# Definitive versions of Christmas songs?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitive-versions-of-christmas-songs/335265>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 12, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitive-versions-of-christmas-songs/335265 "2005-12-12T15:50:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitive-versions-of-christmas-songs/335265/41 "2005-12-14T14:05:37Z")

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> [@AskNott](#):
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> The only “Little Drummer Boy” I’ve ever liked, and I have dozens, is EmmyLou Harris on “Light Of The Stable.”

The OP wasn’t asking what everyone thought the best version was, rather:

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> This isn’t really about the “best” versions of these songs. It’s more about which version of given songs have most saturated the public conciousness.

I’d also like to nominate the Roches’ version of “Deck the Halls”; it seems to be the only version I hear regularly throughout the season. Nat King Cole’s version is up there too, so it’s debatable.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definitive-versions-of-christmas-songs/335265/42 "2005-12-14T14:48:00Z")

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“Frosty the Snowman”–Leon Redbone

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