# Christmas song you associate with a specific performer / recording **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 30, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-song-you-associate-with-a-specific-performer-recording/1012352 "2024-12-30T19:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**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 31, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-song-you-associate-with-a-specific-performer-recording/1012352/16 "2024-12-31T00:51:56Z")
For reference purposes, here’s a similar thread I started nearly 10 years ago. > [@Definitive versions of Christmas Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitive-versions-of-christmas-songs/739088): > > It’s that time of year again, where random awful radio stations convert to all Christmas music until you end up humming “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” while attempting to strangle the cat. So, to pass the time from singing the few Hanukkah songs in existence I think about the definitive versions of the classics. What do you think is classic version of each one? This should apply to songs that are covered often and don’t have just a few versions. I’ll start: White Christmas - Bing Crosby … “Christmas Wrapping” - The Waitresses --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-song-you-associate-with-a-specific-performer-recording/1012352)._