Christmas Songs?

Cafe Society
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I have this friend who’s a singer. She’s working on her Christmas program and is looking for ideas for a Christmas song. She doesn’t want to do a traditional carol, but religious is okay. She said last year she did a song by Amy Grant. The year before a song by Melissa Ethridge. Songs done traditionally by men are ok, too.

Any ideas? The only thing I can think of is the U2 Christmas song they play on the radio every year, and I can’t even come up with the title.

So, in that regard I suck as a friend, but maybe I can make up for it by having the SDMB in my back pocket?

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Christmas in Dixie by Alabama.

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By traditional, does she mean old, or does she mean one that is sung a lot?
e.g. Are “White Christmas” or “Santa Baby” traditional carols?
Is humorous OK? Grandma got run over by a reindeer
Lonely Pup (in a Christmas Shop)
Happy Xmas (War is Over)

I have a Christmas album with Mull of Kintyre (?!) on it, though it beats me how that can be considered a Christmas song.

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Do you mean “Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home?)”?

It’s a cover, by the way, of the song recorded by Darlene Love in 1963.

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I like this version of ‘All I Want for Christmas’ so much that I have it on regular, non-Christmas mixes. :slight_smile:

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It’s a sad Christmas song, but I’ve always loved “River” by Joni Mitchell. The Sarah McLachlan cover is also lovely.

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I think by traditional she means avoiding the standards like The Twelve Days of Christmas or Good King Wensceslaus, etc.

She would do an utterly fantastic version of Santa Baby.

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Yes, that’s the one!

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It was the Christmas number one for 1977 in the UK, that’s the only connection I can see.

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Love the movie, love the song.

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*Blue Christmas *by Elvis. Slays them every time. Gotta get the backup singers, though, they are integral.

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kissin by the mistletoe by aretha franklin.

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Three Dog Night’s “Joy to the World”? :smiley:

I love a lot of the songs on the album “Barenaked for the Holidays” by the Barenaked Ladies.

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For a fun uptempo number, the Davis Sisters’ “Christmas Boogie.”

Or the Barenaked Ladies’ (with Sarah McLachlan) “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings” Medley.

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Fairytale of New York?

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You guys are so good.

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Alison Krauss’ “Only You Can Bring Me Cheer” might be good.

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Merry Christmas From the Family by Robert Earl Keen :wink:

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I dislike most traditional Christmas songs but Charles Brown’s **Merry Christmas Baby **is one I can listen to any time of year.

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My favourite Christmas song is Walkin’ Round in Women’s Underwear. :slight_smile: