It's that time of year again. Time for the best Christmas song ever.

[geardaddy]

[panader0]

1. Another sad Xmas song:

[lovemydog]

5. Oooh, love this one too pander0,

Also love the gorgeous unplugged Pretenders record called Isle of View. Gorgeous arrangements. If you haven't heard it, check it out.

[lovemydog]

7. Here's the nice acoustic version:

[Sanity Claws]

16. I agree -- this is a better version

at least if you are interested in the lyrics and the emotions behind the song. IMHO.

[geardaddy]

11. Ooh, that's a good'un.

[geardaddy]

12. That's my new second fave!

Sorry, but The Pogues come first. I do love pretty much everything Chrissie Hynde does though!

[Initech]

2. No "Santa Claus On A Helicopter"?

[Sanity Claws]

17. I got through 26 seconds of the video

Man, that was painful. My ears have not recovered.

[countryjake]

3. Christmas in Prison

[lovemydog]

4. That one's my favorite too geardaddy.

Just the coolest most gorgeous song.

[shenmue]

6. The Toasters, "Rudy Christmas a Jail"

Here's a happy one. Sort of.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

8. I truly detest Christmas music, but

I love the Ronettes, and as long as someone gets whacked, I'm cool with it.

Don't buy anything!!!! Whhhaddaya stupid!

[DFW]

9. The Pogues song is my #1 too, BUT: these two are tied for second.......

[irisblue]

10. this one ranks real high

[panader0]

15. I'll see your Clarence Carter (it was good, never heard it before) and raise you a Sonny Boy

[irisblue]

23. Sonny Boy will be played this Christmas in my home. Thank you, I didn't know him

However.......back door Santa has a LOT of energy....Be blessed my friend

[In_The_Wind]

13. I'll Be Home For Christmas

[Sanity Claws]

18. That is a great song

I must have replayed it 5 times in a row just now.

The implicit sadness in it reminded me of Waltzing Matilda.

[In_The_Wind]

20. There were times when I couldn't get back home for Christmas.

Over the past few years it's become more important than ever for me to be home each night.

[panader0]

14. This list has to have "Father Christmas" by the Kinks,a perennial favorite.

[JenniferJuniper]

29. I think it's also my favorite Kinks song!

Although I've aways been partial to Waterloo Sunset and Dead End Street as well.

[panader0]

30. I'm a big Kinks fan. I have their first coupla albums somewhere.

I saw them in Tucson many years ago. Ray Davies is a great songwriter and I'm a bit
jealous of his affair with Chrissie Hynde.

[LynneSin]

19. Do they Really know it's Xmas

One of the few on my Ipod

The orginal:

And the remake they did to help raise money to fight Ebola over in Africa

Watch these videos and makes you wonder why we fight to be the first in line at Wal-mart on Black Friday

[In_The_Wind]

21. Someday At Christmas

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[Lars39]

22. Sugar Plum, by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band

My current obsession.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

24. No one's mentioned The Waitresses' "Christmas Wrapping" yet?

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I go back to 1981 every time I hear this. I recall the season vividly. There was a hole in my wall that I was going to patch. All I had to do was to remove just a little bit of old plaster.... This was in an old house, and the plaster just kept crumbling and crumbling. I should have stuck in a piece of drywall, but noooooo, I was going to use real plaster. I ended up plastering the old wall. Then I painted it, and the rest of the room. Since I was on a roll, I might as well keep painting. I got the bathroom and then a long bedroom in the front of the house. I would be listening to the late, great WHFS as I worked. Their DJ Weasel played "Christmas Wrapping" and a bunch of other seasonal songs. Among them was Root Boy Slim's "Christmas at Kmart." Okay, let's run that too:

For the traditional ones, I like "The Christmas Song," ("chestnuts roasting on an open fire&quot , especially by Nat King Cole. It captures the whole slowing down of time that you get at the end of the year.

It wouldn't be right to view "The Christmas Song" in anything other than black and white:

Also, I like Leroy Anderson, so "Sleigh Ride" is right up there. Easily, the best known version is the one by the Boston Pops, but I'll link to some others too. You learn something every day; all this time I thought they had been snapping a real whip.

[sakabatou]

25. Here you go (fast forward to 6:08)

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[Tom_Foolery]

26. My two favorites...

[2theleft]

27. I heard this song the other day...

And I am loving it.

[likesmountains 52]

28. This is the one that makes me cry