# Non traditional Xmas songs.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [December 15, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351 "2009-12-15T13:55:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2009, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351/41 "2009-12-21T09:29:51Z")
Ranchoth, you just made my day with the Patrick Swayze Christmas! So wrong…yet so irresistible!
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### Author:  [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351/42 "2009-12-21T20:57:06Z")
> [@Alan\_Bird](#):
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> That’s what I came in to mention, though the version I’ve heard is by a female singer, don’t know who.
Jill Sobule. I like her version better than the original.
“Merry @#$% Christmas” by Denis Leary.
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### Author:  [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351/43 "2009-12-21T23:24:07Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#):
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> I’m also pretty sure there’s a “I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus” out there somewhere
Standstill did a version
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### Author:  [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351/44 "2009-12-22T00:40:35Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#):
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> …
> I’m also pretty sure there’s a “I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus” out there somewhere
Here’s one:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/-_9rSGpXN6o?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
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### Author:  [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351/45 "2009-12-22T01:25:41Z")
No one has yet mentioned I Am Santa Claus - Bob Rivers. First off, I like how he worked Jingle Bells into the riff, and how can you not like the line:
_Leave him cookies and beer, he’ll be back at your house first next year._
[http://s230.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/darkwolf\_mohaa/?action=view¤t=I\_am\_Santa\_Claus\_BobRivers.flv](http://s230.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/darkwolf_mohaa/?action=view¤t=I_am_Santa_Claus_BobRivers.flv)
\*Srry for the photobucket link, I can’t find a better one by Googling.
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### Author:  [@Mitch\_Benn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mitch_Benn)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351/46 "2009-12-22T02:30:41Z")
> [@Gyrate](#):
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> [TV Tropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AntiChristmasSong) to the rescue!
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> Mitch Benn has loads of excellent Christmas songs, although it’s hard to find some of them on the Intarweb:
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> [Thank God It Isn’t Christmas Every Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51kAi7ZqigQ)
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> “Call It Christmas” is a favorite and opens his [Christmas podcast](http://www.mitchbenn.com/podcasts/#) (partway down the list). There are also songs you may enjoy at about **4’00"** (“The True Meaning of Christmas” - about overeating), **10’35"** (“Anything for Christmas” - about his daughter), and **17’08"** (“Christmas Whether You Like It Or Not” - about grumpy people).
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> And “We Pretty Much Broke the Bank for You This Christmas” (about the post-Christmas bills) is another winner, although I can’t find it anywhere.
Thanks for the plug; I’ve actually just complied of my Christmas songs into a new mini-album, “It’s Christmas Whether You Like It Or Not” available for download at my online store ([http://www.corporationrecords.com/store/index/104](http://www.corporationrecords.com/store/index/104)); you can hear previews of some of the tracks on my MySpace page ([http://www.myspace.com/mitchbenn](http://www.myspace.com/mitchbenn)).
And yeah I google myself occasionally, so what…
Merry Christmas,
M
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### Author:  [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351/47 "2009-12-22T14:04:49Z")
The Austin Lounge Lizards do “It’s Always Christmastime for Visa.”
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351/48 "2009-12-22T14:21:29Z")
Here is a Christmas song that actually made me change my beliefs about a segment of society. Paul Kelly’s [How to Make Gravy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb4YWJgfmQE) is a wonderful song. It is presented as a letter from Joe, in prison, to his brother Dan (the name of Kelly’s real brother). there are some heart rending portions in the song (if needed Aussie Dopers can explain mysterious bits).
Every Christmas since I first heard it I think of poor family guys in prison and no longer assume they deserve it.
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351/49 "2009-12-22T14:25:08Z")
For an amusingly macabre seasonal song, try [The St. Stephen’s Day Murders](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/elvis+costello/st+stephens+day+murders+feat+the+chieftains_20329946.html) by Elvis Costello. I heard this the other day done absolutely _brilliantly_ by Thea Gilmore on her [Myspace page](http://www.myspace.com/theagilmore) (third song on the list).
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### Author:  [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351/50 "2009-12-22T16:31:28Z")
My favorite novelty Chrstmas song is [Frosty](http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=12524) by Heywood Banks. A close second is Sled Zeppelin by Bob Rivers, but I’m too lazy of a git to make a second linky for you.
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### Author:  [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351/51 "2009-12-23T14:34:31Z")
> [@Mitch\_Benn](#):
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> Thanks for the plug; I’ve actually just complied of my Christmas songs into a new mini-album, “It’s Christmas Whether You Like It Or Not” available for download at my online store ([http://www.corporationrecords.com/store/index/104](http://www.corporationrecords.com/store/index/104)); you can hear previews of some of the tracks on my MySpace page ([http://www.myspace.com/mitchbenn](http://www.myspace.com/mitchbenn)).
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> And yeah I google myself occasionally, so what…
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> Merry Christmas,
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> M
Whoa…there’s no reason for that to freak me out, and yet it does. The Web is a wondrous place.
(And about damn time for the Xmas album, Mitch.)
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### Author:  [@The\_Urban\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Urban_Spaceman)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351/52 "2009-12-23T14:52:45Z")
> [@Gyrate](#):
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> Whoa…there’s no reason for that to freak me out, and yet it does. The Web is a wondrous place.
I can’t believe I posted in the same thread as _the_ Mitch Benn. This has to trump being in the same lift as George Galloway at Manchester railway station.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351/53 "2009-12-23T15:03:09Z")
Da Yoopers - Rusty Chevrolet
Da Yoopers - Heikki Lunta
Leon Redbone - That Old Christmas Moon
The Jackson Five - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
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### Author:  [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-traditional-xmas-songs/521351/54 "2009-12-23T15:31:19Z")
No “Frosty The Pervert”? Shame on you all!
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