# Topic Playlist (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 26, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687 "2024-01-26T15:37:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 357
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7121 "2026-05-01T23:49:39Z")
**Songs about ghosts, demons, the supernatural, that paranormal** 1. Tribute - Tenacious D 2. Sympathy for the Devil - the Rolling Stones 3. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon 4. Sweet William’s Ghost - Kate Rusby (trad) 5. Titties and Beer - Frank Zappa 6. Witchy Woman - Eagles 7. I Wanna Fuck a Ghost - Erika Hennigsen from _Helluva Boss_ 8. Mr. Crowley - Ozzy Osbourne 9. Dixie Drug Store - Grant Lee Buffalo ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7122 "2026-05-01T23:55:18Z")
**Songs about ghosts, demons, the supernatural, that paranormal** 1. Tribute - Tenacious D 2. Sympathy for the Devil - the Rolling Stones 3. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon 4. Sweet William’s Ghost - Kate Rusby (trad) 5. Titties and Beer - Frank Zappa 6. Witchy Woman - Eagles 7. I Wanna Fuck a Ghost - Erika Hennigsen from _Helluva Boss_ 8. Mr. Crowley - Ozzy Osbourne 9. Dixie Drug Store - Grant Lee Buffalo 10. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr. New category: **Non-secular Christmas songs** 1. In the Bleak Midwinter ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7123 "2026-05-02T00:00:12Z")
**Non-secular Christmas songs** 1. In the Bleak Midwinter 2. I Wonder As I Wander ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7124 "2026-05-02T00:45:43Z")
**Non-secular Christmas songs** 1. In the Bleak Midwinter 2. I Wonder As I Wander 3. Mary’s Boy Child _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7125 "2026-05-02T01:23:24Z")
**Non-secular Christmas songs** 1. In the Bleak Midwinter 2. I Wonder As I Wander 3. Mary’s Boy Child 4. The Angel Gabriel ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7126 "2026-05-02T01:24:47Z")
**Non-secular Christmas songs** 1. In the Bleak Midwinter 2. I Wonder As I Wander 3. Mary’s Boy Child 4. The Angel Gabriel 5. Carol of the Birds (Australian Bush Christmas Carol) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7127 "2026-05-02T01:26:32Z")
**Non-secular Christmas songs** 1. In the Bleak Midwinter 2. I Wonder As I Wander 3. Mary’s Boy Child 4. The Angel Gabriel 5. Carol of the Birds (Australian Bush Christmas Carol) 6. Dogs Barking Jingle Bells ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7128 "2026-05-02T01:41:55Z")
**Non-secular Christmas songs** 1. In the Bleak Midwinter 2. I Wonder As I Wander 3. Mary’s Boy Child 4. The Angel Gabriel 5. Carol of the Birds (Australian Bush Christmas Carol) 6. Angels From The Realms Of Glory Jingle Bells is secular. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2026, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7129 "2026-05-02T01:45:01Z")
**Non-secular Christmas songs** 1. In the Bleak Midwinter 2. I Wonder As I Wander 3. Mary’s Boy Child 4. The Angel Gabriel 5. Carol of the Birds (Australian Bush Christmas Carol) 6. Angels From The Realms Of Glory 7. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (“Un Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle” in the original French) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7130 "2026-05-02T02:18:08Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Jingle Bells is secular. My bad, I misread the topic. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7131 "2026-05-02T02:29:38Z")
**Non-secular Christmas songs** 1. In the Bleak Midwinter 2. I Wonder As I Wander 3. Mary’s Boy Child 4. The Angel Gabriel 5. Carol of the Birds (Australian Bush Christmas Carol) 6. Angels From The Realms Of Glory 7. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (“Un Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle” in the original French) 8. O Come, All Ye Faithful ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7132 "2026-05-02T04:16:12Z")
**Non-secular Christmas songs** 1. In the Bleak Midwinter 2. I Wonder As I Wander 3. Mary’s Boy Child 4. The Angel Gabriel 5. Carol of the Birds (Australian Bush Christmas Carol) 6. Angels From The Realms Of Glory 7. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (“Un Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle” in the original French) 8. O Come, All Ye Faithful 9. Mary Did You Know? (Michael English) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7133 "2026-05-02T15:36:11Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > In the Bleak Midwinter OUT OF PLAY: I had never heard that song before in my life until it was featured in a Christmas episode of _Ghosts_ (UK). I don’t know what it is about British filmmakers and TV-makers, but somehow they know how to tug at the emotions. I had a tear in my eye. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XeRXFwd3PyE/maxresdefault.jpg "Ghosts- Alison and the ghosts singing In the Bleak Midwinter") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeRXFwd3PyE) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7134 "2026-05-02T15:38:33Z")
**Non-secular Christmas songs** 1. In the Bleak Midwinter 2. I Wonder As I Wander 3. Mary’s Boy Child 4. The Angel Gabriel 5. Carol of the Birds (Australian Bush Christmas Carol) 6. Angels From The Realms Of Glory 7. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (“Un Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle” in the original French) 8. O Come, All Ye Faithful 9. Mary Did You Know? (Michael English) 10. Angels We Have Heard on High **Songs about holidays that aren’t Christmas** ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7135 "2026-05-02T15:39:48Z")
Songs about holidays that aren’t Christmas 1. This Is Halloween - _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7136 "2026-05-02T15:49:05Z")
**Songs about holidays that aren’t Christmas** 1. This Is Halloween - _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ 2. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7137 "2026-05-02T15:51:51Z")
**Songs about holidays that aren’t Christmas** 1. This Is Halloween - _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ 2. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg 3. Bastille Day - Rush ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7138 "2026-05-02T15:53:12Z")
**Songs about holidays that aren’t Christmas** 1. This Is Halloween - _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ 2. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg 3. Bastille Day - Rush 4. Lake of Fire - Nirvana Mentions 4th of July ---
**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:** [May 2, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7139 "2026-05-02T15:59:50Z")
**Songs about holidays that aren’t Christmas** 1. This Is Halloween - _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ 2. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg 3. Bastille Day - Rush 4. Lake of Fire - Nirvana 5. Go to the Mardi Gras - Professor Longhair ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687/7140 "2026-05-02T16:03:43Z")
**Songs about holidays that aren’t Christmas** 1. This Is Halloween - _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ 2. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg 3. Bastille Day - Rush 4. Lake of Fire - Nirvana 5. Go to the Mardi Gras - Professor Longhair 6. Harvest Home (Come, Ye Thankful People, Come) - trad. hymn; Thanksgiving [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=356) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-3/996687.md?page=358)