I chose each song on this list for its popularity, artistic impact and ability to inspire the Christmas mood. Whether you love old Christmas songs, modern anthems, or festive cross-genre classics ...

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 ...

With the halls all decked, the gay apparel donned, and our umpteenth serving of Figgy Pudding procured, it is typically around this time of the month that the usual spread of Christmas songs is ...

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 ...

As well as bringing seasonsal joy, the festive songs also provide a hefty bonus of those crooning voices, and this year, the top spot was reserved for Wham! The 1984 favourite Last Christmas ...

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.

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 ...