You’re right... Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston did have Christmas tracks that were great, but it is 2017 and the music game has changed quite a bit. All of the “Christmas “ projects poppin off right now by rappers aren’t to tracks with jingle bells under a hip hop percussion...
I think using bells and keeping somewhat of a Christmas vibe by using an instrument that’s typically used in Christmas tracks is cool.
Sampling or recreating a Christmas song that’s already existent isn’t as creative to me and wouldn’t really pick up much of an attraction from major record...