50 songs for 50 years: The best Christmas nostalgia over the last half century
Mariah Carrey, The Pogues, David Bowie and more
Singers Kirsty MacColl and Shane MacGowan with toy guns and an inflatable Santa, circa 1987. That year, the pair collaborated on the Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York.” (Tim Roney/Getty Images)
Mariah Carey performs at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York in December 1994. Carey released “All I Want for Christmas Is You” that year. (Kevin.Mazur/INACTIVE/WireImage)
David Bowie sings “The Little Drummer Boy” with Bing Crosby on CBS’ “Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas” in 1977. (CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images)
Aretha Franklin performs at the annual New York Stock Exchange Christmas tree lighting festivities on Wall Street on Dec. 4, 2008. (George Napolitano/FilmMagic)
A 45 rpm record of Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas.” (Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
