’Tis the season to sing cheerfully about infant slaughter. Many of our beloved Christmas carols contain lyrics that, when examined closely, reveal surprisingly dark, violent, or just heavy content ...

The well-known Christmas carol, “Carol of the Bells,” has quite a remarkable history. It’s difficult to believe that a Christmas carol with such a joyous tone originated more than a century ago in ...

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 ...