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“This jaunty number celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ was recorded in 1929, and features a charming lead vocal by Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon. Even compared to other Christmas songs, this is uncommonly joyful, particularly when Jaxon sings ‘Born in a manger, humble and low / That is why we love him so!'”

“Augie Rios was born in New York City to Puerto Rican parents and was just 12-years-old in 1958, when “Donde Esta Santa Claus” became a minor hit. In the song, a spanish-speaking child addresses his “mamacita” on Christmas Eve, wondering, as all kids do, when Santa Claus might arrive and whether he’ll be able catch a peek.”

“This was written in 1932 by Haven Gillespie and J. Fred Coots while traveling on the subway to a music publisher’s office. They had trouble convincing anyone to produce it because it was seen as a kids’ song, which would have been very hard to sell. The big break came when Eddie Cantor sang it on his radio show in 1934, and the song became an instant hit.”

“It started off with Donald Gardner asking a group of second-graders to complete the sentence, “All I want for Christmas is … ” No, no one really said they wanted their two front teeth for Christmas. But when Gardner listened to their wishes, some of the students’ lisps gave him the inspiration for this 1948 hit. He went home that night and wrote the song in 30 minutes.”

“Walter Kent and James Gannon’s song captured the mood of homesick Americans in 1943, especially the soldiers who were in the depths of World War II. It was the most requested song at Christmas U.S.O. shows in Europe as well as the Pacific.”

“A plea for peace, maybe? Songwriters and then-married couple Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker wrote the song during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. The song later went on to sell more than a million copies during that Christmas season.”