# Let's build a Straight Dope Christmas Spotify list **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 29, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749 "2022-11-29T17:00:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/21 "2022-11-29T17:45:53Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > On your list or honorable mention? On my list…it’s one I always make sure to listen to at least once during the season (much to my wife’s chagrin). Working on the other two now. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/22 "2022-11-29T17:47:50Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > > [@bordelond](#): > > > > Here’s one local to New Orleans, that came out in the late 1980s IIRC. > > I’m sure I heard that before. My high school graduation ceremony was in New Orleans and I was still in the area until the summer of '88. You may or may not be aware that most of those places are gone now: No more Schweggman’s, no more K&B, no more McKenzies 😢 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/23 "2022-11-29T17:51:13Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Working on the other two now. OK, my full list of 3: - The Twelve Days of Christmas - Bob and Doug McKenzie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love - Snow Day - Toby Lightman ---
**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:** [November 29, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/24 "2022-11-29T18:09:57Z")
A distinctly varied mix: **Christmas List:** I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas - Gayle Peevey Please Come Home For Christmas - Eagles Hey For Christmas! - Baltimore Consort / Custer LaRue / John Playford **Honorable Mention:** Bethlehem Down - Philip Warlock (composer). There are lots of performances of this; which one you pick is entirely up to your personal taste. The Kings Singers or Voces8 do a clean, tight ensemble version, but there are performances by bigger choirs with more echo that also appeal. Riu Riu Chiu - Monkees (may be just listed as “Riu Chiu”) The Way-Too-Early Christmas Song - Paul and Storm **Not on Spotify:** The Christmas Monkey - Dulces Voces In fact I can’t find the damn thing at all on the internet, which makes me sad. No relation to the Curious George song. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/25 "2022-11-29T18:24:35Z")
Great idea. All of these are on Spotify. I Want an Alien for Christmas by Fountains of Wayne Party for Santa Claus by Lord Nelson Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End) by The Darkness ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/26 "2022-11-29T18:33:27Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I’ll listen to that and TS’s Oh Come … when I get the chance to see. I think 12 Days … by Straight No Chaser and Oh Come … by Twister Sister fall into the traditional carol category. Latest stats: 33 songs for 1 hour 53 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/27 "2022-11-29T19:44:35Z")
Green Chri$tma$ by Stan Freeberg Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt (don’t even THINK of the “Madonna” version - she’s off key for half the song) Santa Lost a Ho by the Christmas Jug Band ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/28 "2022-11-29T21:13:42Z")
How about this one: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5QFKKap5V3U/maxresdefault.jpg "Dean Martin - A Marshmallow World (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QFKKap5V3U) I can’t think of any more just yet. But I will look (or listen). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/29 "2022-11-29T21:37:54Z")
1. Dwight Yoakam, Santa Can’t Stay 2. Sia, Snowman 3. Bob Dylan, It Must Be Santa ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/30 "2022-11-29T22:07:53Z")
couple more oldies to go with Eartha and Dino: Louis Armstrong - Christmas in New Orleans Lou Rawls - What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/31 "2022-11-29T22:21:04Z")
I don’t have Spotify so can’t tell you if these are on there but they are on Amazon music: Chiron Beta Prime, Jonathan Coulton White Wine in the Sun, Kate Miller-Heidke (_not_ the Tim Minchin version. Puke) The Night Santa Went Crazy, Weird Al. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/32 "2022-11-29T22:36:10Z")
How about [Wizzard - Rock n Roll Winter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7RNJ8qf2nk) (Although it was released in spring and it says “Sorry - the word ‘spring’ wouldn’t fit” on the label) ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/33 "2022-11-29T23:22:18Z")
My top three are: The Whirling Dervishes version of “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” Bjork, Jólakötturinn Harry Belafonte, The Baby Boy (aka The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy) ---
**Author:** ![Fortyfold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7c8e57/32.png) [@Fortyfold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fortyfold)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/34 "2022-11-29T23:27:41Z")
Being an Old Time Radio nut, I absolutely have to add ‘The Night Before Christmas’ from the Fibber McGee and Molly show. I’ll also claim 'Driving Home for Christmas. by Chris Rhea. Can’t decide on a third song to add though, there are a lot of other good ones out there. Maybe Münchener Freiheit ‘Keeping the Dream Alive’, which is an honorary Christmas song here and probably no one else will pick it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/auVxheLohP4/hqdefault.jpg "The King's Men Quartet Twas Night Before Christmas") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auVxheLohP4) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/35 "2022-11-29T23:42:50Z")
[I don’t Know What Christmas Is - The Old 97s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQOb1fybgW0) (from the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special) [Not Another Christmas Song - Blink-182](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e41G840liu8) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/36 "2022-11-30T00:09:51Z")
I don’t do much Spotify, but have a subscription to Deezer, and this is my Christmas playlist: > **[Weihnachten](https://www.deezer.com/de/playlist/1177839811)** > > EinsteinsHund For those too lazy to click: Father Christmas - The Kinks Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues Xmas In February - Lou Reed 2000 Miles - The Pretenders We Sing Hallelujah - Richard and Linda Thompson Jesus Christ - Big Star Gaudete - Steeleye Span River - Joni Mitchell Jingle Bells - Michael Bublé Mistress For Christmas - AC/DC Christmas - The Who The Power Of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood Merry Christmas Baby - Chuck Berry Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - Aretha Franklin Must Be Santa - Bob Dylan (but you MUST watch the video for this one) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/37 "2022-11-30T00:24:06Z")
> [@Fortyfold](#): > > ‘The Night Before Christmas’ from the Fibber McGee and Molly show. It’s an episode not a song so I can’t add it. Do you want to pick another? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/38 "2022-11-30T00:26:27Z")
Are you going to pick three for the Straight Dope List? ---
**Author:** ![Fortyfold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7c8e57/32.png) [@Fortyfold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fortyfold)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/39 "2022-11-30T00:33:24Z")
It was released on record (actually as a 3-disk album), so I’d have thought it would be available. TBH I don’t do streaming, I save copies of any tune I like so I can’t check on Spotify. edit: If the King’s Men version isn’t available, the Fred Waring version might be. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/adS6yCL.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/adS6yCL) ---
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> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Are you going to pick three for the Straight Dope List? Sure, sorry I missed this restriction. As some of my favorites have been already picked, I choose: 2000 Miles - The Pretenders We Sing Hallelujah - Richard and Linda Thompson Jesus Christ - Big Star [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749.md?page=3)