Instead, she offers infectiously spirited and idiosyncratic takes on the Christmas songs – with some incredible ... recounts how Mike Love’s five-year-old brother pulls Santa’s fake beard ...

No, we’re not suggesting that you ignore the old favorites ... given the number of newly released holiday albums that land under the Christmas tree each and every season. To help liven up ...

"The 64-year-old tenor has joined forces with his two youngest children to record a festive album, titled A Family Christmas, and (he) has relished the experience," a Tennesse-based magazine reports.

As Elvis’ Christmas Album hits a new high on the Billboard 200 ... Somehow, the decades-old collection has never appeared on any of those tallies in the past.

Here are 10 Christmas songs — old and new — to freshen up your rotation this season. Richie Assaly is a culture reporter for the Star, with an interest in music, pop culture and food reporting.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. When it was first released in 2003, Jethro Tull’s appropriately-titled The ...