Modern Holiday Music
All she wants for Christmas is you
Who is Mariah Carey?
Disney’s 1983 short that adapts Dickens with Scrooge McDuck in the title role.
What is Mickey’s Christmas Carol?
Blanche, Dorothy, Rose and Sophia navigate yuletide complications in multiple holiday installments of this sitcom
What is The Golden Girls?
An aluminum pole, “airing grievances,” and feats of strength are introduced when Frank Costanza invents an anti‑commercial holiday for his family.
What is Seinfeld?
When a young sponge convinces Bikini Bottom that “Santa” is real, the town stages a full festive welcome—until an earnest believer must teach his neighbors a lesson about giving.
What is SpongeBob SquarePants?
Kelly Clarkson’s 2013 original that repeatedly resurfaces on holiday playlists and charted on Billboard’s holiday charts.
What is "Underneath the Tree"?
A 2006 cross‑Atlantic romantic comedy where two women swap homes for Christmas and find new relationships.
What is The Holiday?
This the longest running animated series in US history opened with a Christmas‑themed episode that first aired at the end of the decade.
What is The Simpsons?
A widowed dad and his three daughters try to pull off Christmas pageants, presents and a surprise for DJ while extended family drama ensues.
What is Full House?
A dad dresses as a made‑up holiday creature to teach his young son about his cultural heritage, only to be upstaged by an actual Santa appearance.
What is Friends?
The 2014 Ariana Grande single that became a recurrent holiday radio staple after its release on SoundCloud and later as a commercial single.
What is "Santa Tell Me"?
The 2003 Richard Curtis ensemble rom‑com that interweaves several London‑set love stories during the holiday season.
What is Love Actually?
A wisecracking extraterrestrial causes chaos when he believes Santa Claus is coming to Earth and schemes to experience a human Christmas.
What is ALF?
A teenager from Philadelphia confronts cultural and economic contrasts at his wealthy relatives’ Christmas celebration, learning about family and responsibility.
What is The Fresh Prince of Bel‑Air?
An office Secret Santa devolves into a chaotic "Yankee Swap," a drunken manager gives inappropriate gifts and a teapot with a personal note becomes a focal object of goodwill.
What is The Office (U.S.)?
This 2018 Katy Perry original features cozy imagery and was released simultaneously with a lyric video set in a snowy cottage.
What is "Cozy Little Christmas"?
The 2003 dark comedy starring a cantankerous department‑store Santa planning to rob the mall he works at.
What is Bad Santa?
The Keaton family reimagines Dickens as their teenage conservative son has a reluctant turn as Ebenezer Scrooge in the family’s stage production, forcing him to confront generosity and family obligation.
What is Family Ties?
A potty‑mouthed animated town’s holiday premiere centers on a talking stool who becomes a seasonal celebrity and teaches an unlikely moral lesson.
What is South Park?
A small New England town enters holiday mode, Emily plans a big party for her daughter's wedding, but the daughter doesn't want the party or to reenact vows, leading to her husband questioning the marriage. Granddaugther (same name as daughter) is at dinner with friends and her boyfriend share a secret that hurts friendship, Diner owner fights for custody of long lost daughter. Diner owner and Daughter's husband fight.
What is Gilmore Girls?
A 2011 Justin Bieber song with a reggae-tinged rhythm that topped many streaming holiday playlists.
What is "Mistletoe"?
A 2005 family dramedy that centers on an extended family’s tense holiday reunion starring Diane Keaton and Rachel McAdams.
What is The Family Stone?
The Jim Henson series for children devoted a full holiday special to bells, miracles and friendship.
What is Fraggle Rock?
A DIY‑obsessed father attempts a grand home holiday project while learning a parenting lesson after a misadventure with the family’s Christmas decorations.
What is Home Improvement?
A sketch‑show head writer stages an increasingly bizarre office holiday party where a dictator‑styled gift exchange, family secrets and Lutz‑style chaos collide.
What is 30 Rock?