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There are only 2 weeks left until Christmas! I thought it would be fun to do a survey of our top favourite Christmas songs (or seasonal, holiday, winter, etc.)

Please send me a private message with a ranked list of your favourite songs that would fit in this category (min. 25 songs per list, max. 100)

Since there are many songs that have been recorded by hundreds of different artists, please indicate the recording artist for each of your entries.

The deadline for submissions is December 22. The results will be posted on Dec. 23.

I know this doesn't give a whole lot of time to come up with your lists, but what better time to think of it than during the weeks leading up to Christmas?

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I really like this idea, but I don't know if I can think of 25 Christmas songs I love, let alone tolerate. Maybe we could get a better turnout if the list lengths could be shorter?
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I was able to get fifty I genuinely liked. And they were all distinct.

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Christmas music makes me (and probably you reading this) feel a bit nauseous, much of the time ... So I found it helpful to compile a general list, and maybe this list will help you too:

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run
David Bowie / Bing Crosby - Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy
James Brown - Christmas Is Love

Captain Sensible - One Christmas Catalogue
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
Bing Crosby ft. the Andrew Sisters - Jingle Bells [Decca Records 1943]
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
The Crystals - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

The Drifters - White Christmas
Dr. Seuss / Thurl Ravenscroft - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch

Elmo and Patsy - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland

Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops - Sleigh Ride (Instrumental)

Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus And Lucy

Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
Faith Hill - Where Are You Christmas?
Whitney Houston - Do You Hear What I Hear?

Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas

Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
John Lennon / The Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Darlene Love - Marshmallow World

The Moody Blues - December Snow

Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
Elvis Presley - Here Comes Santa Claus
Elvis Presley - O Little Town of Bethlehem
Elvis Presley - Santa Bring My Baby Back (to Me)
Elvis Presley - Santa Claus Is Back in Town
Pretenders - 2000 Miles
Pretenders - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Ronettes - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
Roxette - It Must Have Been Love (Christmas For The Broken Hearted)

Bruce Springsteen - Merry Christmas Baby
Sufjan Stevens - Star of Wonder
Sting - Gabriel's Message

Throwing Muses - Santa Claus
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve Sarejevo 12/24

George Winston - Night, pts. 1-3
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A few more for consideration:

Mahalia Jackson - O Holy Night
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Run-D.M.C. - Christmas in Hollis
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Is Coming (not sure Linus and Lucy counts, it came out before the Christmas special, though of course it is great)
Gene Autry - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Ronettes - Frosty the Snowman
Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
Judy Garland - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
Wham! - Last Christmas
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
Andy Williams - Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
The Kinks - Father Christmas
Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin'
Grandaddy - Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland
Enya - Silent Night
Prince - Another Lonely Christmas
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A few others that weren't mentioned:
-Please Come Home For Christmas - Eagles
-Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Jackson 5
-Step Into Christmas - Elton John
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Most of my favorite Christmas songs are by Weird Al, South Park, or they're older more religious ones. Most have too much schmaltz factor for me to handle.
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The Beatles - Christmas Time (Is Here Again)
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I've got 4 submissions so far, 154 songs, and already 33 songs that have appeared on 2 or more lists! Keep the lists coming!
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One of my favorite Christmas singles (there aren't many) is The White Stripes "Candy Cane Children" which features on the b-side an interrupted Meg White singing Silent Night.
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For those of you who gag at Christmas or just want a less happy Christmas song, I have the song for you!

Corey Taylor-X-Mas

Anyone who knows my taste in music would know I just love this song!
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The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
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What about "Brick" by Ben Folds Five. Nothing screams holidays to me like pawning a few unwanted gifts to help pay for the girlfriend's ... okay, maybe not.

Here's a take on "Baby, It's Cold Outside" that I like. It seems to avoid the "Paean to Date Rape" vibe in part because this is an actual couple and have that real chemistry, and in part because they're both just cute as buttons.
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Also, totally forgot "Carol of the Bells". That's a great song by basically anyone.
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sonofsamiam wrote:Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Is Coming (not sure Linus and Lucy counts, it came out before the Christmas special, though of course it is great)
I included "Linus & Lucy" on my list, and Billboard magazine counts it on their Holiday charts as well.
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For your consideration, some of my favourites that nobody else has mentioned or voted for:

Boney M - "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord"
Ray Charles - "That Spirit of Christmas"
George Harrison - "Ding Dong, Ding Dong"
Jethro Tull - "Ring Out, Solstice Bells"
The Killers feat. Elton John & Neil Tennant - "Joseph, Better You Than Me"
Greg Lake - "I Believe in Father Christmas"
Johnny Mathis - "When a Child Is Born"
Billy Squier - "Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You"
Chris Rea - "Driving Home for Christmas"
The Who - "Christmas"
Stevie Wonder - "What Christmas Means to Me"
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I forgot all about Chuck Berry's version of "Merry Christmas Baby"
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Live in Phoenix wrote:I forgot all about Chuck Berry's version of "Merry Christmas Baby"
I personally prefer Otis Redding's version :)
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If anybody who has already submitted a list would like to make any revisions to their list, they may do so up until the deadline cut-off.
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The Night Santa Went Crazy is how I remember the reindeer names.
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Donny Hathaway - This Christmas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkqjjYP53vQ
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Excellent recommendations by everyone. Brings back a lot of good memories...
I would also like to add "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" by Ryuichi Sakamoto and "Carol of the Bells" by George Winston as possibilities. (Though Listyguy's definitely right about "Carol of the Bells": if there's a bad version, I've never heard it!)
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More suggestions:

Enrico Caruso - Cantique de Noël (1916)
Vaughn Monroe - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (1945)
The Robert Shaw Chorale - Carol of the Bells (1946)
Frank Sinatra - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (1948)
Andrews Sisters - Sleigh Ride (1950)
Trapp Family Singers - Carol of the Drum (The Little Drummer Boy) (1955)
Harry Belafonte - Mary's Boy Child (1956)
Dean Martin - Winter Wonderland (1959)
Ray Coniff & the Ray Coniff Singers - The Twelve Days of Christmas (1962)
Mahalia Jackson - Silent Night (1962)
James Brown - Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto (1968)
Mud - Lonely This Christmas (1974)
Mike Oldfield - In Dulci Jubilo (1975)
Boney M. - Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday (1979)
Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone (1985)
Mariah Carey - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (1994)
Christina Aguilera - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (2000)
Destiny's Child - 8 Days of Christmas (2001)
Enya - We Wish You a Merry Christmas (2005)
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Bells Are Ringing (2008)
Celtic Woman - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (2012)
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Some of my favorites not mentioned yet:

LCD Soundsystem: Oh You (Christmas Blues)
John Cale: Child's Christmas In Wales
Saint Etienne: 21st Century Christmas
Randy Newman: Christmas in Cape Town
Joni Mitchell: River
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone: Cold White Christmas
Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings: Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects
De La Soul: Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa
The Harlem Children’s Chorus: Black Christmas
Durutti Column: One Christmas For Your Thoughts
Kate Bush: December Will Be Magic Again
Diamond Rugs: Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant
James Brown: Hey America
Suicide: Hey Lord
Bahamas: Christmas Must Be Tonight
John Zorn: Blues Noel
Thea Gilmore: Listen, The Snow Is Falling
Feist: Lo, How A Rose E're Blooming
Tuxedomoon: Weihnachtsrap
Blind Blake: Lonesome Christmas Blues
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Charlie Driggs wrote:Some of my favorites not mentioned yet:

Tuxedomoon: Weihnachtsrap
Blind Blake: Lonesome Christmas Blues
I just noticed that you didn't include these 2 songs on your ballot!
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Great picks, Charlie! Thanks for the Joni Mitchell, John Cale, and De La Soul reminders, those would have been a disaster to forget.

Also, you reminded me of Saint Etienne - I Was Born on Christmas Day
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Only 1 week left to submit your ballot before the deadline!
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And now even more songs:

The Beach Boys (for instance) - I'll Be Home for Christmas
Bing Crosby - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Amy Grant - Emmanuel
The Moody Blues - In the Bleak Midwinter
The New Christy Minstrels - We Need a Little Christmas
Elvis Presley - If Every Day Was Like Christmas
Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas - We Three Kings

Oddly enough, I have not included perhaps my favorite Christmas song, "Silent Night," because I feel like it belongs to everyone and to no one in particular.
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Live in Phoenix wrote:Amy Grant - Emmanuel
Interesting. I included the Michael W. Smith version on my list, and was certain nobody else would mention this song!

Don't forget, you have until the deadline to add any entries to your list if you would like to do so :)
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Daniel, did you get my PM? Looks like it might be stuck in my Outbox, but I can't be sure...
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sonofsamiam wrote:Daniel, did you get my PM? Looks like it might be stuck in my Outbox, but I can't be sure...
I did. Thanks! :)
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For those of you who are interested, I plan on using the same formula Zorg used for the Best Albums and Songs of the '70s poll:
100*(1+30)/(position+30)
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jamieW wrote:(Though Listyguy's definitely right about "Carol of the Bells": if there's a bad version, I've never heard it!)
Apparently you've never heard "Ding! Fries Are Done" by "Billy," a (mercifully) brief parody of the "Carol" that Dr. Demento used to play a lot at Christmastime. It's sung, with maximum political incorrectness, in the voice of an apparently mentally challenged Burger King worker, and it got a lot more exposure when Peter Griffin sang it in a Family Guy cutaway.
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For a bit more genre variety, here's two hip hop Christmas songs:

"Christmas in Harlem" by Kanye West ft. Cam'ron, Jim Jones, Vado, Cyhi Da Prynce, Pusha-T, Musiq Soulchild, Teyana Taylor, and Big Sean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq1POyzBNF0

"A Christmas Fucking Miracle" by Run the Jewels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEmw5WXtkq4
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Harold wrote:
jamieW wrote:(Though Listyguy's definitely right about "Carol of the Bells": if there's a bad version, I've never heard it!)
Apparently you've never heard "Ding! Fries Are Done" by "Billy," a (mercifully) brief parody of the "Carol" that Dr. Demento used to play a lot at Christmastime. It's sung, with maximum political incorrectness, in the voice of an apparently mentally challenged Burger King worker, and it got a lot more exposure when Peter Griffin sang it in a Family Guy cutaway.
Yikes. And after a horrifying one minute on YouTube, I stand corrected. (I do now remember the episode of "Family Guy." I just never knew it was a "remake.")

Daniel: I should be finishing up my list sometime today. ("Ding! Fries Are Done" will be absent...)
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jamieW wrote:
Harold wrote:
jamieW wrote:(Though Listyguy's definitely right about "Carol of the Bells": if there's a bad version, I've never heard it!)
Apparently you've never heard "Ding! Fries Are Done" by "Billy," a (mercifully) brief parody of the "Carol" that Dr. Demento used to play a lot at Christmastime. It's sung, with maximum political incorrectness, in the voice of an apparently mentally challenged Burger King worker, and it got a lot more exposure when Peter Griffin sang it in a Family Guy cutaway.
Yikes. And after a horrifying one minute on YouTube, I stand corrected. (I do now remember the episode of "Family Guy." I just never knew it was a "remake.")

Daniel: I should be finishing up my list sometime today. ("Ding! Fries Are Done" will be absent...)
Hahaha... I look forward to seeing your list, and I'm glad I don't have to worry about seeing "Ding! Fries Are Done" on it.
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Upon analysis of the results so far, I think I am going to use the following formula:

100*(1+50)/(position+50)
(instead of 100*(1+30)/(position+30))

This wouldn't alter the order of the top ten any, but it would give an advantage to songs that appear on multiple lists versus songs that have a high ranking on only 1 ballot.
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Only one day left to submit your lists!

I have received ballots from 9 members so far:

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