Whether you're setting a steaming cup of hot chocolate beside the chimney for Saint Nick, splashing the tree with silver in a tinsel frenzy, or simply gathering together with those closest to your hear …

Don't settle for the same old humdrum holiday fare - there are as many kinds of Christmas tunes as there are snowflakes falling from a white, wintry sky. If you like to celebrate the season with a sass …

Marvin Gaye and Macy Gray, Mary J. Blige and James Brown - all on one playlist, with Jim Jones, Destiny's Child, Kimberley Locke, Stevie Wonder, and many more ready to bring good tidings to you somewhe …

The crisp drum kicks, rolling piano keys, and intersecting rap and R&B vocals of the Stevie Wonder/Wyclef Jean duet "Merry Christmas Baby" epitomize what this Christmas playlist is all about: connectin …

Sure, everyone loves "Away in a Manger," but the fact is, few things express the pure, giddy fun of the holiday season better than a good, goofy yuletide tune - which is precisely why we bring you our  …

Here's where we reach deep into Santa's musical bag to pull out the rare and overlooked Christmas novelties that, without you and iTunes, might just end up on the Island of Misfit Toys with that crazy  …

It's a time that cries out for the comfort of music, those dreary days when the sun gives no warmth, the trees no color or shade, and when all you really want is to stay inside, wrapped up warm and coz …

The sounds of a melancholy winter rise up anywhere a warm heart beats against the gloomy chill of a cold and sunless world: down in bluegrass country, where the silvery voice of Alison Krauss forecasts …

The most ancient of our holiday traditions, Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem, an eight-day "Festival of Lights" that is commemorated by the lighting of the menorah …