# Strangest Christmas/holiday songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920 "2018-12-10T23:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/41 "2018-12-13T19:56:36Z")
[Tom Waits- Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxVo5mjK4eg) ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/42 "2018-12-13T20:17:00Z")
[The Killers with Don’t Shoot Me Santa](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cglLJJ0Czo8). I actually think this is a better song than most Xmas tunes you hear on the radio. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/43 "2018-12-13T20:48:08Z")
I never hear “Red Christmas” any more; I can’t even find it on YouTube. ☹ It was on _ **Dr. Demento** _ at Christmas 1986, the same time as “Christmas at Ground Zero”: _Red Christmas, the bombs are on their way! HEY! Red Christmas, this must be the Russian way! HEY!_ ---
**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 13, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/44 "2018-12-13T21:58:29Z")
I was just in the Wikipedia article about “Schnitzelbank” and discovered “[Yah Das Ist Ein Christmas Tree](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HN31krPVas)”, a Christmas-themed parody by Mel Blanc. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/45 "2018-12-14T00:24:55Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Check out this live version.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2pqpcW2p5I) Thanks! That was a fine bit of crack. Craic. Whatever. You know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/46 "2018-12-14T03:51:41Z")
Pretty much anything cut from Duke Tumatoe’s Christmas album. ---
**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 14, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/47 "2018-12-14T22:27:09Z")
Paul McCartney’s “[We All Stand Together](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZQ6UxK9nhs)” evidently is a Christmas song in the UK ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/48 "2018-12-14T23:15:07Z")
[Reggae Christmas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4_4DOEvQ4E) ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/49 "2018-12-15T03:19:01Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Montgomery Gentry does it better.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmN0bE2jCv8) It’s a cover _shrug_ ---
**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 15, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/50 "2018-12-15T17:15:04Z")
Maybe it’s just that video but Bobby Earl seems rather lifeless there. Like he’d rather be anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/51 "2018-12-15T18:06:01Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I was just in the Wikipedia article about “Schnitzelbank” and discovered “[Yah Das Ist Ein Christmas Tree](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HN31krPVas)”, a Christmas-themed parody by Mel Blanc. That was awesome, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/52 "2018-12-25T17:54:59Z")
Very old calypso song that I’ve always found delightfully infectious - [Christmas Morning The Rum Had Me Yawning by Lord Beginner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h3_jAXAo7o) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/53 "2018-12-25T18:08:07Z")
Wow, I opened this thread sure that there’d be a few copyright violations in here I’d have to moderate. Good job, everyone, and keep it up! ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/54 "2018-12-25T18:12:54Z")
What about Spinal Tap’s [Christmas with the Devil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWKN-EYFxbs)? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/55 "2018-12-25T18:28:30Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I heard Ella Fitzgerald singing about _Christmas on Christmas Island_, and Santa bringing presents in a canoe. > > WTF? 😕 Never heard it before today. I discovered it last year, and have listened approximately 5,000 times since then. It’s gone right to the top of my Christmas song list. My strangest favorite is [Walkin’ Round in Women’s Underwear](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9URPvejWHk). ---
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920/56 "2018-12-25T18:50:29Z")
I want to hang my balls on your Christmas tree. [https://rec.music.rock-pop-r-b.1950s.narkive.com/dSCHtJ1N/i-laughed-my-ass-off-at-this-one](https://rec.music.rock-pop-r-b.1950s.narkive.com/dSCHtJ1N/i-laughed-my-ass-off-at-this-one) From the 1930’s. Sorry about the link to a link. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-christmas-holiday-songs/825920.md?page=2)