Your favorite classic Christmas music might have New England ties

There's nothing like a classic Christmas song to get you in the holiday spirit. You probably know many of the time-worn melodies and cheery lyrics by heart, even if you didn't mean to memorize them.

But, did you know that some of the most well-known tunes have New England ties?

Radio Boston revisits its 2021 conversation with Joe Bennett, a professor and musicologist at Berklee School of Music, about some local Christmas classics that we've come to love over the years.