Ok. It's that time of year again, so let's all sound off on our fave Xmas carols. My list:

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (the Ronettes)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Xmas (Judy Garland)
So This Is Xmas (War is Over) (John Lennon)
Xmas Wrapping (the Waitresses)
Xmas Is A Time To Say I Love You (Billy Squier)
Carol of the Bells (traditional)
Feed the World (Band Aid)

Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth - Bing Crosby & David Bowie

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" - John Lennon
"Father Christmas" - The Kinks
"Christmas Wrapping" - The Waitresses
"The Christmas Song" - Nat King Cole

Thanks CelticGent, I totally spaced on that David Bowie/Bing Crosby duet. It's definitely on my list! And Rimbaud, that Kinks song, I couldn't remember the name so I left it off, but I definitely should add that as well.

Yeah: 'Fairytale of New York.'

those are my two absolute favorites.
Others that I dig:

Emmet Otter's Jugband Xmas Soundtrack
George Winston - Linus & Lucy (and pretty much ANYTHING peanuts..Xmas or not)

click here - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - Gayla PeeVeey

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives

Fairytale of NY, of course.
And Shane's other-
Christmas Lullaby.

"Now the Christmas lights have blown up
And the 'lecie's all gone dead
I look like a coal miner
And there's a pain inside my head."

"Oh Holy Night" always brings a tear to my eye.

But it will never be the same after hearing it sung by Eric Cartman.

DG

That's a good one! Burl Ives was a bad ass...

unfortunately for years i have been plagued by people telling me I remind them of Burl as the snowman in Rudolph.

i finally am able to deal with it and tell people about it.

so, have at it fuckers, hit me with your best shot.

I can see it...

Um, no.
Fatass.

The Cocteau Twins did a cover of Frosty the Snowman. Other than that, I hate fuckin Xmas music.

Scrooge McPork.

PorkHole,
If you hate Xmas muzak, then
dig up The Fairytale of New York
and Christmas Lullabye by Shane.

I gaurantee them.

The porn star Shane did an Xmas song?

yeah, don't miss the other fine ditties:

Santa Claus is Coming
Little Hummer Boy
I'll be a Ho Ho Ho for Xmas

at your local Walgreens

They all suck, 'cept for:

Jungle Balls [No artist] (1992 White Label)

My choice too.

Of course, Tom Waits and his Xmas card to a hooker in Minneapolis is also worth mentioning.

Most of my favorites have been mentioned:
The Pogues, The Kinks, John Lennon, Peanuts.
Another good one is The Ramones - "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)".

Also 2 albums, Excelsis 1 "A Dark Noel"
and Excelsis 2 "A Winter's Song"
Gothic versions of all types of Xmas/Yule music from Projekt Records.

Almost forgot,

Eartha Kitt - "Santa Baby"

AC/DC

I Want a Mistress for Christmas

Eartha is a goddess. Purrrrr.