# 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:** 4
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/61 "2022-12-01T16:15:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Just so we’re clear, is this going to be an actual playlist, such that if I sign up for Spotify, I can search for it and listen to it? Link to it is in the original post. Here it is again. > **[A Very Special Straight Dope Christmas](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2CYnrMiERFX6iQksK7RNjO?si=0408432fb6f84a1c)** > > A Very Special Straight Dope Christmas · Playlist · 114 songs · 12 likes Now at 4 hours long. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/62 "2022-12-01T16:42:13Z")
Let It Be Christmas - Alan Jackson Christmas Is A-Comin - Bing Crosby Christmas in Killarney - Bing Crosby Honorable Mentions: The Angels Cried - Alan Jackson Mele Kalikimaka - Bing Crosby A’ Soalin’ - Peter, Paul & Mary ---
**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:** [December 4, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/63 "2022-12-04T15:35:07Z")
We’re listening now as we make our cake (I’m “helping”).… Mrs Snowman kicked the playlist off in shuffle mode, but I insisted that we listen in order so I can track who picked what. 🤓 Enjoying it a lot. There’s a surprising amount of stuff I haven’t heard before, plus a lot of old favourites. I’m enjoying the wild shifts in style. Thanks @Saint_Cad for pulling this together. Oh, and that song from Love Actually has an unexpectedly killer guitar solo. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/64 "2022-12-04T17:30:29Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > The Whirling Dervishes version of “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” This is great! And quite a tonal shift to Bjork straight after. ---
**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 8, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/65 "2022-12-08T18:12:18Z")
Dammit, I want more songs on this playlist. More, I tell you! ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/66 "2022-12-08T23:01:50Z")
A couple of novelty Christmas songs: “Monster’s Holiday” - Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett and the Crypt Kickers “Twelve Days of Chriatmas” - Bob and Doug Mackenzie ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/67 "2022-12-09T01:35:05Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > “Twelve Days of Chriatmas” - Bob and Doug Mackenzie Already there Why no Anne Murray? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/68 "2022-12-09T02:06:35Z")
Carol of the Bells - Tabernacle Choir (and many others) [Hey, Santa Claus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsk98f2IWw0&ab_channel=Discofelsi): The Moonglows ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/69 "2022-12-10T15:06:42Z")
Not only is “A Christmas Gift for You From Phill Spector” the best Christmas album ever, it’s one of the best albums ever, period! From it I’ll take “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by the Crystals and “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Darlene Love. Then I’ll take “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings” by Barenaked Ladies w/Sarah McLachlan. ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/70 "2022-12-12T02:12:40Z")
Christmas Day by Squeeze - many Uk references in there Christmas Is Going To The Dogs by Eels - Mrs MiM’s fave Christmas In Capetown by Randy Newman Honorable mentions Thanks For Christmas by The Three Wise Men (actually XTC - not on UK spotify) Frosty the Snowman by Fiona Apple - a standard? Christmas Song - Jethro Tull I’m Not Dreaming of A White Christmas - Gilbert O Sulivan It’s Gonna Be A Cold Cold Christmas by Dana - my actual favourite christmas song Nadolig Llawen to all dopers! MiM ---
**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:** [December 12, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/71 "2022-12-12T14:13:30Z")
All updated. Darlene Love’s song was already on the list and as a reminder, no traditional carols. I figured we hear hundreds of different versions of those this time of year in other places. Has anyone else copied a song they found on this list to their personal Christmas list? I did that with _Come Darkness, Come Light_. ---
**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 13, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/72 "2022-12-13T16:39:19Z")
[The Roches: Star of Wonder](https://open.spotify.com/track/1YfUlz1pzO1E4srpjV0niz?si=6aa0f0363c3d49b9) [Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band: Poor Little Jesus](https://open.spotify.com/track/2ZWaYNzySXmaZCcudPcriv?si=c7e1ffab02224e2b) [Roger Wagner Chorale with Salli Terri: Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head](https://open.spotify.com/track/2DQrvEiHbr5Fp53lsAnKx0?si=3125f154ad2c424e) The last two are lesser-known folk tunes but not exactly what most folks think of as traditional carols. ---
**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 13, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/73 "2022-12-13T23:23:07Z")
> [@jerseymule](#): > > The Roches: Star of Wonder I was thinking just today I should have included this as one of my three, so thank you for that. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/74 "2022-12-19T19:15:38Z")
I was going to suggest “Christmas Time for the Jews” from SNL, but I don’t know if that’s available as an audio track. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/75 "2022-12-19T19:49:18Z")
It is. I’ll put it on there. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/76 "2022-12-19T19:52:43Z")
Oh and I took Stan Freberg’s “Green Christmas” off the list since it’s a bit and not really a song. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/77 "2022-12-19T20:25:43Z")
Disagree. I suppose you wouldn’t want to replace it with Tom Lehrer’s Christmas Carol? ---
**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:** [December 20, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/78 "2022-12-20T00:06:15Z")
I think that is already on the list. If not I’ll add it. ---
**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 25, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/79 "2023-11-25T18:00:30Z")
OK, time to open the playlist again for 2023. If you have previously contributed, you get 3 more. I have added my 3 Looking at the Lights - Jinkx Monsoon & Ben Delacreme Christmas Time for the Jews - Darlene Love Rio - Duran Duran > **[A Very Special Straight Dope Christmas](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2CYnrMiERFX6iQksK7RNjO?si=7c7393b97c084824)** > > A Very Special Straight Dope Christmas · Playlist · 82 songs · 7 likes Quick reminder of the rules 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 does not include 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. ---
**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 25, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749/80 "2023-11-25T18:21:29Z")
Ok, of course had to look back what I posted last year. Here are three more: Mistress For Christmas - AC/DC Christmas - The Who Must Be Santa - Bob Dylan (you must see the video to this one, it’s hilarious) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/a8qE6WQmNus/maxresdefault.jpg "Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus) ETA: Oops, just saw that “Must Be Santa” is already in, so I nominate: X-Mas In February - Lou Reed [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-build-a-straight-dope-christmas-spotify-list/975749.md?page=5)