Setting the record straight. This time of year, if I listen to Christmas music, I'm going back to the classics, and of course, Dolly Parton's beautiful "Hard Candy Christmas" will forever be at the ...

For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from November onwards, and the uncouth younger sibling of the traditional carol.

Hundreds of new Christmas songs are released every year, but each time December rolls around, the same small handful of classics races to the top of the charts. Will anything new ever break through?

Christmas songs, from AC/DC to Christopher Lee - IN FOCUS: If you’re sick of hearing the same old festive cheese at this time ...

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra sing during the taping of "The Dean Martin Variety Show" circa 1967 in Hollywood, California. The list spans decades, beginning with 19th-century carols and leading into ...