Listen to a holiday tune from a man who knows how to make one. Go to Brian Wilson's web page for his rendition of "White Christmas," with members of Styx on backing vocals. (Yes, I was perplexed by the whole 70s-rock group thing too. But it sounds nice.) A basic rendition of the ditty, pleasantly down-to-earth.
Mr. Wilson has recorded a couple of other holiday songs for his Web site. Last year, he performed a brief snippet of "Silent Night." The year before that, he provided an original song (although one owing a lot to the Beach Boys tune "Belles of Paris") called "On Christmas Day." All of those tunes can be sampled at the site.