The song begins with a Christmas-y chime. It's the sound of a celesta — an instrument featured in Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic “The Nutcracker.” Carey’s hit also uses the sleigh bell, which became ...

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Kelly Clarkson and Ariana Grande may have just released their new Christmas single, "Santa, Can't You Hear Me," to get everybody in the festive spirit but their Christmas bop is not the only one out ...

I’ve been recommending holiday songs in these pages every year since 2013. Over that time, I’ve given 72 songs the SCENE Seal of Approval. (I stand by 71 of them to this day.) But I’ve never really ...

Mariah Carey boasts arguably one of the most loved Christmas songs of all time with her hit "All I Want For Christmas Is You." The holiday anthem was first released in 1994—though it was not actually ...

Rap and Christmas have been intertwined since the former began. Kurtis Blow's "Christmas Rappin'," a rhymed update of "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (better known as "‘Twas the Night Before Christmas") ...

NEW YORK, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" has been the soundtrack of the holiday season for nearly 30 years. Why has this song become a rare modern Christmas hit ...