‘The Christmas Shoes’ is 1 of many holiday songs that inspired a movie “The ... were based on popular tunes like “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “The Little Drummer Boy ...

But until this year, I had not known the dreadful manipulative horror that is “The Christmas Shoes.” I am a big fan of sad songs generally, but the fact that this song succeeds in jerking your ...