Monday, December 14, 2009

What are your five favorite holiday songs?

13 comments:

tamika said...

I love holiday songs. I have way more than 5, but these are the first that came to mind.

All I Want for Christmas is You (Mariah Carey)

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings (the sarah mclachlan and barenaked ladies version)

You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

The Charlie Brown Christmas Song

Baby, It's Cold Outside

erin said...

Love the Vince Guaraldi Trio Christmas music. And Little Drummer Boy. And Carol of the Bells. We used to put up the Christmas tree to Disney Christmas songs when I was little. That was a lot of fun too :)

The Chris Bannon Blog said...

Children Go Where I Send Thee - Natalie Merchant,
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
Father Christmas- The Kinks
The Gift - Aselin Debison
Xmas in Jail - Asleep at the Wheel

John said...

I just put together a power hour of holiday songs I pulled off of youtube, so instead of my 5 answers I'll share the 5 that got the biggest reaction.

All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah

Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC

Hanakkah Song - Adam Sandler (and the new Neil Diamond cover)

Dick in a Box

Have a Funky Funky Christmas, TNKOTB

Cate said...

All I Want for Christmas is You (Mariah Carey)
Baby, Its Cold Outside (Dean Martin)
White Christmas (Bing Crosby)
We Three Kings (the version we sing at mass)
The Friendly Beasts (Sufjan Stevens)

Cate said...

omg, I forgot Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Darlene Love.

Andrew said...

- All I Want for Christmas (Mariah Carey - it's my current ringtone)
- Last Christmas (Wham)
- The Christmas Song (Nat King Cole)
- Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt)
- Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee)

Dan said...

I listen to All I Want for Christmas is You 12 months per year.

Dan said...

Deck the halls (with parts of Charlie)
- Crypt Keeper Christmas

White Christmas - Bing Crosby

The Chanukah Song - Adam Sandler

Grandma got run over by a reindeer

Can't touch this

Justin said...

I do not like the holiday season!

GC/DC said...

In no particular order.

Last Christmas - Wham
Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) - The Ramones
Happy XMas (Was is Over) - John Lennon
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
I Wont be Home For Christmas - Blink 182

Beth said...

love the tune of "baby, it's cold outside" but the lyrics are way too date-rapey for me to really enjoy the song as a whole.

My favs:

pop: "all I want for christmas is you"

classic: white christmas

hymn: Oh Holy Night

Scottie said...

O Holy Night - Best traditional Christmas song ever (even when sung by Eric Cartman).

Silent Night - Bad Religion (at the 1993 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas)

Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth - Bing and Bowie (one of my first MTV memories)

Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses (and the phenomenal cover by Save Ferris...my Monique Powell crush rears its head again)

Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC (an important part of my early appreciation of hip hop)