It's been a staple of holiday parties and Christmas songs for generations, and everyone knows what you're supposed to do when you're standing underneath it. But why is it a tradition to kiss ...

Some of the greatest Christmas songs have a touch of melancholia ... Then he follows that line with “I feel like I’m gonna kiss you standing beneath that mistletoe” with all the charm ...

Foley, a professor at Baylor University who researched the origins of popular Christmas songs for his book Why We Kiss under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained. Below, TIME rounded up ...

The things that make Christmas songs great — whether ... Schmaltz Factor: 8. The song about an innocent kiss at Christmastime has quite the nod to Bieber’s unwavering Christian faith when ...

The song in question is "The Christmas Song," which Cole first recorded ... with a certain holiday glow on a record to which you can kiss or cry. —S.K. Phil Spector's 1963 holiday release ...

Like most Christmas songs, they weren’t all the height of ... Richer who gained global recognition for singing hits such as “Kiss Me” and “There She Goes.” Now solo, Nash released ...

Otis Redding is feelin' mighty fine in this 1967 Christmas song that serenades his girl and has him dreaming of stealing a kiss beneath the mistletoe. 'Merry Christmas' by Ed Sheeran and Elton ...

“The Christmas Song,” aka “Chestnuts roasting on an ... syncopation from the lyrics give the whole thing a lovable kiss of kitsch. It’s also a male/female holiday duet that isn’t the ...

The things that make Christmas songs great — whether ... Schmaltz Factor: 8. The song about an innocent kiss at Christmastime has quite the nod to Bieber’s unwavering Christian faith when ...

Here are the best Christmas songs for your holiday playlist ... I just don't want to kiss 'em." He even wrote the music on a ukulele the former Beatle gifted him and called in fellow Wilbury ...