Christmas music a version by American "a capella" group Pentatonix which had already been released on their Christmas album shortly before Cohen's death, were added into Christmas music playlists on radio stations in the United States and Canada. Christmas songs introduced in theater, television, and film include "White Christmas" from "Holiday Inn" (1942), "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), and "Silver Bells" in "The Lemon Drop Kid" (1950). Some musical films have been set around Christmas time, and because of that some of the songs are popular during the holiday season, including: A popular form
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) (1993), "Donnie Brasco" (1997), "Almost Famous" (2000), "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" (2016) and "The Fate of the Furious" (2017). The Chipmunks performed a smooth jazz version of the song with Kenny G on the saxophone for their 1994 album "A Very Merry Chipmunk". They also performed a duet version with Jaci Velasquez for her 2001 album "Christmas" in which Alvin tries to flirt with Jaci in Spanish and changes the lyric "I want a hula hoop" to "I want a date with you." On a Christmas episode of "The King of Queens", the character Doug Heffernan says it's his favorite Christmas