Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee. She was 13 when she sang it!!
Either Believe by Josh Groban or The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole.
The one I dislike the most is The Christmas Shoes, it makes me want to cry
Do You Hear What I Hear by Bing Crosby.
That song is so cynically wrong, it’s just purely made to tug on emotions in a really scummy way.
Or…
Travesty no one has mentioned the best “new” classic:
“Christmas Wrapping” by The Waitresses. EASILY my fav xmas song, it should be made into a short movie.
I’ll give a thumbs up to Billy Squire’s “Christmas is a time to say I Love you.” SUPER nostalgia for when Mtv ruled the world.
IN GENERAL-- all I want is the old classics. Any xmas songs in the last 20 years are such obvious money-grabs, I can’t stand any of them. If you EVEN listen to Mariah Carey, you’re sub-human.
The old classics? I’d pick Bing Crosby, “Mele Kalikimaka.”
Best version of Little Drummer Boy is this with the bass turned up:
As for my favorite… I’ve got many! Here’s a couple, but for me it’s these specific versions:
But my very very favorite is from my heritage, which is currently being wiped from the face of the earth…
I made a playlist of some of my favorite Christmas songs.
Basically any I can listen to all year long because I’ve always really loved Christmas.
Carol of the Bells in general but I love the Bad Wolves version.
“The Little Drummer Boy” by Bing Crosby is probably my all-time favorite.
But I really like “Baby it’s Cold Outside”, mostly because it upset people who misunderstood the meaning of the song and it’s actually a really sweet song about human relationships in general. Note that the song was written & sang by a husband and wife to tell their guests to get out.
baby shark.
It breaks my heart listening to it right now. But I love it. We still don’t know what happened to our relatives over in the Ukraine.
I’m very cynical about so much Christmas music. A lot of it is so very lame. But for some reason Josh Groban’s version of O Holy Night just hits me in the heart and gets me feeling all Christmasy. Its a beautiful song anyway, but also just feels super nostalgic. Takes me back to childhood.
Elton John - Step Into Christmas
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbRtGMm96F8
Sinead O’Connor - Silent Night
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq5FAbdkZg4
John Lennon - And So This is Christmas
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_kj60DIq2M
Harry Simeone Chorale - Little Drummer Boy
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHIBEYntmPk
None of them. I have never found a single Christmas song I enjoy. They are all annoying as can be.