411 Mania — From John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" and Bing Crosby and David Bowie's "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy" to The Kinks' "Father Christmas" and more, 411's Christopher Bell counts down the top 10 songs for Christmas! more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offNeil Cowley Trio The Face of Mount Molehill Former Brand New Heavies keyboardist Cowley moves out from his groove-driven acoustic piano-trio sound to the richer textured m... more info

Stereogum — Last week, My Morning Jacket played MSG and in the midst of their epic sprawl of a live show, the band unwrapped covers of Gil Scott-Heron’s “The Bottle” and Bing Crosby’s “I’ll Be Home For Christmas,” a song they also handled on their ... more info

Gigwise — The evolution from Bing Crosby and The Ratpack to Eminem and Rage Against The Machine... more info

ContactMusic — Kasabians Tom Meighan thinks hed write great Christmas Carols The singer says if he were to pen some festive tracks they would have a traditional sound to them in the style of White Christmas hitmaker Bing Crosby He said Theyd sound... more info

Time — I’m a Christmas music traditionalist. Whereas I happily seek out new bands and explore new music throughout the year (and not just because it’s my job), around the holidays I become so conservative, so unyielding in my song choices — it’s Bin... more info

ContactMusic — Lady Gaga performed a saucy version of the festive classic White Christmas when she appeared at New Yorks annual Jingle Ball concert on Friday 9 Dec 2011 Lady Gaga wanted to add a bit of a twist to the Bing Crosby classic During the performan... more info

Topix — Lady Gaga was in the Christmas spirit at Z100's annual Jingle Ball concert, but her version of "White Christmas" would have made Bing Crosby blush. more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Two-time Grammy winner Scott Weiland just debuted his new, retro-inspired video for “Winter Wonderland," which has him channeling the signature sound that Bing Crosby brought to the song nearly 50 years ago. The song is the first... more info

Guardian Music — (Fish People/EMI)There are many peculiar things about Kate Bush's 50 Words for Snow. If it's not strictly speaking a Christmas album, it's certainly a seasonal one, and the seasonal album is these days more associated with Justin Bieber than critical... more info