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I’m with you on Wham! and Alvin and Co, Joanna. They brought the world two of my favourite Christmas songs… I’ll also be listening to Bob and Doug McKenzie’s 12 Days of Christmas, a hoser classic. And I never get tired of the How The Grinch Stole Christmas soundtrack.

When I was a kid I had a great tape called “A Merry Rockin’ Christmas” that had Elvis Presley doing Here Comes Santa Claus, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (whatever that one’s actually called) by Little Eva and Big Dee, The Platters and The Cadillacs were in there too.

Corny Christmas music is the only way to go! Sorry to hear you’re feeling deprived in Athens…

My husband (the original owner of most of the records in the photo) recommends trying to put together “The Baby Song” from “Flip your Wig” (re: Jesus) and “Too Much Spice” from “Warehouse” (re: the wise men) if you’re dying to connect Husker Du to a xmas playlist. Cheers! Thanks so much for the photo credit - and to Google alerts.

At the top of my list: The David Bowie/Bing Crosby rendition of “Little Drummer Boy.”

Funny story in the Washington Post today from John Deiner, who loves him some Christmas songs. He’s been tuned into a radio station that’s been playing Christmas songs 24/7 since before Thanksgiving. He can’t bring himself to turn it off, though, so to get a break he takes a road trip out of range of the station.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/18/AR2007121801730.html

I love me some Vince Guaraldi Trio “Charlie Brown Christmas” album. I’m a big “The Little Drummer Boy” fan, too. The Sufjan Stevens version is pretty solid, and I confess to enjoying Bob Seger’s rendition. Oh, and on holiday road trips involving major cities, I have to crank up John Coltrane’s “My Favorite Things.”

Der Bingle and Bowie is great for its weirdness.

I love Blue Christmas. Tons of good covers out there, but I gotta go with The King’s version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUyuGFoiWJ0

Sorry. Just realized the audio on that was the studio version. Weird. Anyway, here’s the live version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DjV9caCsIQ

TambourineMan, thanks for the live version!

Thanks too, TambourineMan!

I’ve been looking for that live version for an hour now.

Thanks too! Really nice to listen to. :)

I have been searching everywhere for this. Thanks so much!!

Sorry for a dumb question, but I really can’t get, what NPR is?…

Very nice live version at youtube. I vote for it :-)

Sounds like fun. Great idea for coming Chrstmas

Classic Christmas songs are always the best. I love playing these songs over and over again especially during long drives. Little Drummer Boy and Jingle Bells are my favorites.