in November and December and now - poof ...

I suppose Christmas songs are my seasonal specialty—in 2017 I wrote a general appreciation of the secular Christmas canon, which remains culturally resonant despite being overplayed and a little stuck ...

MARIAH CAREY: (Singing) I don't want a lot for Christmas. There is just one thing I need. SUMMERS: That, of course, is Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You." It first came out - can you ...

The best Christmas music is heartwarming. The Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s “Christmas Canon” is a shockingly cynical rebrand of an earlier piece of classical music. The tune is awful — but it’ll stick ...

Nearly two decades have passed since the American recording industry has been able to introduce a new song into the Christmas canon, Chris Klimek argued yesterday right here on Slate. Each year brings ...

Here’s a Christmas-season contrast. Last Friday night, I was at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Winter Park for “O Holy Night, An Evening of Holiday Song.” Last Sunday, I saw the ...