Favorite Christmas songs

EvilHomer3k · Post by **EvilHomer3k** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:09 am

I'm trying to fill out my Christmas song list. Wanted to see what others favorite christmas song/video was, especially if it's not super popular.

For me it's:
1. Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano - Such a great christmas song. It's happy and catchy.
2. Little Drummer Boy - Sean Quigley - One of the few religious songs I like and easily the best rendition IMO
3. 12 Days of Christmas - Bob and Doug McKenzie - Just a fun song all the way around.
4. Wonderful Christmas Time - Paul McCartney - Not unique but still a great song
5. Dominick the Donkey - The Italian Christmas Song - Lou Monte - Jing a D Jing, It's Dominick the Donkey
6. Hallelujah - Theory of a Deadman - FU Pentatonix
7. Not Another Christmas Song - blink 182 - Unique song from one of my favorite bands
8. Tenacious D and Sum 41 - Things I want - Love me some D
9. Brick - Ben Folds Five - some may not consider it a christmas song but you're wrong - It's the Die Hard of Christmas movies.
10. Anything by Burl Ives or Andy Williams - Yeah, it's traditional - sue me.

Honorable Mention - I Want an Alien for Christmas - Fountains of Wayne, Wham - Last Christmas, Run DMS - Christmas in Hollis, The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (beats the shit out of Rockin Round the Christmas Tree)

disarm · Post by **disarm** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:34 am

I'm on board for most of these, but 'Brick' is in no way a Christmas song. I love the song, but just because his girlfriend has an abortion the day after Christmas (that they try and fail to hide from their families) does not make it a Christmas song.

McNutt · Post by **McNutt** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:47 am

Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea. Sadly I'm the only one in the house who likes it.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:55 am

EvilHomer3k wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:09 am 2. Little Drummer Boy - Sean Quigley - One of the few religious songs I like and easily the best rendition IMO

Thats a weird way to spell David Bowie/Bing Crosby.

My favorite cheery Christmas song.

This one also slaps.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:21 am

Do those songs still exist? All I ever hear in public anymore is bad covers of Christmas songs. Pop style, diva style, or country style. I assume stores play them to save the fees for known musicians, but they make my ears bleed.

Sudy · Post by **Sudy** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:38 am

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:26 am

Bing's "I'll be home for Christmas"

Johnny Mathis "Silver Bells"

Elvis "Blue Christmas"

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 9:24 am

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.

Other favorites in no particular order:

I'll Be Home for Christmas
Blue Christmas
White Christmas
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (I love the guitar accents in this one)

And perhaps the greatest Christmas song of all time:

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 9:59 am

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 10:56 am

I like that one where the dogs are barking.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:16 am

Carol of the Bells - almost all versions. Vocal, Instrumental, Jazz, etc. I also count TSO's Christmas Eve/Sarajevo in this. I've heard some renditions that I don't care for but not many.

A Soalin' - Peter, Paul, and Mary. This got heavy play in our home growing up. It's just not Christmas for me unless I get this in my ear holes at least a dozen times.

O Come, All Ye Faithful - Ed Ames. Just... holy shit what a voice. Part of the Ames Brothers and also a TV actor during the '60's. This was another one that got constant play in our household growing up.

Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Trio. I mean, come on, this song is so indelibly linked to Christmas it's part of the national psyche.

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:22 am

YellowKing wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 9:24 am 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.

Oh, that is a good one!

My favorite new years eve song.
Ella Fitzgerald - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p597VDvsekc

Old Guy · Post by **Old Guy** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:45 am

As an Englishman of a certain age it is not Christmas until Noddy Holder yells it.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:19 pm

Brian wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:16 am Carol of the Bells - almost all versions. Vocal, Instrumental, Jazz, etc. I also count TSO's Christmas Eve/Sarajevo in this. I've heard some renditions that I don't care for but not many.

I'm probably a bit more discerning when it comes to versions, but this is one of my tops as well.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 5:09 pm

EvilHomer3k wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:09 am Wham - Last Christmas

please let me never hear this one again

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 5:28 pm

Vince Guaraldi trio Charlie Brown Christmas FTW!

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:02 pm

Jingle Bell Rock - Hall & Oats
Rockin Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) - The Darkness
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives
Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid
Last Christmas - Wham
Blue Christmas - Elvis
Wonderful Christmas Time - Paul McCartney
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry

Many more Im forgetting. the old Chipmunks Christmas album.

Dramatist · Post by **Dramatist** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:01 pm

I can’t believe no one’s said “Fairytale of New York” yet so I’ll say it.

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Holman · Post by **Holman** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:13 pm

Dramatist wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:01 pm I can’t believe no one’s said “Fairytale of New York” yet so I’ll say it.

Appropriate this week:

The sight of mourners dancing at Shane's funeral is somehow perfect.

geezer · Post by **geezer** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:19 pm

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:23 pm

Daehawk wrote:Jingle Bell Rock - Hall & Oats

I just bought this last night during my favorite local record store's Christmas music show. I'm a huge Hall & Oates fan but I didn't know they had a Christmas album. That was an insta-buy.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 8:28 pm

YellowKing wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:23 pm
Daehawk wrote:Jingle Bell Rock - Hall & Oats
I just bought this last night during my favorite local record store's Christmas music show. I'm a huge Hall & Oates fan but I didn't know they had a Christmas album. That was an insta-buy.

It has a fun video too. I watch it each year. Still remember seeing it on Mtv.

I was sad reading recently how all this time they wereen't really even friends just considered each other business partners. I always thought they were really close friends all these years. And now Hall has sued Oats in Nashville after years of fighting. F'n shame. Really kinda heartbroken to read it all and find out.

Ill keep my view of them intact and ignore it all. Loved them since I was a young teen in the early 80s. They were all you heard of the radio back then. Ill say Merry Christmas to them if they wont each other.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 10:53 pm

The Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special features two of my favorite songs right now.

Kevin Bacon has a surprisingly good song, but “I Don’t Know What Christmas Is But Christmas Time is Here” is a certified banger.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:19 pm

Jars of Clay - Drummer Boy

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:58 pm

The Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special features two of my favorite songs right now.

Kevin Bacon has a surprisingly good song, but “I Don’t Know What Christmas Is But Christmas Time is Here” is a certified banger.

I was VERY surprised to hear him sing on that special. I didn't know he sang never mind had a band.

msteelers · Post by **msteelers** » Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:35 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:58 pm
The Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special features two of my favorite songs right now.

Kevin Bacon has a surprisingly good song, but “I Don’t Know What Christmas Is But Christmas Time is Here” is a certified banger.
I was VERY surprised to hear him sing on that special. I didn't know he sang never mind had a band.

I knew he had a band and wasn't really surprised when he started singing. I figured when he started singing that his being on the special was contingent on him being able to sing during at least one scene.

What surprised me was that he was really good, and I genuinely like his version of that song.

Trent Steel · Post by **Trent Steel** » Sat Dec 09, 2023 12:33 pm

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 5:28 pm Vince Guaraldi trio Charlie Brown Christmas FTW!

This is correct. More specifically...

Who says I don't have a soul?

Madmarcus · Post by **Madmarcus** » Sat Dec 09, 2023 1:24 pm

Many of my favorites have already been mentioned (but deserve to be mentioned again!). In no particular order. Yes, my favorite song gets two entries.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Sat Dec 09, 2023 2:01 pm

Good ol' Bob and Doug. I haven't heard that one in a while. Beauty, eh.

Jaymon · Post by **Jaymon** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:17 pm

I once heard Carol of the Bells live, performed on actual bells,
And nothing else has ever lived up to that experience.

As for worded Christmas songs, Greensleeves is my favorite. I know its not exctly Christmas thing, but it gets played a lot at Christmas

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:43 pm

TheMix wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2023 2:01 pm
Good ol' Bob and Doug. I haven't heard that one in a while. Beauty, eh.

Haven't heard that and haven't really gave them much thought since me and my buddy saw Strange Brew in the 80s. But geez we quoted that movie forever.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:11 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:43 pmBut geez we quoted that movie forever.

The power of the Force stopped you, you hoser.

Lassr · Post by **Lassr** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:56 am

Not so much I have favorite Christmas songs but the CDs that get replayed often at our house is

Burl Ives Christmas CD and Bing Crosby's.

I like the classics more than the new stuff.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:51 am

Brian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:11 am
Daehawk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:43 pmBut geez we quoted that movie forever.
The power of the Force stopped you, you hoser.

"Luke, I am your father."

Dramatist · Post by **Dramatist** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:18 pm

I also love Thanks For Christmas by The Three Wise Men (aka XTC).

I haven’t been able to find that one on Spotify.

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Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:43 pm

Dramatist wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:18 pm I also love Thanks For Christmas by The Three Wise Men (aka XTC).

I haven’t been able to find that one on Spotify.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:04 pm

I like to plug the Sufjan Stevens Christmas box sets. He's got two of them (5 CDs each) with plenty of classics plus originals.

Dramatist · Post by **Dramatist** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:52 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:
Dramatist wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:18 pm I also love Thanks For Christmas by The Three Wise Men (aka XTC).

I haven’t been able to find that one on Spotify.

I have actually looked for that and came up empty. Thanks!

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Rumpy · Post by **Rumpy** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:01 pm

Ever since I've discovered this one many years ago, it's been a favourite of mine.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:09 pm

Dramatist wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:52 pm
I have actually looked for that and came up empty. Thanks!

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