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Christmas songs that aren't as well known / popular - Please share

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Whinge · 20/11/2023 08:09

I've recenty found this lovely song and wondered what other gems are out there that get ignored in favour of the well known (overplayed) Christmas songs.

Any suggestions?🎄🎅🏻

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GertrudeKerfuffle · 20/11/2023 19:34

Mommybunny · 20/11/2023 09:01

John Denver did a Christmas special with the Muppets in 1979 where if I remember correctly they all wore Victorian costumes (not to be confused with The Muppets Christmas Carol, with Michael Caine) and there are some lovely songs from that one. There is one that has become an earworm recently due to its sounding similar to a very controversial slogan signalling sympathy with the Palestinian cause, but the song itself is sweet and peaceful - it’s my brain at fault. But anyway, following that song on the album is a delightful version of Miss Piggy, Scooter, Gonzo and Robin doing Christmas is Coming (“the goose is getting fat”) which they do in a canon style. Hilarious.

My sister and I have had a thing for John Denver and the Muppets since the eighties, partly to annoy our dad Grin Their version of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' is amazing.

Riverlee · 20/11/2023 19:36

Jamie Cullum has a really good. Christmas album with some lovely songs on it.

”The Piano Man at Christmas”.

GertrudeKerfuffle · 20/11/2023 19:38

This was on some random Christmas tape from when I was a kid. Makes me feel all nostalgic!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=tEccLtzLwJ4

TheYearOfSmallThings · 20/11/2023 19:44

I also love Long December by Counting Crows. You never hear it here but when we go to Ireland for Christmas it's often on the radio.

Mommybunny · 20/11/2023 19:45

“FIIIIIIIVE GOOOOOOLLD RIIIIIIINGS! Ba-dum-bum-bum.”

Mommybunny · 20/11/2023 19:46

I was trying to reply to @GertrudeKerfuffle !

User0000009 · 20/11/2023 19:48

JenniferBooth · 20/11/2023 19:21

Freiheit Keeping the Dream Alive

Omg! I always thought this was Paul McCartney!!!

AdoraFruitcake · 20/11/2023 19:56

The Wexford Carol.

Not unusual if you’re Irish, but I never hear it in the UK.

Mommybunny · 20/11/2023 20:01

covetingthepreciousthings · 20/11/2023 10:23

A New York City Christmas - Rob Thomas

As a native New Yorker if you got me at the wrong time I’d burst into tears at that.

muffin21 · 20/11/2023 20:08

Scouting for Girls, Christmas is in the Air

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W8MProdd_ro

Mommybunny · 20/11/2023 20:16

AdoraFruitcake · 20/11/2023 19:56

The Wexford Carol.

Not unusual if you’re Irish, but I never hear it in the UK.

Judy Collins does a version of the Wexford Carol that will send shivers down your spine.

JenniferBooth · 20/11/2023 20:26

Sinead O Connors version of Silent Night is beautiful

Tilllly · 20/11/2023 20:30

MinnieCauldwell · 20/11/2023 08:21

Same Auld Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg, a true story about bumping into an exgf just before Christmas.

Love it

Tilllly · 20/11/2023 20:33

yellowlane · 20/11/2023 12:38

Joni Mitchell- River. I know that it was covered by Ellie Goulding more recently but I love it.

Wasn't it on Ally McBeal too?

MRSMTO · 20/11/2023 20:36

Beautiful song that makes me cry!

Tilllly · 20/11/2023 20:37

Leroy the red necked reindeer

NellyTimes · 20/11/2023 20:41

She Won't Be Home by Erasure
The First Snowflake by The Boy Least Likely To
Mistletoe by Colbie Caillat
Under The Tree by The Waterbabies

GertrudeKerfuffle · 20/11/2023 20:44

Mommybunny · 20/11/2023 19:45

“FIIIIIIIVE GOOOOOOLLD RIIIIIIINGS! Ba-dum-bum-bum.”

🤣

ShowOfHands · 20/11/2023 21:24

Utterly beautiful. Haunting and with a twist. Based on a poem and put to music by my favourite band.

Lots on here I love too. Tim Minchin, Kate Rusby and Thea Gilmore in particular.

Show of Hands - Innocents' Song / Gwithian

Music: Innocents' Song / GwithianArtist: Show of HandsAlbum: WitnessYear: 2006

https://youtu.be/QREEzOyLtOQ?si=Q6wzZpIfyKHoVF_6

JenniferBooth · 20/11/2023 21:46

Hurts. All I want for Christmas is New Years Day

WorkingForHowMuchLonger · 20/11/2023 22:01

Cocteau Twins Snow EP, contained Frosty the Snowman and Winter Wonderland. Liz Fraser's voice is so Christmassy anyway but these are so beautiful to listen to.
This review of it on Wiki made me laugh:

What's truly magical is the second track, "Frosty the Snowman", done in the style of the old Cocteaus (ie: you can't work out what the f* Liz is singing about, and furthermore you don't care)."[4] 😂

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