Christmas Songlist

[BareVanilla]

Trying to put a playlist together for family to listen to over the run up to Christmas. I don’t want to put all the usual radio Christmas songs on so I’m asking for your suggestions of songs that you don’t hear often but love to hear. I’ll start :-

Let it snow let it snow
I’ll be home for Christmas
Winter wonderland
Do you hear what I hear

Any suggestions are very welcome.

Ding dong merrily on high. Great to sing along to even though I can't sing!

When a child is born
Silver bells

“All alone on Christmas” Darlene Love

Thank God It's Christmas

Something about December by Christina perri

Gary Barlow - Incredible (Christmas version)

My dd was entertaining the supermarket today with Rudolph the Red nose Raindeer 🦌

These are good. I'd forgotten about 'Thank god it's Christmas'. I am going to have to look up some of the other songs as I've not heard of them.

A Winter's Tale - David Essex every day of the week!

Gwen Stefani - Christmas Eve
Love this song.

Oh little town of Bethlehem by Cliff Richard

Ooh following and I'll have loads to add when I look at my playlist I made last year!

If you like Do You Hear What I Hear I recommend the Pentatonix version with Whitney Houston. Actually look up Pentatonix they've got a few Christmas albums!

Is that you, Santa Claus? Louis Armstrong
Puppies are forever, Sia. Not a classic by any means but never fails to make us laugh.

Oh gosh I could go on and on with this one! I have a tendency towards the bittersweet Xmas songs so I've thrown Sleigh Ride and Must Be Santa for a bit of pure joy as well

Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes
Joy - Tracy Thorn
I believe in Father Christmas- Greg Lake
When the Thames Froze - Smith & Burrows
Sweet Bells - Kate Rusby
Must Be Santa - Bob Dylan

500 miles

Thank you everyone. These are exactly what I wanted. A nice mixture too. I’m looking forward to listening to songs (on repeat) that because we don’t hear them often then I won’t get fed up. 🤣

Candy Cane Lane by Sia

Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight) by The Ramones

Thank God It's Christmas -Queen
Carole of the Bells ( loads of versions but I think Liberia ? )
Christmas Wrapping - the Waitresses

And I never listen to music radio so I didn't hear Fairytale of New York in the shops but DH said he heard it "All The Time" on the radio at work . I think last year they tried to sanitise it so wasn't played much

Kacey Musgraves-ribbons & bows is a great one, (she has some other nice Christmas songs but defo check this out)

Gwen Stefani Blake shelton - you make it feel like christmas
Ariana grande - santa tell me
Cyndi lauper - early christmas morning
Kylie Minogue and iggy pop - christmas wrapping
Train - shake up christmas
Coldplay - christmas lights
Ava max - christmas without you
Halestorm - mistress for christmas
Dropkick Murphys- amazing grace
Pearl jam - let me sleep its christmas
Linkin Park - my december
Twisted sister - o come all ye faithful

One of the songs that makes me stop what I’m doing and listen.

Bella Hardy and Coventry Carol.

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Deck the halls with boughs of wattle.

Perhaps not the most obvious of suggestions but I'd recommend 'Under A Million Lights' by Tom Chaplin