I’ve always been a big fan of lists, so I’ve updated my top 25 favorite Christmas songs. It’s pretty much the same as what I posted on Facebook last year, but the Pogues moved up, and Band Aid took the #1 spot again. So without further ado, here’s the list. Let me know if you agree (none of you will), and what you feel should be there and what shouldn’t. And stay tuned for a post I can only call “Christmas Presents For The Enemies Of Public Education In Delaware”. Feel free to leave input on that one as well!
Top Christmas Songs
1. Do They Know It’s Christmas: Band Aid
2. Christmas Lights: Coldplay
3. Christmastime: Smashing Pumpkins
4. Fairytale Of New York: Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
5. Christmas Time: Bryan Adams
6. Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home): U2
7. The Little Drummer Boy: Harry Simeone Chorale
8. Boots: The Killers
9. Merry Christmas Eve: Better Than Ezra
10. Aspenglow: John Denver
11. I Believe In Father Christmas: Emerson, Lake and Palmer
12. Please Come Home For Christmas: The Eagles
13. Some Children See Him: Andy Williams
14. All I Want For Christmas Is You: Olivia Olson
15. Gabriel’s Message: Sting
16. 2000 Miles: Mighty, Mighty Bosstones
17. Feliz Navidad: Jose Feliciano
18. River: Sarah McLachlan
19. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas: The Pretenders
20. I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas: Bon Jovi
21. Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer: Elmo and Patsy
22. Carol Of The Bells: The Calling
23. A Christmas To Remember: Amy Grant
24. Happy X-Mas (War Is Over): John Lennon
25. Christmas Day: Dido
The Season Of Myths 
River by Sarah Mac? Try Joni Mitchell. Awesome song.
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You know jax, I don’t think I’ve ever actually heard Joni Mitchell, or sought her music out. Might be something I have to remedy.
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Where is Last Christmas by Wham? 😃
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Yeah Dee, that one will NEVER be on my list! Along with that truly annoying Paul McCartney song.
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You do strike me as a Wham kind of girl!
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Your #1 is my #1 worst of all time. LOL.
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What’s wrong with a bunch of coked-up Brits with crazy hair in the middle of the 1980’s singing a song to help famine in Africa at Christmastime? At least that money went to something worthy, unlike our Race To The Top funds….
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the lyrics. putrid misrepresentations. droning in some British arrogance. Awful.
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So I’m gonna hazard a guess you don’t like it? Have you heard the god awful 30 year anniversary version? So what’s your favorite Christmas song John?
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It’s Christmas time, and there’s no need to be afraid
At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade
And in our world of plenty, we can spread a smile of joy
Throw your arms around the world at Christmas time
But say a prayer to pray for the other ones
At Christmas time, it’s hard, but when you’re having fun
There’s a world outside your window
And it’s a world of dread and fear
Where the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears
And the Christmas bells that ring there
Are the clanging chimes of doom
Well, tonight, thank God it’s them instead of you
And there won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas time
The greatest gift they’ll get this year is life
Where nothing ever grows, no rain or rivers flow
Do they know it’s Christmas time at all?
Here’s to you, raise a glass for everyone
Here’s to them underneath that burning sun
Do they know it’s Christmas time at all?
Feed the world
Feed the world
Feed the world; let them know it’s Christmas time
And feed the world; let them know it’s Christmas time
And feed the world; let them know it’s Christmas time
And feed the world; let them know it’s Christmas time
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I just made a post just for you John!
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You just want to suck up all my memory don’t ya?
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🙂
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