Christmas Music

[Plethora]

<p>What's your favorite Christmas Music?&nbsp; I love Christmas Music and I'm on the hunt for more good stuff.</p><p>Some of my favorites that are in heavy rotation this year:<br /> </p><p><strong>Phil Spector - A Christmas Gift For You</strong><em><br /></em>Just an outstanding album front to back </p><p><strong>Leon Redbone - Christmas Island</strong><br />It makes me want to hang my stocking on a great big cocoanut tree. </p><p><strong>Squirrel Nut Zippers - Christmas Caravan</strong><br />Flavor.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>The Ventures - Christmas Album<br /></strong>Goofy goodness.&nbsp; Sleigh Ride is not to be missed.&nbsp; And Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer meets The Beatle's I Feel Fine for some strange reason we are clearly not meant to understand. </p><p><strong>Beatles - Complete Christmas Collection<br /></strong>John Paul George and Ringo.&nbsp; Wine to Pot to LSD.&nbsp; It's all there, with a christmassy sort of theme to it.<br /> </p><p><strong>South Park - Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics<br /></strong>Worth it just for <em>The Most Offensive Song Ever</em>.<strong><br /></strong></p><p><strong>The Beach Boys - Christmas With The Beach Boys<br /></strong>Just good.&nbsp; Pretty and good.&nbsp; I never need to hear Little Saint Nick again though.</p><p><strong>Dr. Seuss &quot;How The Grinch Stole Christmas&quot; Soundtrack<br /></strong>From the TV show, not the movie, of course.</p><p><strong>Time-Life Treasury of Christmas, Volumes 1 &amp; 2</strong><em><br /></em>An excellent compendium of more traditional christmas music</p><p><strong>Bing Crosby - White Christmas</strong><br />A must.&nbsp; Just put the fact that he beat his children like rented mules out of your mind.&nbsp; It helps to just not think about that while enjoying the cool crooning of warm Christmas tidings.&nbsp; Just don't think about it. </p><p><strong>Reverend Horton Heat - We Three Kings<br /></strong>I love RHH, this album is still growing on me.</p><p>My Favorite Christmas Song right this second --<br /><em>Jingle Bells </em>performed by <em>Bing Crosby &amp; The Andrews Sisters</em> -- it swings!</p>

[PapaBear]

<strong>Squirrel Nut Zippers </strong><p>My favorite quote from the sax player (as he looked out the window at the snow, before a Sex Police show)... &quot;Cool&quot;.</p><p>*edit* trumpet player</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by PapaBear on 12-11-06 @ 2:25 AM</span>

[Andomray]

&quot;Father Christmas&quot; - Kinks.

[WhistlePig]

I love that Squirrel Nut Zippers album as well. And I have two Elvis sings
Christmas tunes albums with favorites like "Blue Christmas" and "Santa
bring my baby back (to me)." Classic.
Also worth mentioning is "Christmas Grass" -- mostly instrumental
christmas songs bluegrass style by various artists. Really beautiful music.

[reeshy]

Yea Adomray...I play that song in the midlle of the Summer......gives me a lift!!!!

[HeyGuy]

<p>When I was a kid my mother would always play Johnny Mathis christmas albums. I actually just bruned her a cd to play in her car.</p><p>She also wanted Bette Midelr's new xmas cd &quot;Cool Yule&quot; I havent heard it but she wanted it. </p><p>Enjoy!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Marc with a c]

<p>does johnny mathis sing anything other then christmas music?</p><p>and what race is he?</p>

[EliSnow]

<p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Some of my favorite Christmas songs are:</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong>God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen</strong> by Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan.</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong>Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas</strong>&nbsp; by The Pretenders.</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong>Do They Know It's Christmas</strong>&nbsp; by Band Aid</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong>The Christmas Song </strong>by Nat King Cole</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3"><strong>Little Saint Nick </strong>by the Beach Boys.</font></p>

[FUNKMAN]

Burl Ives(sp?) - Have A Holly Jolly Christmas&nbsp;&nbsp; i guess has been my favorite since i saw my first Rudolph animation

[BoondockSaint]

<p>Christmas in Hollis - Run-DMC.</p><p><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ICLTKK.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V40269514_.jpg" border="0" width="240" height="240" /></p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<p>I just put some CD I bought awhile ago in my iPod.&nbsp; It's Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole singing classic Christmas songs.</p><p>Just a heads up to XM owners:&nbsp; Their Christmas channels are actually very good.&nbsp; I told my mother about them and she hasn't turned the one Traditional Christmas channel off since.&nbsp; In usual XM fashion, not a lot of bumpers, just a lot of music.&nbsp; There's like 5 of them ranging from wacky songs to traditional and some more rockin' ones too.</p>

[Plethora]

<p>Ahhh, great Christmas songs is probably a much better angle. Some of my favs have already popped up -- <em>Christmas in Hollis </em>is a requirement. As is <em>Father Christmas</em>. </p><p>I'll throw these out:</p><p><em>Christmas Wrapping - </em>The Waitresses</p><p><em>Christmas Blues </em>- Canned Heat</p><p><em>No Presents For Christmas </em>- King Diamond</p><p><em>Christmas All Over Again </em>- Tom Petty</p><p><em>Christmas Baby Please Come Home </em>- U2</p><p><em>Feliz Navidad </em>- Jose Feliciano (Light my Fire! Light my Fire! Light Light Light Light My Fire!)</p><p><em>Good King Wencelas </em>(sp?) - REM</p><p><em>Christmas With The Devil - </em>Spinal Tap </p><p>EDIT - damn good point WhistlePig -- Elvis!&nbsp; <em>Momma loved the roses... </em>Elvis' <em>Christmas Album </em>totally has to be on the list. </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Plethora on 12-11-06 @ 1:41 PM</span>

[JustJon]

I'm partial to the Vandals' X-Mas album with such songs as Oi! to the World (as covered by No Doubt) and Christmas for my Penis

[SouthSideJohnny]

<strong>Plethora</strong> wrote:EDIT - damn good point WhistlePig -- Elvis! <em>Momma loved the roses... </em>Elvis' <em>Christmas Album </em>totally has to be on the list. <span class="post_edited">This message was edited by Plethora on 12-11-06 @ 1:41 PM</span><p>Elvis is the one I go back to every year!&nbsp; He has several Christmas CD's - all great.&nbsp; I like the less popular songs MUCH better than &quot;Blue Christmas&quot; of &quot;Momma Loved the Roses.&quot;&nbsp; I think it's a carryover from my mom listening to it when I was a kid.&nbsp; Also, my best friend was killed 8 years ago right before Christmas, and I was listening to &quot;Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas&quot; all day before I found out.&nbsp; Very shitty memories for a few years, but now it helps bring back the good times. </p><p>There are some other great songs already listed.&nbsp; Overall, check out &quot;A Very Special Christmas&quot; - the first one.</p><p>Springsteen - Merry Christmas Baby</p><p>Run-DMC - Christmas in Hollis</p><p>U2 -&nbsp; Christmas (Baby please come home) - song reminds me of Goodfellas every time, and this is a great version</p><p>Bob Seger - Little Drummer Boy (best version out there)&nbsp;</p><p>several others that aren't bad&nbsp;</p>

[ChrisTheCop]

<p>I dig Mariah Carey's All I want For Christmas Is You.</p><p>but Alvin and the Chipmunk's also get me in the mood.</p>

[tele7]

<em>The Little Drummer Boy</em> as covered by Bing Crosby and David Bowie. Oh Holy Night too, thanks to the church scene in <em>Home Alone</em>.