Auld Lang Syne
Boney M, 1981 — One last treat for you, since it’s Christmas and all. Happy New Year!
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B-Sides For X-Mas
Part advent calendar, part dumping ground for all the weird and wonderful Christmas music I have accumulated. 100% Celine Dion-free, and that is a promise.
Episodes
20 of 51 episodesChristmas In The Northwest
Brenda Kutz White, 1985 — You know, I think that’s it. I’m done. I quit. This has gone too far. I just can’t do it anymore. Not now. Not aft...
Silent Night
Tom Waits, 1989 — Sweet mother of mercy, that voice.
Sleigh Ride
Mistletoe Disco Band, 1980 — Christmas and Disco, together at last.
I'm Gonna E-Mail Santa
Billy Gilman & Rosie O’Donnell, 2000 — I’m not a violent man, but the first time I heard this song, I was waiting in a long line at Best Buy...
Little Drummer Boy
RuPaul, 1993 — Back to back Drummer Boys! RuPaul doesn’t have as much of an ego about his/her rendition, dropping the definite article “the”...
The Little Drummer Boy
Ringo Starr, 1999 — Ringo Starr would like to take this opportunity to remind you that he was in the Beatles. Ever heard of them?
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Pebbles & Bamm Bamm, 1965 — This seems like a pretty bizarre choice of song for a pair of pre-historic toddlers to sing. Especially when you...
What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb?)
C-3PO, R2-D2, and Friends, 1980 — Good tune or not, you’ve gotta admit it’s a tough question to answer.
Come On Ring Those Bells
Evie Tornquist, 1977 — Christmas is all about traditions. For me, as a kid, the Christmas season hadn’t begun until we’d picked up my prodig...
Hurry Home for Christmas
Robert Goulet, 1969 — That’s not just a warm sentiment, either. You’d better hurry your jingle-bell-jinglin’ ass home or, well, the reindeer...
Frosty The Snowman
Cindy Brady, 1970 — Quite possibly the all-time worst interpretation of this particular holiday classic, which is an accomplishment, because...
Sleigh Ride
Christmas Accordion, ???? — I have next to nothing on this one, but who doesn’t love Christmas carols played on an accordion?
The First Noel
Crash Test Dummies, 1991 — I might have more to say about this song if I could get past the first 14 seconds. When played back on high-end s...
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
The Pointer Sisters, 1987 — And he’s bringing assless chaps for all the girls and boys.
Alvin's Harmonica
David Seville & The Chipmunks, 1959 — You’re almost certainly familiar with the Chipmunks’ song where Alvin wants a hula-hoop. This one is d...
I Fell Out Of A Christmas Tree
Little Rita Faye, 1953 — After her music career didn’t pan out, Little Rita Faye found her calling teaching abstinence-only sex education to...
Christmas Shopping
Buck Owens & His Buckaroos, 1968 — Leave it to a country singer to tell it like it is about Christmas consumerism. Things haven’t gotten muc...
We Need A Little Christmas
The Golddiggers, 1969 — There’s a virtual truckload of information on the innermets about The Golddiggers, but I didn’t really read any of i...
Dry Gulch Christmas Rap
Gospel Bill, 1981-ish — I couldn’t find a ton of information about this one, but it appears to be from a special christmas episode of an ear...