Merle Haggard's "If We Make It Through December." Marty Stuart's "Even Santa Claus Gets the Blues." Kacey Musgraves' "Christmas Makes Me Cry." Country artists -- and their fans -- are suckers for sad ...

“Hate” is such a strong word, but we’re human enough to admit hating on things — especially Christmas songs — can be a joyous exercise. Healing, even! (And the English language has yet to produce a ...

'The Christmas Shoes' is like the 'Achy Breaky Heart' of Christmas songs. Fans can't wait to hear it on the radio, while critics call it the worst Christmas song ever. In fact, Gawker named it just ...

The holidays are filled with plenty of weird things. Like giving presents to co-workers you don't like and pretending candy canes aren't just sugar-coated sticks. But, holiday music is easily the ...

The Christmas season is officially upon us, and with it comes all the usual festive fanfare. If you celebrate the holiday, this likely includes buying last-minute gifts for your nearest and dearest, ...

I don’t know how I escaped “Christmas Shoes” for such a long time, but I did. I didn’t hear it until this year, and yet, the fact that I’ve heard it umpteen times in the past three weeks at work where ...

There’s something about Christmas Time. The sights, the smells, and the sounds of festive music filling the air. However pervasive “Winter Wonderland” and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” become over ...

Forget the candy canes, snow, and lights all around. It just wouldn't feel like Christmas without those beloved holiday jams we hear every year. They can really put you in the right mood for the ...

For a season that’s supposed to be all holly and jolly, many of our most time-honored Christmas songs are anything but. “Christmas music” is less a genre and more an entire season these days, as the ...