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Why Are There No New Christmas Songs?

Thousands of new holiday songs have been released since 1994, but none have become standards in the way pop songs about Christmas routinely did in the '60s, '70s and '80s. What's the challenge of cracking the tiny yuletide canon? Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images hide caption

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Why Are There No New Christmas Songs?

Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is back at the top of the chart a quarter century after it was first released. So why haven't there been any lasting Christmas songs to take its place?

Why Are There No New Christmas Songs?

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Molly Burch Isn't Just A Voice. She's Got The Songwriting Chops To Back It Up.

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Molly Burch Isn't Just A Voice. She's Got The Songwriting Chops To Back It Up.

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The classically-trained vocalist just announced a new project, Ballads. But when she stopped by World Cafe, it was to discuss her most recent full-length album, First Flower.

Molly Burch On World Cafe

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