Santa Claus, singing cowboys, fictional reindeer and warbling chipmunks: American Christmas music! Lankford examines how the songs represent an intricate cultural landscape crowded with meanings and anxieties. He examines popular culture, consumerism, and the dynamics of the traditional American family to reveal that the "modern American Christmas" has carried a complex and sometimes contradictory set of themes over the years.
The first full examination of popular American Christmas music and its deeper connections to American culture.