'Tis the season for all things holiday. Festiveness embraced by food, decorations, family and friends, and of course, music. We all have our favorites-- our must listen tos. Year after year, they come on the radio or you search them on the Internet or insert a cd, and you listen to the words you must have heard a thousands times, but among those thousands of times, did you know some interesting facts and tidbits about the songs' histories.

1. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"

The song describes the weather outside as frightful, but when the song was first written frightful was describing something other than snow. Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, both songwriters, came up with the idea of the song on a very hot July day in California. While experiencing a heat wave, Cahn and Styne got creative when dreaming of a significant change in weather.

2. "Winter Wonderland"

The story behind this holiday classic is actually a sad tale. It was originally a poem and when written, the author, Richard Smith, was sick and suffering from tuberculous. Dreaming of a healthier life, snow came to mind. After showing friend and composer Felix Bernard his poem, Bernard turned it into a song. Unfortunately, Smith was never able to experience the greater success of the song due to his early passing a year after it was composed. And for those wondering, Parson Brown refers to the independent Protestant priests who were not associated with churches.

3. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

Before it was a movie and before it was a song, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was actually a book written in 1939 by Robert May for a department store's holiday promotion in which he worked at. The book was inspired by works such as "the Ugly Duckling" and personal experience of being bullied from May's younger years. May tossed around the names Rollo, Reginald, Rodney, and Romeo before finally settling on Rudolph. Ten years later, Johnny Marks, May's brother-in-law, composed the song, and in 1964, the beloved animation that we all know today aired.

4. Frosty the Snowman

Gene Autry, along with the Cass Country Boys, were the first to record "Frosty the Snowman" in 1950. Autry was also the first to record "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" in 1949 after Bing Crosby reportedly turned down the opportunity.

5. "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"

This song was written in 1932, and two years later was heard on Eddie Canter's radio show for the first time becoming a success not even a day later.

6. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"

Jimmy Boyd was the first to perform this holiday song at the mere age of 13.