# Christmas music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 19, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885 "2024-12-19T19:24:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/61 "2025-12-11T18:05:19Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I like We Need A Little Christmas, the Ray Conniff version. I’ve been known to play it in the summer, too. This is what I came in to post! I love this and I often at least think of it in the summer. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/62 "2025-12-11T19:42:13Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > I have a suspicion that some of the people claim to hate Christmas because it’s in vogue to hate it. Oh, I know I’ll get tons of pushback, and that’s OK. But when I hear people drag out that cliché, I just have to roll my eyes. Most of it is a cliche, the hate for “All I want for Christmas is You” seems to be based upon a marketing meme campaign. But some people had bad experiences with the Holiday as a kid, and cant get over it. Others so virulently hate the Christian religion, that is almost becomes a religion for them. Oddly not many “Christmas Songs” mention Jesus. > [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > “My Favorite Things" is not a Christmas song - why do we always hear it at this time of year I know I mentioned this at least once- it has lots of Winter Imagery, and it is a happy song. About half or so of Christmas songs are really Winter songs- Jingle bells for example. Let it Snow, Winter Wonderland, Frosty The Snowman, Baby its Cold Outside, and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/63 "2025-12-11T20:28:56Z")
I like the song _River_ by Joni Mitchell at this time of year. Fits my melancholy quite well. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/64 "2025-12-11T20:37:53Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > it has lots of Winter Imagery, and it is a happy song. And the Sound of Music was broadcast near Christmas for many years. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/65 "2025-12-11T20:44:48Z")
I recently picked up a double CD set of [Christmas Classics](https://www.amazon.com/40-Christmas-Classics-Various-Artists/dp/B07HSK38C6) – a combination of the usual stuff and some really off-the-wall choices. Like [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jlxf-jP1idM/maxresdefault.jpg "I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlxf-jP1idM) ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/66 "2025-12-11T21:09:16Z")
@Skywatcher That is one heck of a strange tune 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/67 "2025-12-11T21:17:03Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > If you are old enough. This will evoke Christmas any time of year. That’s what I was coming here to post. The Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack is one of the few Christmas albums I actually like. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/68 "2025-12-11T21:21:25Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > Listening to the classics every year, or multiple times a year, is like a visit from an old friend who you know really well and who you can count on not changing. I did a search on Spotify yesterday and found ‘100 Greatest Christmas Songs Ever’. I was expecting the classics in classic style, but there a quite a few artists that I had never heard of who had some great renditions. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/69 "2025-12-11T21:23:02Z")
![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oiSf083QM_U/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/oiSf083QM_U?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDoiSf083QM_U ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/70 "2025-12-11T21:35:53Z")
I quite like that! But then… Nick Lowe ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/71 "2025-12-11T22:22:48Z")
I guess Christmas songs would be OK (-ish) if there was just a day of them (say). But for two weeks already you can’t go in a shop without hearing the same damn songs over and over again (reporting from the UK here). But here’s one that’s been on my mind in a nice way. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-BNKmVmfdAo/maxresdefault.jpg "In the Bleak Midwinter - Holst") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BNKmVmfdAo) The reason is: I’ve been looking through the paintings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (who I’m slightly obsessed by) and starting to check out the rest of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their hangers on. This song is a poem by Christina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel’s sister (a Pre-Raphaelite Sibling, as it were; music by Gustav Holst). j ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/72 "2025-12-11T22:51:59Z")
“In the bleak midwinter” is in our hymnal. I’d say we sing it at least one service every year. Beautiful melody, lovely harmony, find the words very pedestrian and not up to the loveliness of the music. Your mileage may vary, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/73 "2025-12-11T23:22:43Z")
I’m going to take back one of the things I said about the local Christmas station…there is one absolutely out of left field song they have in heavy rotation….[Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhdxjcjzCAM) It takes place on Christmas Eve so… I guess? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/74 "2025-12-12T01:33:47Z")
That, and the song was released in November/December of 1980. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/75 "2025-12-12T20:36:43Z")
And he sings, “Snow was falling Christmas eve”. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/76 "2025-12-13T00:14:28Z")
Here’s some Christmas music by John Fahey. He was a guitarist who created a style of playing he called “American Primitive.” I’m going to split this into several posts to avoid the YouTube preview bug. Jingle Bells [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YZQUlMkOvvw/maxresdefault.jpg "Jingle Bells") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZQUlMkOvvw) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/77 "2025-12-13T00:15:29Z")
Joy to the World [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4fw5WXJh01c/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGHIgRyhOMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBb2JJ--Ssww4-u3F6e1t47vl2Q3Q "John Fahey - 01 Joy To The World") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fw5WXJh01c) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/78 "2025-12-13T00:16:22Z")
Silent Night [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/x45cxOr2P_I/maxresdefault.jpg "Silent Night") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x45cxOr2P_I) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/79 "2025-12-13T00:18:01Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Joy to the World Nice guitar work. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885/80 "2025-12-13T00:19:05Z")
Hark the Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0qMwE4-P_WQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful by John Fahey from The New Possibility") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qMwE4-P_WQ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music/1011885.md?page=5)