Hey Santa Claus, by The Moonglows. As heard in Christmas Vacation.
Also, All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth, by Spike Jones.
Fairytale From New York, of course.
Elf’s Lament, by Barenaked Ladies:
Do They Know It’s Christmas makes me feel like I’m 10 again.
But Happy Christmas (War is Over) is my favoritest favorite.
Heh. We were cleaning out the garage the other day, and we found an ancient limited-edition VHS tape (original video, sessions, interviews) that Band Aid sold to help promote the song and raise money. It is so fucking awesome! We thought “eBay” for a second but then got ahold of ourselves. 
I’m torn between Tom Lehrer’s “A Christmas Carol” and Weird Al’s “The Night Santa Went Crazy”.
“Walking 'Round in Women’s Underwear” and “I Came Upon a Roadkill Deer” are sooo much Christmas to me any more. I almost can’t sing the real words now.
Straight No Chaser’s version of The Twelve Days of Christmas is pretty non-traditional. If you’ve seen the video (and I know that it’s been mentioned on the SDMB before), then you know what I mean.
20 years ao today
Pretty Paper
Roy Orbison
written by the great Willie Nelson
A bunch of my favorites have been mentioned but here are a couple of diffrent ones.
“Five pound box of money” - Michelle Wilson
“This time of year” - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
“I won’t be home for Christmas” - blink 182
“Gift of the magi” - Squirrel Nut Zippers
Just for being different I want to nominate:
“Christmas Night of Zombies” - MXPC
“I saw daddy kissing Santa claus” - Stand still
Also I love these threads because I end up downloading a lot of the recomendations.
Jonathan Coulton:
Chiron Beta Prime
Podsafe Christmas Song
Christmas Is Interesting
Fountains of Wayne:
The Man In The Santa Suit
Chanukkah Under The Stars
I Want An Alien For Christmas
This year’s favorite for me is “I Won’t Be Home For Christmas” by blink-182. Last year’s was No Doubt’s version of “Oi to the World.” I also like “Christmas at the Zoo” from one of the Flaming Lips’ early albums.
Snowball fightin
so excitin baby:cool:
Mine too.
Dar Williams, The Christians and the Pagans:
So the Christians and the Pagans sat together at the table
Finding faith and common ground the best that they were able
And where does magic come from, I think magic’s in the learning
Cause now when Christians sit with Pagans only pumpkin pies are burning
Snoopy and the Red Baron, hands down.
Ooh, great choice.
The Restroom Door Said Gentlemen
Jethro Tull, ** A Christmas Song**
Elvis Costello, St. Stephens Day Murders
Jackson Browne, The Rebel Jesus