Do You Hear What I Hear because it makes me think of one of the best Gremlins scenes.
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Greg Lake - I believe in Father Christmas
12 days of Christmas by Bob and Doug Mckenzie
TAKE OFF, EH!
A Very Polish Christmas by Sabadu.
Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry. Apparently not originally intended as a Christmas song anyway.
I'm with you on team "O holy night", my favourite version is Andy Williams', closely followed by Perry Como's!
Gulajh Gulajhah Gwanghwamun by the Human Centipedes.
Slappin’ tune.
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
https://youtu.be/Q8ByNT1m8V4?si=HQuY-gowQm5Kr0dj https://youtu.be/7DKwlCD50w0?si=yxExO9WwYi-0Szl9
Vulfpeck's Christmas in LA is a bop
Happy Xmas (War is Over) by John and Yoko.
The only Christmas-related media I like in any capacity, is the OG Grinch cartoon. So Thurl Ravenscroft is the only person I wanna hear singing on Christmas.
Christmas Rapping by the Waitresses
This is the only video I could find outside of Spotify. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIhoC89kVVQ
I really like Chris Rea's "Driving home for Christmas", but have to say this version by Angelina Jordan is superb
White Christmas, which was written by Irving Berlin, who was Jewish!
I like it because of how intricately the melody is written. It ebbs and flows perfectly against the chord progression and feels much closer to a jazz standard than most other Christmas songs.
The Twisted Sister version of Oh Come All Ye Faithful.
Not sure if it counts, but John Coltrane playing "My Favorite Things". I got that track on some best of Coltrane collection for Christmas when I was in grade school. It eventually became both my favorite Christmas song and really got me into jazz. It's still the default version that pops into my head when I think of that song, not Julie Andrews singing it in The Sound of Music.
The Norwegian version of Holy Night.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PK-NZc4O6mA
It is performed by Sissel Kyrkjebo.
https://youtu.be/K6nxWui4qD8?si=NK5ZV0zmKYkXhN75 Love this song. And yes I do work retail. And fuck everyone. Be nice to the retail workers.
Dragged Under - This Holiday https://youtube.com/watch?v=cgPfIhbIJU0
Also "Skank for Christmas" by Reel Big Fish
Swans - The Seer
Police Nabbed my Dad by Bobnoxious.
Rudolph the red nose reindeer sung by Jack Johnson. His version has a good twist.
The only one I've liked is Homo Christmas by Pansy Division
Not a Christian, but nothing beats working out to "Light of Christmas" by Owl Cities.
It's only a few years old, but I've recently been charmed by Christmas Eve at the Downtown Thrifty-Thrift Store by Jawbone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8_qqVEB2s8
It's not telling any kind of story, just painting a picture with words and music about tattered and mostly-forgotten things.
Skank For Christmas - Reel Big Fish. Their Happy Skalidays album is great. I make it a yearly thing.
For me it’s the organ noells composed by Louis Claude D’aquin. https://youtu.be/rc3fl62G1ec?si=89vCI-NmbMUnD9Cy
Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter
Such a beautiful tune, starts so slow and haunting and ends up so hopeful.