I know the Mariah Carey song is hated because its overused, but its also objectively a well produced piece of pop music.
My favorite though is O Holy Night. Performed well I want to stop and listen to it. It moves me, and I dont give enough of a fuck about religion to call myself an athiest.
You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
The Pentatonix version is fire.
With such lines as
If it has to be Christmas for you to be nice
You’re an asshole
If you think the season is the reason
You’re a piece of shit
And calling people spineless if they can only make a change for the better if it’s New Year’s and hints that so much of the holiday just appearances
I’m with you on team “O holy night”, my favourite version is Andy Williams’, closely followed by Perry Como’s!
For me it’s the organ noells composed by Louis Claude D’aquin. https://youtu.be/rc3fl62G1ec?si=89vCI-NmbMUnD9Cy
12 days of Christmas
Sabaton - Christmas Truce
Good King Wenceslas, sang by the Irish Rovers
Sufjan Stevens - Sister Winter
Such a beautiful tune, starts so slow and haunting and ends up so hopeful.
Tim Minchin - White Wine in the Sun
Brings me to tears every time I listen to it.
Great pick. Awesome song from the good days of Tim.
Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry. Apparently not originally intended as a Christmas song anyway.
What’s This from A Night Before Christmas.
Skank For Christmas - Reel Big Fish. Their Happy Skalidays album is great. I make it a yearly thing.
Not a Christian, but nothing beats working out to “Light of Christmas” by Owl Cities.
This is the only video I could find outside of Spotify. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIhoC89kVVQ
I really like Chris Rea’s “Driving home for Christmas”, but have to say this version by Angelina Jordan is superb
Not sure if it counts, but John Coltrane playing “My Favorite Things”. I got that track on some best of Coltrane collection for Christmas when I was in grade school. It eventually became both my favorite Christmas song and really got me into jazz. It’s still the default version that pops into my head when I think of that song, not Julie Andrews singing it in The Sound of Music.
