J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Artists across all genres tend to release Christmas music every year. Sometimes, they compose new original songs for the holiday season. Others choose to put new spins on Yuletide classics. However, ...

Christmas music is a nostalgia trip. Generally speaking, pop music prizes novelty — fresh songs, surprising sounds, this week’s hit, the Next Big Thing. But once a year, a soundtrack that reaches back ...

Looking beyond the obvious, overplayed holiday staples and toward tunes like Taylor Swift's "Christmas Tree Farm" or Phoebe Bridgers' "Christmas Song" — EW says ‘tis the season with a playlist filled ...

At the height of her career, Mariah Carey took a risk by releasing a holiday song. Given what we know about the singer who has dubbed herself "Queen of Christmas," and the ubiquity of the seasonal hit ...

Some Christmas music is classic; some is cringe-worthy. Today we celebrate the latter. This is the music you play when you want your guests to leave. Indeed, it is, and nothing sets the mood quite ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Kelly Clarkson and Ariana Grande may have just released their new Christmas single, "Santa, Can't You Hear Me," to get ...

Sprinkle in some ha-ha-ha's with the ho-ho-ho's this holiday season by adding these funny Christmas songs to your playlist Let the seasonal laughs commence with these funny Christmas songs Christmas ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is the most popular Christmas song across all states in America, but as ...