As the world knows, KOST (103.5 FM) totally dominates the ratings during the period that they play Christmas tunes. This year was no exception. But due to the oddity of the calendar vis-à-vis the ...

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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE. THOSE OF YOU WHO CELEBRATE IT’S 513. WE GOT A NICE LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE THERE. CENTER SCREEN. WE ARE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE OUT THERE SO IT MAKES IT FEEL A LITTLE ...

December is jam-packed — more so every year, it seems—so the idea of squeezing in even a small handful of films from the golden-age Christmas canon can begin to feel like rolling a Sisyphean snowball ...

Brian May gifted Queen fans this week by unearthing the band’s unreleased Christmas song “Not for Sale (Polar Bear).” The guitarist shared the track during the year-end episode of his Planet Rock ...

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 ...

Country music's Christmas songs are like side dishes at your fancy holiday dinner. Most country fans reach for the standards, but a few will always prefer those specialty treats. Others you may simply ...

Christmas and country music were made for each other. Sure, the classics — from Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas” to Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December” — still define the season, but ...

Jim Goodwin of the Christmas Underground blog returns with 2025’s indie rock Christmas mix, this year titled A Bit of Christmas. Every year for over two decades Goodwin puts together an annual mix of ...

In defense of the sad holiday song. By Melissa Kirsch Perusing painkillers at CVS the morning after Thanksgiving, I should not have been surprised by the telltale clattering of horse hooves thundering ...