# Christmas Songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534 "2010-09-29T23:11:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/1 "2010-09-29T23:11:38Z")
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? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/2 "2010-09-29T23:43:44Z")
_Christmas in Dixie_ by Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/3 "2010-09-29T23:48:30Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/4 "2010-09-29T23:56:24Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > 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. > 🙂 Do you mean “[Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home?)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiSPNaQNGOY)”? It’s a cover, by the way, of the song recorded by Darlene Love in 1963. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/5 "2010-09-30T00:06:21Z")
I like this version of ‘All I Want for Christmas’ so much that I have it on regular, non-Christmas mixes. 🙂 [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poFtjW-uGmg) ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/6 "2010-09-30T00:08:10Z")
It’s a sad Christmas song, but I’ve always loved “River” by Joni Mitchell. The [Sarah McLachlan cover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udkaq7odKJo) is also lovely. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/7 "2010-09-30T00:14:55Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > 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. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/8 "2010-09-30T00:15:56Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > > [@niblet\_head](#): > > > > 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. > > 🙂 > > Do you mean “[Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home?)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiSPNaQNGOY)”? > > It’s a cover, by the way, of the song recorded by Darlene Love in 1963. Yes, that’s the one! ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/9 "2010-09-30T00:32:11Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > I have a Christmas album with _Mull of Kintyre_ (?!) on it, though it beats me how that can be considered a Christmas song. It was the Christmas number one for 1977 in the UK, that’s the only connection I can see. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/10 "2010-09-30T00:53:51Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I like this version of ‘All I Want for Christmas’ so much that I have it on regular, non-Christmas mixes. 🙂 > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poFtjW-uGmg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poFtjW-uGmg) Love the movie, love the song. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/11 "2010-09-30T01:19:54Z")
\*Blue Christmas \*by Elvis. Slays them every time. Gotta get the backup singers, though, they are integral. ---
**Author:** ![lizanne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@lizanne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizanne)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/12 "2010-09-30T01:22:44Z")
kissin by the mistletoe by aretha franklin. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/13 "2010-09-30T01:42:36Z")
Three Dog Night’s “Joy to the World”? 😃 I love a lot of the songs on the album “Barenaked for the Holidays” by the Barenaked Ladies. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/14 "2010-09-30T02:06:02Z")
For a fun uptempo number, the Davis Sisters’ [“Christmas Boogie.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPRgtmmfDvQ) Or the Barenaked Ladies’ (with Sarah McLachlan) [“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGVNzgUxE-g) Medley. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/15 "2010-09-30T02:15:55Z")
[Fairytale of New York?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrAwK9juhhY) ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/16 "2010-09-30T02:50:40Z")
You guys are so good. ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/17 "2010-09-30T03:17:43Z")
[Alison Krauss’ “Only You Can Bring Me Cheer”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxooJ4NAxbA) might be good. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/18 "2010-09-30T04:35:47Z")
[Merry Christmas From the Family](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P37xPiRz1sg) by Robert Earl Keen 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/19 "2010-09-30T05:04:57Z")
I dislike most traditional Christmas songs but Charles Brown’s \*\*[Merry Christmas Baby](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0pjd3jbWiA) \*\*is one I can listen to any time of year. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/20 "2010-09-30T05:11:36Z")
My favourite Christmas song is [Walkin’ Round in Women’s Underwear.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDNwkZPchLo) 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534.md?page=2)