It's the greatest synthpop Christmas song of them all. Composer Chip Davis found fame in the mid '80s when his ensemble released a holiday album reinterpreting the classics.

Among the new songs on The Greatest Christmas Hits is the original song “Please Santa Please,” co-written by Karen Kosowski and Emma Lee along with the group’s Olusola and Maldonado.

The album features 23 of the band's top holiday songs and eight brand new, never-before-heard tracks - including the cheerful holiday original, “Please Santa Please.” In tandem with the album ...

‘Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' hits No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 for first time since 1958 release After 65 years, the classic Christmas tune is the third holiday song to reach the top spot.

Pop music "is supposed to be about new things" and "a reflection of the changing landscape of popular culture", which is "why it's such a shame that at Christmas, we tend to hear the same songs".

65 years after it was released, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree has topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. NPR's Scott Detrow talks about it with singer Brenda Lee.