# Give me some new Christmas music! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [December 19, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331 "2021-12-19T23:21:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/22 "2022-12-04T17:11:18Z")
Kurt Russel did two sappy Christmas movies for Netflix. I think it’s quite obvious why he was cast in the horrible Elvis biopic in the 70’s. He really does a good Elvis: Steve van Zandt on guitar. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_ZOFIsNnDOI/maxresdefault.jpg "Santa Claus Is Back in Town -The Christmas Chronicles + Kurt Russell") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZOFIsNnDOI) An oldie, but on I pick up every year is Ella’s Swinging Christmas album to blow out all the schmaltz and treacle. A sample: https://www.youtube.com/embed/eJ2OWo0wfiU?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLM_dCCG1l6tKvJTYv9R8aQfpshMk74gwg ---
**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:** [December 4, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/23 "2022-12-04T17:51:57Z")
Check out [Christmas FM’s song contest winners,](https://christmasfm.com/our-history/) they have a new cover or original song each year. Here’s the one from 2020 (the most recent year listed): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q_Q1am02NQQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Mele Kalikimaka") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Q1am02NQQ) Last year’s winner is on a different page: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/P44TjkjahuU/maxresdefault.jpg "Home For Christmas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P44TjkjahuU) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/24 "2022-12-04T18:16:35Z")
Here’s “Gabriel’s Message” from Charlotte Church, which is a very, very old hymn, but you may not have heard it before. Sting released it also, but didn’t do it as well as the Voice of an Angel, in my humble opinion. I sang it as the communion solo during church today. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ii3rlhVAJ9U/maxresdefault.jpg "Charlotte Church - Gabriel's Message (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii3rlhVAJ9U) And if _this_ song, especially in context, doesn’t break your heart, I don’t know what will. “O Come All You Unfaithful”. A very new anthem. The video is filled with people reacting to hearing it for the first time. People whose lives have been very hard. They’ve lost a husband, wife, or child. They’re homeless. They’re young single mothers. They lost their job. There is a place for you with Christ, the song says. Christ is born for _you._ That’s the power of Jesus. And that’s the Jesus that _I_ follow and profess my faith in. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/C-QHbpYjuIg/maxresdefault.jpg "O Come, All You Unfaithful • Official Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-QHbpYjuIg) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/25 "2022-12-05T03:09:50Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9RJOwRpbrnE/maxresdefault.jpg "Alright but it's Last Christmas (Kendrick Lamar x Wham!) [Tino Mashup]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RJOwRpbrnE) ---
**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:** [December 5, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/26 "2022-12-05T22:30:58Z")
Old (from 1959!) but possibly new to you – a rather surreal “Frosty the Snowman”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GaPQp1TMrGc/maxresdefault.jpg "Frosty The Snow Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaPQp1TMrGc) ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/27 "2022-12-06T16:29:55Z")
Some albums on my playlist: A Broadway musical style album by **Idina Menzel**. Best track is “A Hand for Mrs. Claus”. > **[Christmas: A Season of Love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas:_A_Season_of_Love)** > > Christmas: A Season of Love is the second Christmas album by American singer and actress Idina Menzel. It was released through School Boy and Decca Records on October 18, 2019, and includes duets with Billy Porter, Menzel's Frozen costar Josh Gad, Ariana Grande and Menzel's husband Aaron Lohr. Menzel's duet with Grande, "A Hand for Mrs. Claus", is an original song by the composers of the Frozen soundtrack, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, while Menzel wrote the original song "At Thi This ... A Irish folk music style album by the **Irish Rovers**. Best track is “Christmas in Killarney”. > **[Songs of Christmas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_Christmas)** > > Songs of Christmas is the twenty-sixth album by Irish folk music group The Irish Rovers. > > This 1990s folk album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Any Christmas album by **Pentatonix** ; they have several. Best tracks are “Mary, Did You Know?” and “White Winter Hymnal”. > **[That's Christmas to Me](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_Christmas_to_Me)** > > That's Christmas to Me is the third studio album by a cappella group Pentatonix. It is their sixth release overall and their second holiday release following their 2012 EP PTXmas. It only features previously unreleased material (except "Let It Go", a bonus track of the Japanese Edition of Vols. 1 & 2). It was released on October 21, 2014 through RCA Records, peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. > The album... ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/28 "2022-12-06T19:57:03Z")
> [@journeyman\_southpaw](#): > > Swedish metal band Majestica did a concept album based on A Christmas Carol a couple years ago, this is Ghost of Marley: Well I found my new Christmas album for the year, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ric62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/29 "2022-12-07T03:48:31Z")
Lorenna McKennitt has several CDs of Christmas music, basically traditional; Over the Rhine has several CDs of traditional and new stuff, my favorite song is All I get for Christmas is Blue: and Serena Ryder has one called Christmas Kisses which I like. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/30 "2022-12-07T17:27:09Z")
Mary’s Boy Child, the Charlotte Church version. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/31 "2022-12-12T16:05:21Z")
This song seems to get more relevant every year. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/z65nTmB1PkE/hqdefault.jpg "We Pretty Much Broke The Bank For You This Christmas by Mitch Benn (The Now Show)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z65nTmB1PkE) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/32 "2023-11-22T16:03:28Z")
I stumbled on this just last night: > **["Ave Maria" sung in an INCREDIBLE sounding stairwell…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRzI8y-EJJ0%2F)** > > Arr. Rob Dietz While technically not a Christmas tune, my church-music-director/choirmaster wife says this is played throughout the year – not just the Immaculate Conception – even at funerals. Whatever, it’s incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Yourmandan27](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yourmandan27/32/20361_2.png) [@Yourmandan27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yourmandan27)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/33 "2025-12-06T17:22:04Z")
FrostWind has a pretty nice Christmas Album. It’s called Reflective Christmas. Really modern and unique imo ---
**Author:** ![Yourmandan27](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yourmandan27/32/20361_2.png) [@Yourmandan27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yourmandan27)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/34 "2025-12-06T17:27:07Z")
FrostWind has a pretty nice Christmas Album. It’s called Reflective Christmas. Really modern and unique imo [https://open.spotify.com/album/0PCaqhWP1sL7tbsqOVDBiN?si=kxqDeFUMQ5GTPW7kutTh1A](https://open.spotify.com/album/0PCaqhWP1sL7tbsqOVDBiN?si=kxqDeFUMQ5GTPW7kutTh1A) ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/35 "2025-12-07T03:41:45Z")
Thanks for the FrostWind recommendation. I especially enjoyed the duet version of [Warm In December](https://open.spotify.com/track/2eT0HGC1RWmBYOCqhAsWl9?si=GsrCvKrbTsyXv8HM8Lx0Bg). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/36 "2025-12-07T22:28:59Z")
Loving it. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/37 "2025-12-08T14:17:34Z")
Bad Religion put out a Christmas album in 2013 featuring punked up versions of traditional Christmas songs and ending with their song _American Jesus_, which is not a Christmas song but has a worthwhile message. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/a2MZyKvNMBg/maxresdefault.jpg "Bad Religion - Christmas Songs (Full Album)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2MZyKvNMBg) ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331/38 "2025-12-08T16:56:23Z")
My favorite xmas album is Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas. Sorry - tried to imbed links but got some error message. Easily pop up with a search. I also enjoy the CD A Cowboy Christmas: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/96PpUh-Y6kI/maxresdefault.jpg "A Cowboy Christmas - Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Tex Ritter And The Others") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96PpUh-Y6kI) ---
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Jeremy Lister has been pumping out some spectacular, jazzy Christmas and holiday music in the last five years or so. My top favorite is “Wouldn’t Be Christmas Without You” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/06tOzMsQyGg/maxresdefault.jpg "Jeremy Lister - "Wouldn't Be Christmas Without You" (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06tOzMsQyGg) And also the all-inclusive “Happy Holidays, Everyone” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yCj1zAN12_U/maxresdefault.jpg "Jeremy Lister - "Happy Holidays, Everyone" (Official Lyric Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCj1zAN12_U) Others I won’t embed but include “Christmas in Rio,” “Fly Santa Fly,” and “The Best Time of the Year.” He’s got lots more, and almost all originals. His latest this year is “You Make These Moments Magic” that’s in a Netflix holiday movie. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ydcRUN59onE/maxresdefault.jpg "Jeremy Lister - "You Make These Moments Magic" (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydcRUN59onE) ---
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Silent Night/Away In A Manger Sousa style!! [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/reel/1680006782960614) ---
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[“Silent Night” big band brass style.](https://open.spotify.com/track/0bZ6okaZoPutKVBnfjNOrU) Not very silent at all with those drums! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-some-new-christmas-music/956331.md?page=3)