# Christmas Songs?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534>\
**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:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/41 "2010-10-01T02:38:24Z")

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How about some Rock in your stocking?

[The Kinks: Father Christmas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm9J_p2Rw5I)

[The Ramones: Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y5GtaTrPHM)

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/42 "2010-10-01T14:04:03Z")

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> [@palindromemordnilap](#):
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> \*Pretty Paper \*by Roy Orbison

That’s what I was going to say. Orbison’s version is probably the best known, but it was written by Willie Nelson. Compare [Orbison’s version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NueVe5PHUqQ&feature=fvsr) with [Nelson’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_1CLPH9rqs).

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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:** [October 16, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/43 "2010-10-16T14:04:23Z")

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[Zat You, Santa Claus?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLziuB8aM2w)

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/44 "2010-10-16T15:11:08Z")

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> [@niblet\_head](#):
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> Does anyone know if Bonnie Raitt has a Christmas song?

She covered “Merry Christmas, Baby” once, with Charles Brown (the original artist).

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/45 "2010-10-16T21:13:35Z")

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Tell her to please show some basic human kindness and not sing Christmas music of any kind.

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**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/46 "2010-10-17T01:26:18Z")

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[Santa’s Laughter Mocks the Poor!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifP_0RN0JTk&sns=em)

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-songs/555534/47 "2010-10-17T11:17:56Z")

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> [@niblet\_head](#):
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> That would be truly impressive if my friend could pull that off by herself. 😉

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DtCCpmXyaOc/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGH8gEygTMA8=&rs=AOn4CLB_mFnYFSvhZ2PKuHh_iW50SNshLw "Carol of the Bells (A Capella)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtCCpmXyaOc)

Couldn’t resist.

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