# Christmas Songs with no cover versions

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 29, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292 "2018-11-29T19:36:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/61 "2018-12-06T12:32:40Z")

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Not aware of any covers of [A Christmas Duel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My5Bzf0PQhc) by the Hives & Cyndi Lauper! (NSFW lyrics)

And Cyndi has a christmas album, _Merry Christmas… Have a Nice Life_, with some original songs which I don’t think have been covered. There are other songs with the same name in a couple of cases though.

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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/62 "2018-12-06T13:36:15Z")

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I was going to say Christmas by the Who from Tommy but I see there are 2 obscure versions out there.

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**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 15, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/63 "2018-12-15T17:23:39Z")

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> [@Bijou\_Drains](#):
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> I was going to say Christmas by the Who from Tommy but I see there are 2 obscure versions out there.

You mean the two different recordings of the '93 Broadway cast or are there others?

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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/64 "2018-12-15T17:58:07Z")

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I haven’t been able to find a cover of the Marcels’ “Merry Twist-mas”.

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**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 25, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/65 "2018-12-25T21:30:26Z")

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Good lord, somebody covered Streisand’s version of “Jingle Bells”! At least Pentatonix sings it better than she did.

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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs-with-no-cover-versions/825292/66 "2018-12-25T22:17:08Z")

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Most novelty songs such as all three offerings by the Electric Amish?

Very Amish Christmas

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mYbP6e4-BRc/maxresdefault.jpg "12 - Very Amish Christmas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYbP6e4-BRc)

Christmas Time in Amish Land

  
Parson Klaus

  
Almost everything I can think of cover-free (like the otherwise mentioned Dominic the Donkey) can be considered novelty releases.

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