Good Christmas Music?
Are there only twenty good Christmas songs? I’m starting to get that idea.
Last year I made a Christmas mix for my friends that included all the tracks below. This year I’m trying to turn it into a tradition, but I’m having trouble finding good Christmas music that I haven’t already used. At least not without tapping further into Sufjan’s and Mindy Smith’s Christmas albums than I already have. That would be a bit lopsided a mix, don’t you think?
Maybe I should have saved a few for this year. Anyone know any good Christmas songs on par with these ones?
- Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
- Death Cab For Cutie – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
- Bing Crosby – Happy Holiday (Beef Wellington Remix)
- Fiona Apple – Frosty The Snowman
- Mindy Smith – Santa Will Find You
- Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds – Christmas Song (Live)
- Iron & Wine and Calexico – Sixteen, Maybe Less
- A Fine Frenzy – Let It Snow
- Sufjan Stevens – Put The Lights On The Tree
- Kay Starr – I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (STUHR Remix)
- Copeland – Do You Hear What I Hear?
- Joshua Radin – Winter
- Damien Rice – Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
- George Winston – Carol Of The Bells
- Feist – Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming
- John Mayer – St. Patrick’s Day
- Kelly Osbourne – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song
- Mindy Smith – What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
- Sufjan Stevens – O Come, O Come Emmanuel

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