(NEXSTAR) – “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is already more melancholy than most classic Christmas songs, but its earlier version was a downright ...

“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” was written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical “Meet Me in ...

The Christmas season is officially upon us, and with it comes all the usual festive fanfare. If you celebrate the holiday, this likely includes buying last-minute gifts for your nearest and dearest, ...

“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” cemented its place in the holiday song canon after it appeared in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis, starring Judy Garland. Although the song seems ...

Judy Garland in 'Meet Me in St. Louis.' The song “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is a holiday classic, but its genesis goes back to Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis. It turns out, she ...

Radio stations that feature Christmas songs at this time of year will play — many times and by many different artists — a song from a popular film that premiered in 1944. “Have Yourself a Merry Little ...

The song’s lyrics were written for a crush in 1946 and the music followed 20 years later. After “Merry Christmas Darling” was released by the Carpenters in November 1970, the love song topped ...

How’s that for an upbeat thought? However you commemorate the waning of the year, and no matter what you call it, you’ve probably heard and hummed along with the classic tune “Have Yourself a Merry ...