Barenaked For The Holidays has some great tracks but Elf's Lament is my favorite since it's a cynical take on the commercialism of Christmas. https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=M4dxqHmhLaE
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- Stan Rogers - First Christmas
- Tim Minchin - White Wine in the Sun
- Paul Kelly - How to Make Gravy
- Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas
might add more later if i think of them
Patty Gurdy feat. Fiddler's Green - The Yule Fiddler (Christmas Time Is Coming 'Round Today) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqesZeoiE6I
She has a lot of great stuff with a rare instrument, she's also in a pirate-metal band playing it
Carol of the bells fucks
"Altfel de colind"
Look for wassailing music. It’s old caroling music that tends german, and can be a nice change of pace.
Sarah McLachlan's album Wintersong is one of my go-tos
Thank you for recommending this! I've always liked her song on the Barenaked Ladies Christmas album. Wintersong now has a permanent spot in my Christmas rotation for a relaxing listen.
Glad you enjoyed it! And I just listened to the barenaked ladies christmas album, thanks for the rec! I don't have many Christmas songs in that style, so it's good to expand my options.
If you liked Wintersong there's a chance you may also like Christmas Day by Dido
Fairytale of New York
The film score from Die Hard.
I am of the opinion that Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
The Creator Has a Master Plan (edit: by Pharaoh Sanders)
- Leon Thomas' vocal excerpt (3:50): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ixv0kX3niA
- the full song (32:47): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViweO33oo2Y
Andrea Perry's "Fat Aunt Bette"
Tarja Turunen Dark Christmas. It's not 100% spectacular but it's close.
I dig bad religions cover of the kink's father Christmas.
But I also put together a pop punk Christmas playlist together for a friend. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2KDLktij5weEe8wjoVpI2z?pi=luEP0SsOQY6Cn
Almost everything on Soma.FM's Christmas Lounge
Tankard - Fuck Christmas King Diamond - No Presents for Christmas
I have no idea whats played on the radio but I get nostalgia for the gene audrey christmass album and I like the irish lady singers stuff.
Not sure what’s overplayed where you are but the world never has enough:
And all 45 seconds of this greatness:
From the category COUNTRY, NON-SHITTY VERSION, I have some good ones:
- Merry Christmas from the Family, Robert Earl Keen
- The sequel, Happy Holidays Y'All
- Grateful for Christmas, Hayes Carll
- (Close enough to Christmasy) Snowin' on Raton, Townes Van Zandt
- Arbolito, Tish Hinojosa
- Literally any traditional carol sung by Willie Nelson or Emmylou Harris
- X-Mas on the Isthmus, Terry Allen and Guy Clark
- Christmas in Washington, Steve Earle
Paul Kelly - How to make Gravy
River - Joni Mitchell
Happy holidays, you bastard - Blink 182
I’ll be home for Christmas Elvis Presley
I never hear that in the stores and rarely on the radio
This Eastern Canada duo did a great Christmas album last year, very Celtic folk style. Here is Cassie and Maggie.
J. Cole - middle child
I love (loooove) Nutmeg by John Legend and Stephen Colbert. The entire Colbert Christmas album is great imho but Nutmeg is the best by far. Also 12 Days of Pop Punk Christmas is pretty fun.
Merry Christmas, Baby by The Beach Boys.
Half the album this song comes from is original songs, the other half is the old favorites that were already old favorites at the time.
“Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree” performed by Brenda Lee.
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis by Tom Waits
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