Christmas is a joyous time for many, from spending time with family to binge-watching holiday flicks. While many festive tracks are equally as happy, that’s not to say a handful won’t have you ...

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The holiday season is a time of joy and togetherness for many people. However, not everyone has a holly-jolly time when the holiday season comes around. For one reason or another, it’s the hardest ...

Limiting your holiday playlist to your standard “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Deck the Halls” denies you one of the best musical offerings of the yuletide season: sad Christmas songs. Indeed, not every ...

Is Christmas really the saddest day of the year? There’s a whole history of holiday music that explores what it’s like to be down-and-out during the season. Are you mourning absent family members?

Christmas is strongly linked to nostalgia, which can lead to powerful emotions. Christmas songs may be written in a certain way to trigger feelings of sadness. Connecting with those negative emotions ...

Every year, when radio stations decide it’s time to kick out the Christmas jams, listeners are plunged into a realm of fantasy. While this moment always amuses, this year it felt more disorienting ...

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