One person’s Christmas classic can be another person’s last straw. From “Santa Baby” to “Wonderful Christmastime,” good luck getting these holiday songs out of your head.

When looking at the mounds of literature on hated Christmas songs, or just stopping a random person on the street, “The Christmas Shoes,” originally recorded in 2000 by Christian vocal group ...

The positive feelings associated with Christmas music are something Vanessa Parvin, the owner of Manhattan Holiday Carolers, a holiday entertainment company, knows well. Ms. Parvin, 45, has been ...