The best Christmas music: a definitive guide

FT Life of a Song

English - December 19, 2017 05:00 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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What makes a good Christmas song? Should it be cheesy or serious? And why do millennials love them?

FT pop writers discuss festive classics old and new - from carols to Mariah Carey, Greg Lake to Phil Spector, Sufjan Stevens to Run-DMC. Plus, which 2017's best Christmas song: Gwen Stefani's 'You Make it Feel Like Christmas' or Sia's 'Santa's Coming for Us'?

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