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
Someday at Christmas first appeared on the various artists CD collection, "Christmas in the City"). The title track was covered by The Jackson 5 for "The Jackson 5 Christmas Album" (1970), The Temptations for "The Temptations Christmas Card" (1970), Diana Ross for her "A Very Special Season" album (1994), Mary J. Blige (2000), Jack Johnson for the album "This Warm December" (2008), Pearl Jam for their 2004 holiday single and Justin Bieber covered the song at the White House. The band Remy Zero also covered the song which is featured on their 2001 EP release "A Searchers EP". Diana Ross performed the song