How Do You Make a Christmas Song That’s Not So Cringey?

Dec 24 2022 by The Daily Beast

 
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast

I am a proud lover of Christmas pop music. Whether it’s New Kids On the Block's “Funky, Funky, Xmas,” Taylor Swift’s “Christmas Tree Farm,” or Doja Cat’s cover of “Santa Baby,” give me a holiday tune by a popular artist and I’ll eat it up.

But I think we can all agree: different Christmas pop songs occupy very different roles within our holiday playlists. To that end, I’d like to propose three main categories of...

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