| TV/MOVIES/MUSIC Best Christmas Songs?

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Ok, I'm not a huge Christmas song person... I don't sit around and listen to them and in fact, I think most of them are somewhere between bad and awful. But, if I had to rank my top 10, this would be them... matched with the artists I think do them best. I'm sure I'm accidently leaving a couple out that have slipped my mind as well. Give me your favorites too... as long as they don't include anything by Jackson Five, I promise not to make fun of it...

You'll notice a pretty common thread throughout my list...

1. Christmas In Dixie (Alabama)
2. Drummer Boy (Johnny Cash or For King & Country)
3. South Alabama Christmas (Jamey Johnson)
4. Run Rudolph Run (Foo Fighters)
5. The Christmas Song (Jamey Johnson)
6. If We Make It Through December (Merle Haggard)
7. Pretty Paper (Willie Nelson)
8. Blue Christmas (Elvis)
9. Winter Wonderland (George Strait or Dolly)
10. Silver Bells (Alan Jackson)

 

[bama alum]

If I was an admin, I'd have to put someone in a lengthy timeout for choosing any garbage from Mariah Carey or "Sleigh Ride."

1. Josh Groban's "O Holy Night"
(then in no particular order)
2. Dan Fogelberg's "Old Lang Syne"
3. Stevie Nicks's "Silent Night"
4. Bryan Adams' "Christmas Time"
5. Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song"
6. Alabama's "Christmas in Dixie"
7. Greg Lake's "I Believe in Father Christmas"
8. Dean Martin's "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
9. Vince Guaraldi Trio's "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
10. Run DMC's "Christmas Time in Hollis"

 

[Hardkore]

Just immediately off the top of my head I would have to list these two.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Just immediately off the top of my head I would have to list these two.

Their version of Drummer Boy is really good.

 

[sk33tr]

Carol of the Bells - David Foster
Christmas in Dixie - Alabama
O Holy Night - Celine Dion
The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
That Spirit of Christmas - Ray Charles
This Christmas - Donny Hathaway
Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams
All Alone on Christmas - Darlene Love
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
A Mad Russian's Christmas - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Christmas / Sarajevo 12/24- Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Christmas Canon Rock- Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Wizards in Winter- Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Last Christmas - Wham!
Please Come Home for Christmas - The Eagles
Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Folgelberg

 

[rick4bama]

Carol of the Bells - David Foster
Christmas in Dixie - Alabama
O Holy Night - Celine Dion
The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
That Spirit of Christmas - Ray Charles
This Christmas - Donny Hathaway
Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams
All Alone on Christmas - Darlene Love
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
A Mad Russian's Christmas - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Christmas / Sarajevo 12/24- Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Christmas Canon Rock- Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Wizards in Winter- Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Last Christmas - Wham!
Please Come Home for Christmas - The Eagles
Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Folgelberg

My wife's favorite is this one. When she was back in NJ, she sends me her copy, it was on a 45. It broke, but I could still play it.

 

[rick4bama]

Little Drummer Boy
Silent Night
Baby it Cold Outside
Christmas in Dixie
Merry Christmas Darling
O Holy Night
The Christmas Song
(There 's No Place Like) Home for the Holiday
12 Days of Christmas
Joy to the World


Not going to list any artists just because so many that I like singing. @Brandon Van de Graaff Why did the Jackson Five sing any type of Christmas song anyway!! Since it was against their religion!

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Not going to list any artists just because so many that I like singing. @Brandon Van de Graaff Why did the Jackson Five sing any type of Christmas song anyway!! Since it was against their religion!

I don't know, but they make every store's playlist this time of year it seems. Can't stand it.

 

[rick4bama]

I don't know, but they make every store's playlist this time of year it seems. Can't stand it.

Jehovah's Witness don't believe in Easter,Christmas.

Katherine Jackson, a devout Jehovah's Witness, raised all 10 of her children in the Jehovah's Witness faith, and while some of them strayed as they reached adulthood, Michael remained committed.Jun 23, 2023

 

[It Takes Eleven]

It's a family tradition, my wife grew up with the album, nothing comes close for me in first place. We've decorated our tree by it for 36 years. A clear second is Vince Guaraldi.

 

[TerryP]

"Pentatonix" has been the best "new" Christmas music I've heard in a decade or two.
I'm tired of hearing it already. It's like pumpkin spice being "brought back" in July for October. I've seen so much Christmas before Thanksgiving stuff this season...

Call me a grinch.

 

[rick4bama]

"Pentatonix" has been the best "new" Christmas music I've heard in a decade or two.
I'm tired of hearing it already. It's like pumpkin spice being "brought back" in July for October. I've seen so much Christmas before Thanksgiving stuff this season...

Call me a grinch.

I'm a kind of a Manhattan Transfer Christmas music.

 

[alabama mike]

My favorite song is O Holy Night. Not a fan at all of Christmas music.

 

[TerryP]

I'm a kind of a Manhattan Transfer Christmas music.

Same genre, with Christmas music. But two different things. Electronic versus harmonic.

 

[footballer]

There are several Christmas songs that i like to listen to, but these four maybe my favorites.

Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy By Bing Crosby and David Bowie


Foxes and Fossils do a lot of covers that I like. Three of their Christmas songs I like are..........

Angels We Have Heard On High


I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day


O Holy Night


There are many other of the old standards that I like.

 

[TerryP]

@Sgt. Lincoln Osiris here is where you need to step in. Society is at risk. Before long, if it isn't already here, people don't realize somethings...like they don't know a back beat. Or music.

His last name should be Schlitz I don't know whether he should be included in a shot.

 

[TerryP]

@Sgt. Lincoln Osiris here is where you need to step in. Society is at risk. Before long, if it isn't already here, people don't realize somethings...like they don't know a back beat. Or music.

His last name should be Schlitz I don't know whether he should be included in a shot.

@Sgt. Lincoln Osiris your head bobbed when that second verse hit. Tell me I'm wrong. John Schlitt is an interesting guy to watch.

 

[rick4bama]

There are several Christmas songs that i like to listen to, but these four maybe my favorites.

Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy By Bing Crosby and David Bowie


Foxes and Fossils do a lot of covers that I like. Three of their Christmas songs I like are..........

We always watch Bing Cosby Christmas Special! We watch this one the year it happen!

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

@Sgt. Lincoln Osiris here is where you need to step in. Society is at risk. Before long, if it isn't already here, people don't realize somethings...like they don't know a back beat. Or music.

His last name should be Schlitz I don't know whether he should be included in a shot.

Yes!

My man from the 80s/90s Christian Rock band Petra!

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

@Sgt. Lincoln Osiris your head bobbed when that second verse hit. Tell me I'm wrong. John Schlitt is an interesting guy to watch.

OK, look...

I was narrating when I was commenting (during v2)

I wasn't saying that was the first time my head bobbed... Lol

I was feeling it during the first couple bars.