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When this song was released in 1961, it was a pivotal time not only for Christmas music, but for America itself—culture was colliding with mid-century modern sensibilities and Christmas was becoming an important secular engine for Hollywood and consumerism. This week, NPR Music critic Ann Powers and editor Daoud Tyler-Ameen discuss Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song” and other Christmas classics of the era.
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