If this is like all the other Spotify threads I’ve started, it will go nowhere.
I’m going to build a Christmas playlist for the Straight Dope and need your help to build it.
You can pick at most 3 songs to add. “Christmas” is interpreted as any Winter Holiday song (so Xmas, Hannukah, Yule, etc.) or any wintery themed song.
Songs only meaning no traditional carols. We hear those all of the time and there are so many versions the playlist will have 15 versions of Jingle Bells.
No Christmas Shoes.
Songs must be available on Spotify (to add to the list).
You can talk about other Christmas songs you like but they won’t go in the playlist. They are honorable mentions.
Mrs. Cad’s choices. (Completely unfair she gets to add to the list)
Colorado Christmas by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Gabriel’s Message by Sting
Christmas Time is Here by Peanuts
My choices
One Little Christmas Tree by Stevie Wonder
Christmas is All Around by Billy Mack (Love Actually soundtrack)
Whatever Happened to Christmas by Frank Sinatra
Honorable Mentions
Best novelty song: Holy $#!T It’s Christmas by Red Peters
Best obscure song (and not on Spotify): Christmas Amoeba by Steve Lyon, the Doctor
And of course Rio by Duran Duran is a Christmas song but didn’t make my top 3.
How about Straight No Chaser’s “12 Days of Christmas”? It begins like it’s going to be the traditional carol*, but that doesn’t last long. The last verse in particular is a ton of fun. Can it count?
I’ll have to think about any others. Most of the stuff I listen to is the more traditional fare (though not all are carols).
*For some reason the original “12 Days” feels like a carol to me even though it isn’t remotely religious.
