And the last time a song really broke into the Christmas canon was 25 years ago: the now ubiquitous Mariah Carey earworm "All I Want For Christmas is You." ...

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Christmas Canon" is one of many songs based on the same piece of classical music.

But it can’t be that simple, can it? Does the Christmas canon have a boomer bias, or are there other reasons why we can’t escape “White Christmas” and “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer?” ...

"Listen Up" is a monthly look at CDs that may have fallen through the cracks but deserve a spin. There's a lot of bad Christmas music. A whole lot. Oh, sure, some of the best music ever is inspir… ...