# Will there ever be any new Christmas music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262 "2015-12-02T23:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/41 "2015-12-03T16:16:23Z")
Is _I Believe in Father Christmas_ a Christmas song or an anti-Christmas song? Either way it’s my favorite. ---
**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 3, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/42 "2015-12-03T16:44:34Z")
There’s always my entry into the vast canon, [Nollaig Na mBan\* (Come And Gone)](http://heftyhorse.bandcamp.com/track/nollaig-na-mban-come-and-gone). \*Women’s Christmas (January 6th) ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/43 "2015-12-03T17:04:56Z")
Clearly there’s been many new Christmas songs, but when was the last Christmas standard, something that’s been covered by multiple artists? ---
**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 3, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/44 "2015-12-03T17:09:15Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > Clearly there’s been many new Christmas songs, but when was the last Christmas standard, something that’s been covered by multiple artists? I suspect the answer to this is Mariah Carey’s 1994 “All I Want For Christmas Is You”. It’s been covered loads and I think many people think it is a cover of an older song since it is written in a kinda classic style. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/45 "2015-12-03T17:13:50Z")
In the [other thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=776768), I mention my go-to favorite Christmas album of recent times, [\*Snow Angels](http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Angels-Over-Rhine/dp/B000V5EY4M)\* by Over the Rhine. It’s all originals (except one pseudo-cover of “Jingle Bells”) and a fantastic album. > [@sciurophobic](#): > > Clearly there’s been many new Christmas songs, but when was the last Christmas standard, something that’s been covered by multiple artists? Ron Sexsmith’s song “Maybe this Christmas” was covered by Tracey Thorne, and is popular enough that I hear her version pretty frequently on radio stations during the holidays. No doubt there are other versions I haven’t heard. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/46 "2015-12-03T17:13:53Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > Clearly there’s been many new Christmas songs, but when was the last Christmas standard, something that’s been covered by multiple artists? > **[All I Want for Christmas Is You](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_I_Want_for_Christmas_Is_You#List_of_cover_versions)** > > "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her fourth studio album and first holiday album, Merry Christmas (1994). Written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, the song was released as the lead single from the album on October 29, 1994, by Columbia Records. The track is an uptempo love song that includes bell chimes, backing vocals, and synthesizers. It has received critical acclaim, with The New Yorker describing it as "one of the few... ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/47 "2015-12-03T17:44:03Z")
“Chinese Food On Christmas” is a modern classic–at least at our house. “Merry Christmas from the Family” which is classic, is from 1996. It’s been covered multiple times, my favorite is this version from Jill Sobule: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wUwezGMnxt8/hqdefault.jpg "Jill Sobule "Merry Christmas from the Family"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUwezGMnxt8) ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/48 "2015-12-04T17:46:32Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > That song is one of the most annoying and badly written pieces of shit ever recorded in any genre. > > In my humble opinion of course. Have you ever heard “The Christmas Shoes”? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/49 "2015-12-05T01:32:23Z")
There’s ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ by Chris Rea that’s pretty new, though God help me, all I can think is “Billy Bob was released from prison early and is driving home in a pickup truck to surprise Becky Sue” :rolleyes:. There is another Christmas song I’ve only heard the last couple of years, but I never found out the name. It’s a collection of the most cliched lyrics I’ve ever heard, like it was written with a rhyming dictionary by committee. ‘snow is in the air, people everywhere. Christmas is here, it’s that time of year.’ Really so bad it’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/50 "2015-12-05T02:51:15Z")
I also just wrote a new Christmas song, called “Snow on Christmas Eve”. This is just a demo; I’m planning on recording the official studio version in time for next Christmas. [Enjoy](https://soundcloud.com/brandonsturiale/snow-on-christmas-eve-demo-brandon-sturiale-featuring-georgia-tapp)! ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/51 "2015-12-05T03:44:04Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > [Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxVo5mjK4eg) - Tom Waits > > Neko Case’s cover [was great](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgTPo4zRI2Q) Still the best Christmas song. ---
**Author:** ![CatastrophicFailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@CatastrophicFailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatastrophicFailure)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/52 "2015-12-05T04:11:58Z")
My favorite (although hardly traditional) Christmas song was written in 2006: [White Wine in the Sun.](http://youtu.be/fCNvZqpa-7Q) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/53 "2015-12-05T11:06:54Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > I also just wrote a new Christmas song, called “Snow on Christmas Eve”. This is just a demo; I’m planning on recording the official studio version in time for next Christmas. [Enjoy](https://soundcloud.com/brandonsturiale/snow-on-christmas-eve-demo-brandon-sturiale-featuring-georgia-tapp)! 16 seconds was all I could take of that, alas. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/54 "2015-12-05T11:44:36Z")
Sometime in the 80s (maybe I should look it up) UK singer Cliff Richard put out what I think is a really nice Christmas song, called _Mistletoe and Wine_. It’s very _very_ unpopular with most people, but it persists, and, like I said, I actually quite like it. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/55 "2015-12-05T11:52:13Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Sometime in the 80s (maybe I should look it up) UK singer Cliff Richard put out what I think is a really nice Christmas song, called _Mistletoe and Wine_. It’s very _very_ unpopular with most people, but it persists, and, like I said, I actually quite like it. It always struck me that Mistletoe and Wine would make a terrible cocktail. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/56 "2015-12-05T12:30:12Z")
I personally always try to add a couple of new songs to my Christmas Mix, every year. Some of them are newly made, others are so archaic and/or obscure that they’re new enough to me. Other times, I just find [weird gimmicky covers.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcjG1iusl-Q)😃 ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/57 "2015-12-05T12:40:31Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > Clearly there’s been many new Christmas songs, but when was the last Christmas standard, something that’s been covered by multiple artists? “Last Christmas” has been covered by a ton of people, and I just heard Carly Rae Jepsen’s version the other day. I could eat her with a spoon. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/58 "2015-12-05T15:05:56Z")
I never pass up a chance to recommend [Carols for a Cure CDS](http://broadwaycares.stores.yahoo.net/caforcu20vo15.html?gclid=CL7IrsT_xMkCFYL1HwodpocHGA). Every year they include some new songs written just for this CD. ---
**Author:** ![BigBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@BigBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-any-new-christmas-music/739262/59 "2015-12-05T16:29:28Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I love the mouseover - An “American tradition” is anything that happened to a baby boomer twice. Randall is a dick. Maybe that’s why NASA fired him. ---
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