I’m working on an article/mix for a local magazine I freelance for. I generally can’t get into Christmas music, but a few of my favorites:
Low – Little Drummer Boy
Juliana Hatfield – Make It Home
Bright Eyes – Blue Christmas
Jimmy Eat World - Christmas Card
Local H – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Radiohead - Winter Wonderland
Liz Phair – Winter Wonderland
Sufjan Stevens – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!
Dance Hall Crashers – I Did It For The Toys
Ryan Adams - Hey Parker, It's Christmas
Rilo Kiley - Xmas Cake
Add to my list?
I really don’t care how silly, unhip, or embarrassing they may be.
Emmylou Harris: Christmas Time's a-Comin' , Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
Uvula: Xmas Rush
Elvis Presley: Blue Christmas
And the songs my Dad always has to play (not favorites but still sentimental and important:
Randy Travis: Pretty Paper
All of the Elvis Blue Christmas LP
Heintje - He was a young German boy, pre-teen, with the highest, sweetest voice - we listen to it every year. I'll try to attach a photo of the LP.
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