Episode

Songcraft Classic: WALTER AFANASIEFF ("All I Want for Christmas Is You")

Podcast: Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters
Published: Dec 24, 2025
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Summary

We've been celebrating our 10th anniversary all year by digging in the vaults to re-present classic episodes with fresh commentary. Today, for our final "classic episode" of 2025, we're revisiting our 2020 conversation with "All I Want for Christmas" co-writer Walter Afanasieff. Happy holidays and thanks for a great year of looking back together as we continue to look toward the future!