The song begins with a Christmas-y chime. It's the sound of a celesta — an instrument featured in Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic “The Nutcracker.” Carey’s hit also uses the sleigh bell, which became ...

The Cannon Hall stage at the RiverPark Center will transform into East Tennessee’s Appalachia over the weekend as the national tour of “Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol” will kick off its ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Norris Museum is offering visitors the chance to travel back in time with their new Christmas event. Christmas 1933 will show visitors how Christmas was celebrated in the ...

Christmas music is a big part of the music industry. John Yang speaks with Nate Sloan, an assistant professor of musicology at the USC Thornton School of Music and co-host of the podcast Switched On ...