merry christmas

i'm taking a page from my friend brina's music monday playlists and am attempting to make one too. so here are 50 of my favourite christmas songs ~ something i've been compiling to keep my holiday spirit up.
i'm all over the place. i know that and am completely okay with it.

Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - Mele Kalikimaka

Nsync - O Holy Night

John Williams - Carol of the Bells (from Home Alone)

Libera - Once in Royal David’s City

The Mills Brothers - I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm

Weezer - The First Noel

John Denver & The Muppets - The Twelve Days of Christmas

Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Barenaked Ladies - Sleigh Ride

Vince Guaraldi - O Christmas Tree (from Charlie Brown)

The Irish Rovers - Good King Wenceslas

Monica - Grown Up Christmas List

The Drifters - White Christmas


Whitney Houston - Joy to the World


Larry Groce & Disneyland Children's Sing-Along Chorus - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town


Ella Fitzgerald - Jingle Bells


Burl Ives - Holly Jolly Christmas

Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Alvin and the Chipmunks - Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)

Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock


Schubert - Ave Maria

Bing Crosby - It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas


Jackie Evancho - Silent Night

Mannheim Steamroller - Deck the Halls

Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby

Elmo & Patsy - Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer


Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting - Baby, It’s Cold Outside


Harry Connick Jr. - What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?

Louis Armstrong - ‘Zat You, Santa Claus

Billy Gilman - Angels We Have Heard on High

Jimmy Durante - Frosty the Snowman

Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

Kenny G - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas


Rosemary Clooney & Gene Autry - The Night Before Christmas

Jackson 5 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Anne Murrary - Christmas in Killarney

Mahalia Jackson - What Child Is This?

Andy Williams - It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Babyface - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

The Honey Trees - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Michael Bublé - Winter Wonderland

Kelly Clarkson - I’ll Be Home for Christmas


Dixieland Jazz Band - Go Tell It On the Mountain

Christina Aguilera - This Christmas

Dean Martin - Silver Bells

A Hero for the World - We Three Kings


Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas


Charles Brown - Merry Christmas Baby


Bing Crosby & David Bowie - The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth

Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (from The Nutcracker)

these last 2 aren't real christmas songs... so they don't count (and i couldn't keep it down to 50).

Blink-182 - I Won't Be Home For Christmas

Sam Bradley - Christmas Lights

and freshly minted, enjoy another one from sam bradley

https://soundcloud.com/sambradleyofficial/ill-be-home-for-christmas

*also~ check out musicbobbylong.com for the BEST cover of joni mitchell’s river and god rest ye merry gentlemen (2 of the 3 songs in the music player on the righthand side)