Brenda Lee was 13 years old at the time of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" — and it was 66 years ago, in 1958.

Rock 'n' roll was in its infancy then, too.In the song, Lee sings about ... what is the "new old-fashioned way," exactly?The simplicity of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is a big part ...

Still Rockin': as a Singer Turns 80, the Christmas Song She Sang as a ... and spirit than a 13-year-old girl at the forefront of the Baby Boom? Rock ‘n’ roll was in its infancy then, too.