About 12 Songs
At 12 Songs of Christmas, Alex Rawls explores the mixed feelings people have toward Christmas music and the many contexts that affect how it is received. It is the result of more than 20 years of listening, collecting, and writing about Christmas music, including interviews with Johnny Mathis, John Waters, and many people who don’t have John in their names.
Those stories have appeared in OffBeat, The New Orleans Advocate, and My Spilt Milk—12 Songs of Christmas’ parent site.