The holiday season is fabulous because it’s tasteless. If you live in a capitalist society, this monthlong celebration of commodity fetishism is for you. By now the buzz of dopamine we feel when ...

For the past five years, rather than cards, I've given family, friends and colleagues an annual CD of Christmas music. I sometimes wish I'd never started, for now my December evenings are sadly ...

Charles Brown’s Christmas album features the highly popular and frequently covered “Please Come Home for Christmas,” which peaked at #76 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1962 and was Brown’s ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Is it just me or does the holiday season start earlier and earlier each year? Before the leaves change ...

Among the bands we '90s kids remember from childhood, groups like *NSYNC, Spice Girls, and Backstreet Boys tend to stand out. But perhaps less appreciated are the Christmas albums released by some of ...

We are scarcely into the month of December, and I am already dreadfully tired of classic Christmas music and, for that matter, many of its more contemporary alternatives. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve got ...

There are Something Special Christmas and wintery episodes on BBC iPlayer, check the links below to go straight to a festive episode. It’s Christmas, and the Tumbles are having a fancy dress party!

PHOENIX (Stacker) — Perhaps more than any other holiday season, Christmas is full of nostalgia. As the years go on, whether anyone likes it or not, it can be nearly impossible to avoid memories of the ...