Unusual/alternative Christmas songs

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My Christmas playlist needs an update so feel free to add any suggestions to this thread for favourites I might not have heard of.

I'll offer up The Unthanks - Tar Barrel in Dale and The Mediaeval Babes - Gaudete

The imagined village:winter singing.
Thea Gilmore: strange communion (whole album)

And obviously bellowhead's Christmassy bits and stuff like Bruce's Santa Clause is coming to town. And general folky stuff from Kate Rusby's many festive albums.

To me, Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys is a Christmas album. I know it isn't, but it sounds like Christmas.

Sarah McLachlan - Song For A Winter's Night

It's lovely :)

Glasvegas - A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like A Kiss). Reminds me so much of my university days in Scotland. It's beautiful.

Barenaked Ladies, Barenaked For The Holidays

Have a listen to She and Him. The very lovely Zoeey Deschenal (sp?)

Skinny Lister - Christmas Calls

'Say goodbye to this mess
Let us try to forget
For tonight Christmas calls
To the song surrender
It only can get better
Let us be together as Christmas calls'

Seems quite fitting for 2020!

Oh bums lost my post!

Handsome Family - Blue Christmas (it’s bleak though so only if you’re not having a truly terrible time)

Rufus Wainwright- is it called ‘it’s Christmas’?

Staple Singers - who took the Merry out of Christmas -
Beautiful

River by Joni Mitchell

Tim Minchen White Wine in the Sun.

Ho ho fucking ho by Kevin Bloody Wilson.

Not suitable for children..

Any of Kate Rusby's Christmas albums. There are quite a few!

Gaudete by Steeleye Span. I think it's got some connection with Yule or Christmas. For some reason or other, SS other hit, All Around My Hat, seems to be popular at this time of year. It charted in December 1975 but otherwise has nothing to do with Christmas.

I too love Gaudete. It's quite haunting, but in a good way.....

Murder by Death - the Lonesome Holiday ep

Charlie Brown Christmas album by the Vince Guaraldi trio.

Maria Mena - Home for Christmas
Megan Trainer (sp?) - I'll Be Home

“Driving under stars” by Marina Hackman and “Christmas in LA” by The Killers are two good ones I’ve discovered this year OP.

Marika Hackman

The killers have done loads. Great big sled, don’tshoot me Santa, happy birthday guadalupe among others

She came home for Christmas by Mew, beautiful song

Weezer have a Christmas e.p - Christmas with Weezer and its decent enough.
Failing that, Sia has a Christmas album which could be a guilty pleasure

Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler have a good Christmas album, with songs such as Zombie Christmas and Jesus the Reindeer.

Another one for River by Joni Mitchell