I favor the old school carols and hymns, performed by choral groups, orchestras, etc. (though I'm a fan of "Christmas Wrapping"). One favorite tune from my childhood was this instrumental. I was five when it was released, and can recall seeing the LP cover featured in the Sears Christmas Wish Book for several years.
It seems that there aren't any new, good Christmas songs unless I've been missing them somehow.
I was recently thinking about this. I was thinking the last original song was All I want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey in 1994. Then there's Winter Wonderland by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett along with "Baby it's cold outside" but that's just a new rendition.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
December 21, 2025, 08:56 AM
TMats
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December 21, 2025, 11:43 AM
SigJacket
From 2024
Laufey is also my current favorite rendition of Santa Baby
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A great song from my favorite female artist and a beautiful video to go along with it.
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December 21, 2025, 05:29 PM
TMats
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Originally posted by TMats: [FLASH_VIDEO]River, Joni Mitchell[/FLASH_VIDEO]
A great song from my favorite female artist and a beautiful video to go along with it.
It is nice, isn’t it. We went to a dance recital Saturday with two of our granddaughters. One group of advanced dancers used River for their performance .
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December 22, 2025, 11:09 AM
banjo586
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree is the absolute worst.
December 23, 2025, 12:51 AM
LastCubScout
I forgot a couple:
Dolly Parton doesn't consider this a Christmas song, but I've always counted it.
I always liked this version better than the original Coldplay release.
December 23, 2025, 03:09 PM
HRK
Sometimes you need a cool Frosty Blues song for Christmas
December 23, 2025, 03:25 PM
crash
How has no one mentioned The Pogues "Fairytale of New York"?
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December 23, 2025, 09:23 PM
egregore
It's a Christmas song, and I like it.
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December 24, 2025, 02:59 AM
LastCubScout
I never hear John Williams's track from Home Alone 2 get played on the radio or in stores.
The band I've seen the most times live is Saint Etienne. They just put out their final album in September. This track is from '94.
December 24, 2025, 04:39 PM
TMats
It’s hard to beat Merle. This is a nice one, I think.
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December 24, 2025, 09:43 PM
2012BOSS302
Mary, Did You Know? Sung by the writer of the song: Mark Lowry
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December 25, 2025, 08:14 AM
rat2306
Had never heard this one until finding it on YouTube in a collection of K-Mart holiday music a few years ago. Also, from '63.
December 25, 2025, 11:28 AM
SigSentry
Merry Christmas all.
December 25, 2025, 12:53 PM
konata88
Merry Christmas All!!
I found a rendition of O Holy Night by Jewel. Voice of an angel, she has. Almost got dust in my eyes.
This to me is christmas music. Beautiful voice singing about the spiritual aspects of christmas. Not santa bringing presents or kissing mommy and such.
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December 25, 2025, 01:34 PM
mdblanton
If you like contemporary Christian Christmas music I highly recommend this concert - recorded last year.
December 25, 2025, 03:45 PM
chbibc
I've always been partial to Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses. I met (and fell madly in love with) Patty Donohue in 1984. She left us way too soon.
