Christmas Music for Your Holidays
Remember when I used to give music CDs away every month? I really miss that. And some friends were asking about holiday music – since I am such a sucker for Christmas music. ALL KINDS of Christmas music. Seriously. ALL.
I always start listening to those tunes on Thanksgiving – it kicks off the holidays in a fun, festive way. And Thanksgiving is my FAVORITE holiday. All good thoughts and good food. Love it.
So, I created a playlist on iTunes for the upcoming weekend and then shared the playlists to both Rdio and Spotify. Songs dropped off on both services, due to clearances I suppose – but they are still pretty long. And full of fest.
Feel free to check them out – see if there are any new holiday songs you would like to add to your collection – or depending on which service you use, and how you use it – you could just go ahead and let this play while your turkey is cooking!
WE WISH YOU A VERY VERY VERY
HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEKEND.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
Spotify Christmas 2011 Playlist (will open Spotify app)
Rdio Christmas 2011 Playlist (will open new browser window)
Oddly enough, iTunes grabbed even less of the whole list, but here is their version.
And since I am a crazy fool, here are the names and artists of ALL the songs actually hanging out on my computer this holiday season. Well, DUH, I clearly have WAY more holiday music than this – these are just my faves this year.
| Do They Know It’s Christmas? | by | Band Aid |
| Run Rudolph Run | by | Chuck Berry |
| Silver Bells | by | Alice Smith |
| Christmas Time | by | ALO |
| Gee Whiz It’s Christmas | by | Diane Birch |
| Winter Wonderland | by | Aretha Franklin |
| Underneath the Mistletoe | by | Blondfire |
| Christmas Day | by | Dido |
| Christmas Ain’t Christmas | by | Bobby Womack |
| Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord | by | Boney M. |
| Santa Bring My Baby Back | by | Elvis Presley |
| Jingle Bells | by | The Brian Setzer Orchestra |
| Home For The Holidays | by | Brian McKnight |
| Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday | by | Carole King |
| Silver and Gold | by | Burl Ives |
| 2000 Miles | by | Coldplay |
| Christmas Tonight (with Hillary Scott) | by | Dave Barnes |
| Back Door Santa | by | Clarence Carter |
| Frosty The Snowman | by | Fiona Apple |
| Mistletoe | by | Colbie Caillat |
| The Little Christmas Tree | by | Bon Voyage |
| Jingle Bell Rock | by | Daryl Hall & John Oates |
| Christmas Time With You | by | David Ian (feat. Andre Miguel Mayo) |
| Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | by | Dean Martin |
| Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) | by | Death Cab For Cutie |
| Mr. Heat Miser | by | Big Bad Voodoo Daddy |
| This Christmas | by | Donny Hathaway |
| The Little Drum Machine Boy | by | Beck |
| Sleigh Ride | by | KT Tunstall |
| Step Into Christmas | by | Elton John |
| Carol of the Bells | by | The Bird and the Bee |
| The Christmas Song | by | Alana Davis |
| When I Get Home for Christmas | by | Snow Patrol |
| Ave Maria | by | Celine Dion |
| Winterlove | by | Parachute |
| In the Morning | by | Jack Johnson |
| Snow Miser | by | FM Static |
| Mele Kalikimaka | by | Bing Crosby |
| Christmas Can’t Be Very Far Away | by | Darla Day |
| Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | by | James Taylor |
| Sweet Secret Peace | by | Neil Finn |
| Wake Up! Wake Up! | by | Matt Wertz |
| Christmas Means Love | by | Joan Osborne |
| O Come, O Come, Emmanuel | by | Bebo Norman |
| Snowflakes | by | Jeremy Fisher |
| Mrs. Christmas | by | Jessie Baylin |
| It’s Not Christmas Without You | by | Katharine McPhee |
| I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | by | John Mellencamp |
| We Call It Christmas | by | Keb’ Mo’ |
| We Wish You a Merry Christmas | by | John Denver & The Muppets |
| Christmas Time Is Here | by | Shelby Lynne |
| All My Bells Are Ringing | by | Lenka |
| A Great Big Sled | by | The Killers |
| Father Christmas | by | The Kinks |
| Children Go Where I Send Thee | by | Ledisi |
| What I Want for Christmas | by | Macy Gray |
| Baby, It’s Cold Outside | by | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan |
| Just Like Christmas | by | Low |
| Merry Christmas Baby (live) | by | Eric Clapton & Sheryl Crow |
| O Come All Ye Faithful | by | Weezer |
| Christmas for Two | by | Sixpence None The Richer |
| I’ll Be Home for Christmas | by | Holly Conlan |
| You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch | by | Queens Club |
| Christmas | by | Teddy Thompson |
| No Christmas for Me | by | Zee Avi |
| This Time of Year | by | Etta James |
| Blue Christmas | by | Nicole Atkins |
| Peace | by | Norah Jones |
| White Christmas | by | Tony Bennett |
| Santa Please… | by | Toni Braxton |
| My First Snow | by | Matt Morris |
| Come On Santa | by | The Raveonettes |
| A Snow Globe Christmas | by | Pink Martini |
| Not So Merry Christmas | by | Raul Malo |
| Christmas in Hollis | by | Run-D.M.C. |
| All I Want for Christmas Is You | by | Mariah Carey |
| The Little Drummer Boy | by | Sean Kingston |
| Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree | by | Surrogate |
| Angels We Have Heard On High | by | Indigo Girls |
| That Spirit of Christmas | by | Ray Charles |
| Always in the Season | by | Pomplamoose |
| O Holy Night | by | Shane Barnard & Shane Everett |
| Last Christmas | by | Wham! |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | by | Shawn Colvin |
| Ain’t No Chimneys In the Projects | by | Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings |
| I Believe in Christmas Eve | by | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles |
| Silent Night | by | Stevie Nicks |
| Song for a Winter’s Night | by | Sarah McLachlan |
| It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas | by | Michael Bublé |
| Someday At Christmas | by | Stevie Wonder |
| A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss) | by | Glasvegas |
| Winter Song | by | Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson |
| Season’s Greetings | by | Robbers on High Street |
| Maybe Next Year (X-Mas Song) | by | Meiko |
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | by | The Temptations |
| Raise the Tree | by | Trent Dabbs |
| Christmas Wrapping | by | The Waitresses |
| Santa Baby | by | Eartha Kitt & Henri René |
| Peace At Last | by | Hem |
ENJOY, FRIENDS!
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Hooray! I am so happy! – m
Awesome. Thanks!
I love you. Thank you.
(I have an insane amount of Christmas music. Days and days worth, according to iTunes.)
You rock. 😉 xo
wow. thanks for sharing. that is a lot of work.
This is a link to the playlist of my holiday Mixtape Jones show last year: http://www.doctorpants.com/archives/247
This year’s will air on 12/20.
Yay, thanks D!
And you are welcome, guys! It’s so fun!!!
AWESOME! Thank you!!
$%&*#@ workplace filter!
Will have to see how many of these are on YouTube (which oddly enough isn’t blocked).
LOL
Perfect timing.
I was just bumping around on Spotify looking for a Christmas list. And here you are, already delivering.
Thank you.
You are fabulous. Love it.
This list looks awesome. I need to go through it when I’m not sitting in a conference and try out some new Christmas songs! I always love adding new ones to my holiday playlists.
Dude. This is AWESOME!
Do you have the Aimee Mann Christmas album? It’s amazing!