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I know the Mariah Carey song is hated because its overused, but its also objectively a well produced piece of pop music.

My favorite though is O Holy Night. Performed well I want to stop and listen to it. It moves me, and I dont give enough of a fuck about religion to call myself an athiest.

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[-] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Let It Snow, in particular the version at the end of Die Hard.

Or the Picard version, Make It So.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

My favourite is Thank God It's Christmas by Queen.

I'm an atheist who considers Christmas the most stressful time of the entire year, but that song fucking slaps!

[-] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 10 months ago

I feed so glad that my family is so disjointed that we never meed for the holidays. Some people really endure misery every year.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago
[-] Drusas@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Do You Hear What I Hear because it makes me think of one of the best Gremlins scenes.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Swans - The Seer

[-] mrgigglez@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

https://youtu.be/K6nxWui4qD8?si=NK5ZV0zmKYkXhN75 Love this song. And yes I do work retail. And fuck everyone. Be nice to the retail workers.

[-] troglodytis@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I got two...

David Letterman ain't wrong. Darlene Love nails it

And well....

Sometimes you have to work on Christmas

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

The Norwegian version of Holy Night.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PK-NZc4O6mA

It is performed by Sissel Kyrkjebo.

[-] reflex@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Not sure if it counts, but John Coltrane playing "My Favorite Things". I got that track on some best of Coltrane collection for Christmas when I was in grade school. It eventually became both my favorite Christmas song and really got me into jazz. It's still the default version that pops into my head when I think of that song, not Julie Andrews singing it in The Sound of Music.

[-] ashe@lemmy.starless.one 2 points 10 months ago

A Very Polish Christmas by Sabadu.

[-] BustinJiber@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] DLSantini@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

The only Christmas-related media I like in any capacity, is the OG Grinch cartoon. So Thurl Ravenscroft is the only person I wanna hear singing on Christmas.

[-] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Gulajh Gulajhah Gwanghwamun by the Human Centipedes.

Slappin’ tune.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

The Twisted Sister version of Oh Come All Ye Faithful.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago
[-] Wonsington@l.roofo.cc 2 points 10 months ago

I'm with you on team "O holy night", my favourite version is Andy Williams', closely followed by Perry Como's!

[-] Cornucopiaofplenty@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Vulfpeck's Christmas in LA is a bop

[-] picandocodigo@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Dragged Under - This Holiday https://youtube.com/watch?v=cgPfIhbIJU0

Also "Skank for Christmas" by Reel Big Fish

[-] synthsalad@mycelial.nexus 2 points 10 months ago

White Christmas, which was written by Irving Berlin, who was Jewish!

I like it because of how intricately the melody is written. It ebbs and flows perfectly against the chord progression and feels much closer to a jazz standard than most other Christmas songs.

[-] GreyShack@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry. Apparently not originally intended as a Christmas song anyway.

[-] Nativeridge@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago

This is the only video I could find outside of Spotify. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIhoC89kVVQ

I really like Chris Rea's "Driving home for Christmas", but have to say this version by Angelina Jordan is superb

[-] scorpious@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Christmas Rapping by the Waitresses

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

Happy Xmas (War is Over) by John and Yoko.

[-] vortexal@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ring The Bells - Eurobeat Union

For some reason the only real version I could find on YouTube is the first song in Zenki's Christmas Touhou Eurobeat Mix and it's kind of ironic because it's the only song in that mix that is actually Christmas related.

[-] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Police Nabbed my Dad by Bobnoxious.

Rudolph the red nose reindeer sung by Jack Johnson. His version has a good twist.

[-] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[-] juliorapido@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

12 days of Christmas

[-] sgibson5150@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Not a religion fan or a country music fan, but just thinking about Martina McBride singing O Holy Night makes me tear up a little.

Edit: erroneously said Trisha Yearwood when I meant Martina McBride

[-] itchick2014@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago

Rusty Chevrolet by Da Yoopers. That whole album is just hysterical.

[-] BuckWylde@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

The only one I've liked is Homo Christmas by Pansy Division

[-] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

It's only a few years old, but I've recently been charmed by Christmas Eve at the Downtown Thrifty-Thrift Store by Jawbone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8_qqVEB2s8

It's not telling any kind of story, just painting a picture with words and music about tattered and mostly-forgotten things.

[-] nomecks@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Good King Wenceslas, sang by the Irish Rovers

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