Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” (1948)
Like many traditional songs that are heard around the holidays, “Sleigh Ride”,…
The Christmas Songs
The Quinto Sisters, First to Sing “Holly Jolly Christmas” – Even Before Burl Ives
Johnny Marks, one of the greatest writers of Christmas songs in the…
Frosty the Snowman, by Walter E. “Jack” Rollins and Steve Edward Nelson (1950)
Ask any child and he’ll tell you: the secular Christmas trinity is…
“Baby it’s Cold Outside” by Frank Loesser (1944)
Illustration by Justin Newhouse One in a series of essays exploring the…
One Horse Open Sleigh
“The One Horse Open Sleigh”, published in 1857, dedicated to John P….