Even though the song depicts chilly weather, Irving Berlin wrote "White Christmas" in a bright and sunny location. Some say he wrote the song in Palm Springs, California, while others say he wrote it in Phoenix, Arizona. Whatever the case may be, you can't deny that he was feeling nostalgic for a colder Christmas climate.

Americans are obsessed with a white Christmas and all the trimmings – snow, icicles, sleigh rides, frost on windowpanes, cuddling up by the fire, mittens, the North Pole. Christmas is a cacophony of cold imagery and warm hearts. And yet the majority of ...

What makes holiday music so popular years after they came out and what do modern songs have in common with them? A Virginia Tech professor says these themes tie them together.

The loose and energetic production of the Christmas musical based on the 1954 movie raises holiday spirits at the Goodspeed Opera House.

On a recent recording, and in concerts this month, Baranski reads Dickens’s holiday classic with the Skylark Vocal Ensemble.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Forbes12 Best Animated Christmas Movies Or TV Specials, As Rated By Rotten TomatoesBy Tim Lammers Note, that the selections below do not include any ...

Best new Christmas songs of the 21st Century, from Ariana Grande's "Santa Tell Me" to Taylor Swift's "Christmas Tree Farm." See the list.