Favorite Christmas songs

[em2nought]

My absolute favorite Christmas song of all time is "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." And not the upbeat "hang a shining star" bullshit Frank Sinatra version either. I mean the depressing Judy Garland version colored with a small child's tears. My favorite Christmas songs are the ones with a touch of melancholy.

The fates didn't allow. I can't even listen to this one without falling to pieces. Maybe it's therapeutic.

[hentzau]

My absolute favorite Christmas song of all time is "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." And not the upbeat "hang a shining star" bullshit Frank Sinatra version either. I mean the depressing Judy Garland version colored with a small child's tears. My favorite Christmas songs are the ones with a touch of melancholy.

QFT.

My favorite Christmas Albums are The Bells of Dublin by the Chieftans, et al. and the classic Charlie Brown Christmas Album by Vince Guaraldi.

Favorite individual songs about Christmas? Hm.

The aforementioned "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."

Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt (and nobody else!!!)

White Christmas by Bing. Really don't like the movie, though. I'm a bigger fan of Holiday Inn (even with the problematic blackface number.)

Snoopy's Christmas by the Royal Guardsmen

Santa Claus is Comin' to Town by Bruce Springsteen

That's off the top of my head.

[Jeff V]

Father Christmas - The Kinks. Many orders of magnitude above the rest of my list.
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I Believe in Father Christmas (I like to think it's the same one the Kinks sing to) by Greg Lake
Merry Christmas ((I don't want to fight tonight) by The Ramones
Silent Night by The Dickies
A Christmas Song by Jethro Tull
Merry Merry Christmas - Koko Taylor

[dbt1949]

God rest you merry OOers,
let nothing you say dismay,
remember all were born like this on your very own birthday..........

[Madmarcus]

Father Christmas - The Kinks. Many orders of magnitude above the rest of my list.

That's a good one.

[Jeff V]

I Believe in Father Christmas (I like to think it's the same one the Kinks sing to) by Greg Lake

They played this on the radio today (they did a few days ago too). The DJ mentioned that Greg Lake did not consider this to be an Xmas song, but was about consumerism. Whatever, I still only play it this time of year.

Before he died, Greg Lake recorded it in a church with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.

[Madmarcus]

[Default]

There's a 13 song playlist.