Some Christmas songs are so trashy that they are so easy to mock. For example, many Yuletide standards are too suggestive for their own good (“Santa Baby,” “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”), too ...

One of the most enduring Christmas songs of the past 60 years is Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas.” Hathaway’s drummer once said the track was designed to resonate with Black audiences. He also ...

*Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” remains the quintessential holiday anthem in the Black community. “A lot of black people would say, ‘Christmas doesn’t start until we play ‘This Christmas,’ ” said ...

In the tradition of Natalie Cole singing with Nat King Cole, Lalah Hathaway joins her late father on his 1970 song that's become a treasured standard.