The holiday season is fabulous because it’s tasteless. If you live in a capitalist society, this monthlong celebration of commodity fetishism is for you. By now the buzz of dopamine we feel when ...

For the past five years, rather than cards, I've given family, friends and colleagues an annual CD of Christmas music. I sometimes wish I'd never started, for now my December evenings are sadly ...

No matter where you fall on the love-it-or-hate-it Christmas-music spectrum, no one can escape the seasonal certainty of a new batch of holiday-themed albums guaranteed to roll out just as soon as (or ...

Maymo’s animal-loving family showcases their dogs in a festive compilation as they dress up in Christmas costumes for the holidays.

“Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” just got one-upped in the holiday bummer department. When Corb Lund, a Canadian with a dusty Cormac McCarthy soul, sat down to write a tune for his label New ...

Paul McCartney will head up the latest Starbucks Christmas compilation CD, 'Holidays Rule,' with his rendition of 'The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire).' The jazzy version of the ...

We are scarcely into the month of December, and I am already dreadfully tired of classic Christmas music and, for that matter, many of its more contemporary alternatives. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve got ...

There are Something Special Christmas and wintery episodes on BBC iPlayer, check the links below to go straight to a festive episode. It’s Christmas, and the Tumbles are having a fancy dress party!

Sufjan Stevens has covered Prince’s ‘Alphabet St’ for his upcoming Christmas compilation album – you can listen to the track below. The 37th track on the ‘Illinois’ singer’s seasonal boxset is a ...