# What's your "NOW it's Christmas" song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620 "2012-12-10T17:32:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/21 "2012-12-11T19:21:28Z")
That horrible Paul McCartney song. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/22 "2012-12-11T19:26:20Z")
Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry I guess that’s little-known in the USA? It’s the only Christmas song I can bear to listen to more than once. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/23 "2012-12-11T19:26:48Z")
[Fairytale Of New York](http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IE&hl=en-GB&v=NrAwK9juhhY) - The Pogues with (the late great) Kirsty MacColl ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/24 "2012-12-11T19:27:16Z")
> [@Sally\_Mander](#): > > _Feliz Navidad_, by Jose Feliciano. I just sent my distant daughter a singing Xmas card with this song embedded. I positively HATE the song, especially when Jose really leans into “I wanna wish you…” However, we both find the parody “Police Lock Me Up” hilarious, so it was the perfect card to send her. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/25 "2012-12-11T19:41:08Z")
ACDC - “Mistress for Christmas”. Fortunatly, I heard it at lunch so all is well. At least until thing go to Mayan hell on 12/21/12. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/26 "2012-12-11T23:35:22Z")
Barenaked Ladies & Sarah McLachlan with _God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen._ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HGVNzgUxE-g/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGCogVChyMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBNY5m6n_2Z28UL319vj38f9p2siA "Barenaked Ladies - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings" Feat. Sarah McLachlan") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGVNzgUxE-g) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/27 "2012-12-12T00:03:09Z")
“For Unto Us a Child is Born” by whatever choir is doing Handel’s Messiah. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/28 "2012-12-12T00:28:11Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > “[Christmas Wrapping](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SzjDOk_u9I)” by the Waitresses. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/29 "2012-12-12T02:02:03Z")
Grandma Got Ran Over By a Reindeer. I haven’t heard it yet this year. Also the Eagles Please Come Home For Christmas. This one I have heard. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/30 "2012-12-12T02:37:17Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” which is perhaps the only 100% Christmas song I like. (Omitting the usual children’s jingle-jangle stuff, which must simply be tolerated.) When I finally hear a radio station or music system play it, it’s Christmas. > > And then they’ll play “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” at which point I have to find a reason to put on my dark glasses and say, “No, I think I got some dust in my eye.” \*Every \*time. Those are the two that always get me, too, almost to the point I have to leave the room if someone else is in there with me. Both my parents died when I was in my twenties, and that’s what I think about. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/31 "2012-12-12T09:13:09Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry > > I guess that’s little-known in the USA? It’s the only Christmas song I can bear to listen to more than once. I like that one a lot, too – I don’t think it’s known in the US either. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/32 "2012-12-12T10:40:43Z")
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Vince Vance and the Valliants ---
**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, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/33 "2012-12-12T13:30:44Z")
It’s Gonna Be A Cold Cold Christmas by Dana. Track 1 on our own Xmas compilation. MiM ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/34 "2012-12-12T20:21:20Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > [Fairytale Of New York](http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IE&hl=en-GB&v=NrAwK9juhhY) - The Pogues with (the late great) Kirsty MacColl Fuck yeh. Also, “Do They Know it’s Christmas” by Band Aid. The Vince Guaraldi Trio Charlie Brown Christmas album. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/35 "2012-12-12T21:50:50Z")
For me it’s Jonny Mathis’ Sleigh Ride. I don’t recall a time in my life when I have not sang [YOOOO Hoo!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrNuEDrJ9mA&feature=player_detailpage#t=115s) along with the song, including just now while I previewed the link. ---
**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 12, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/36 "2012-12-12T21:54:13Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > For me it’s Jonny Mathis’ Sleigh Ride. I don’t recall a time in my life when I have not sang [YOOOO Hoo!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrNuEDrJ9mA&feature=player_detailpage#t=115s) along with the song, including just now while I previewed the link. My daughter and I crack up every time we hear this song. It would make the perfect background for the ultimate gay video. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/37 "2012-12-12T22:08:39Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > [Fairytale Of New York](http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IE&hl=en-GB&v=NrAwK9juhhY) - The Pogues with (the late great) Kirsty MacColl This. ---
**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 12, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/38 "2012-12-12T22:12:06Z")
[Christmas Time is Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtwX4b67xJE), David Benoit version. ---
**Author:** ![gatorslap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gatorslap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gatorslap)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/39 "2012-12-13T05:58:30Z")
“I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus” by Dr. Demento ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620/40 "2012-12-13T06:38:50Z")
You don’t need _Deck The Halls_ or _Jingle Bell Rock_ – 'cause you can spin the dreidel with Captain Kirk and Mister Spock. I’m entirely serious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-now-its-christmas-song/643620.md?page=3)