# Christmas Music with a Twist **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695 "2010-11-23T20:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/1 "2010-11-23T20:14:07Z")
Suggested by **Zeldar** in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=585176). Only a couple of days until radio stations that haven’t done so already start up their all-Christmas formats. This thread is for tracks that aren’t typical of such playlists. No lyrics required. [“Twistin’ Bells” - Santo & Johnny](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgcuCuAnuas) [“Winter Wonderland” - Harry Connick, Jr.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng8zdQeSruI) [“Sleigh Ride” - The Ventures](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEaY2RG4Bs0) [“Winter” - The Mello Men backed by Spike Jones](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYUjUIaTi28) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/2 "2010-11-23T20:25:14Z")
[“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” - Jewel and her mother](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsqeEyzW9NE) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/3 "2010-11-23T20:28:37Z")
[Fairytale of New York – The Pogues](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv0hlbWpa1w) ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/4 "2010-11-23T20:42:11Z")
Is this what you want? Yogi Yorgesson [The Christmas Party](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJAC9ZykSAo&feature=related) [I Yust Go Nuts for Christmas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgwsm6zLP2c&feature=related) [Yingle Bells](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1c-VYEi-SU&feature=related) [I Was Santa Claus At The School House](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueEprtU32sg&feature=related) Define what you want better. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/5 "2010-11-23T20:52:36Z")
[Carolina Christmas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nivsq8Heh1c) - Squirrel Nut Zippers ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/6 "2010-11-23T21:03:45Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Is this what you want? Fine by me, a fourth-generation Scandinavian-American, but this was **Zeldar** ’s idea. This is the fourth thread for Christmas songs and in recent weeks I was just trying to set it apart. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/7 "2010-11-23T21:05:24Z")
[John Fahey: Silent Night](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8mBBkKs4y0) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/8 "2010-11-23T21:12:07Z")
_[Santa Lost a Ho](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCg1I84VTaU)_ - The Christmas Jug Band ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/9 "2010-11-23T21:34:55Z")
[Dance in the Dark of the Year](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzRuM2txv0Q) - Bittersweet Christmas Band [Don’t Make Me Play That Grandma Song Again](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oYLKbRq_M4) ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/10 "2010-11-23T22:06:02Z")
[Randolph the Brown-Nosed Reindeer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dqSD4h60DE) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/11 "2010-11-23T22:21:30Z")
[She’s A Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DanLEKsZRIA) Patent Pending. The whole Vandals Christmas album. Gun For Christmas and Christmastime For My Penis are my two faves. [You Ain’t Getting Shit For Christmas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srHM2sIll68) won’t be heard on many radio stations. Really, I’ve got sooooo many twisted Christmas songs on my iPod people may mistake me for Scrooge. I’m also quite fond of Collective Soul’s [Blue Christmas.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPoHlaBYuWI) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/12 "2010-11-23T22:28:08Z")
[It’s Christmas at Ground Zero](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwgFRy3XK8o) \*"What a crazy fluke! We’re gonna get nuked On this jolly holiday!"\* ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/13 "2010-11-23T22:56:30Z")
[A Fine Traditional Tune](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m98WYECSspw&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/14 "2010-11-23T23:20:21Z")
[Christmas Boogie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPRgtmmfDvQ) by the Davis Sisters – not the gospel group, rather Skeeter Davis and friend early in Skeeter’s career. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/15 "2010-11-23T23:24:50Z")
[Elvis Presley-Merry Christmas Baby](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJcJbVBwREc) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/16 "2010-11-24T00:04:44Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > [Randolph the Brown-Nosed Reindeer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dqSD4h60DE) [“Leroy the Redneck Reindeer” - Joe Diffie](http://www.cmt.com/videos/joe-diffie/70829/leroy-the-redneck-reindeer.jhtml) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/17 "2010-11-24T00:34:16Z")
Martin Mull’s immortal "[Santa Doesn’t Cop Out On Dope."](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a5a5sG0QZg#t=01m00s) (ignore the video; it’s just dumb). Tom Lehrer’s [Christmas Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZR3lJobjw) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/18 "2010-11-24T00:55:14Z")
Straight No Chaser-[_12 Days Of Christmas_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kYEK-pxs_A&feature=channel) The Roches-[_Winter Wonderland_](http://ilike.myspacecdn.com/play#The+Roches:Winter+Wonderland:718551:s11461.1953.3008652.1.1.66%2Cstd_e2b60b31d9d669e982c612dd54ab73c5) ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/19 "2010-11-24T01:03:48Z")
[Leroy the Redneck Reindeer](http://www.ruthann1.com/RedneckChristmas.htm) [(Youtube video)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIdnYAkqSes) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695/20 "2010-11-24T03:13:22Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Straight No Chaser-[_12 Days Of Christmas_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kYEK-pxs_A&feature=channel) Great choice and there’s also their [Christmas Can-Can](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E-47VmFopE) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-with-a-twist/561695.md?page=2)