The best Christmas music is heartwarming. The Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s “Christmas Canon” is a shockingly cynical rebrand of an earlier piece of classical music. The tune is awful — but it’ll stick ...

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When Trans-Siberian Orchestra started touring theaters in 1999, they traveled with just one 24-foot box truck, filled with a couple dozen lights, a fog machine and a star curtain. “It was really more ...

MARIAH CAREY: (Singing) I don't want a lot for Christmas. There is just one thing I need. SUMMERS: That, of course, is Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You." It first came out - can you ...

One of the rare classic rock songs in the Christmas music canon is “Holiday Road” by Lindsey Buckingham. The tune in question is fun. However, it doesn’t deserve a place on any Christmas playlist.

We might be a little biased, but Billboard firmly believes music is the best part of the holiday season every year. That includes songs from all time periods, and certainly some of the Christmas canon ...