Welcome to Mama’s Holiday Edition of Top 10 Tuesday! Today we have my Top 10 Favorite Christmas Songs.
- Joy to the World – The church my parents went to while I was growing up did a candlelight service late on Christmas Eve and we always sang this at the very end after communion while everyone was lighting their candles. Truly lovely.
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – The Barenaked Ladies version is superior to all others.
- Do They Know it’s Christmas? – Hey, I’m a child of the 80s, I can’t help it. BNL’s version is awesome.
- Christmas Day – This is sung by Dido and is hauntingly beautiful.
- Little Drummer Boy – I prefer Bob Seger’s take on this one.
- Polly Anderson’s Christmas Party – By Stuart McLean of course. Not a song, but a Christmas tradition for me nonetheless.
- The Season’s Upon Us – What’s Christmas without a little swearing and ass kicking? Dropkick Murphys, naturally.
- The Cat Carol – Makes me cry every time. Watch at your own risk.
- Jingle Bell Rock – Randy Travis does a really nice version of this one.
- Christmas – By Blues Traveler, it’s just fab.
Mental in the Midwest 
I like these songs too. I also enjoy Happy Christmas: War is Over, Father Christmas by the Kinks and Weird Al’s The NIght Santa Went Crazy. But I do love God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen an awful lot.
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I’ve been making myself crazy lately listening to little else but holiday music. After Thursday I’ll be shutting it off again until the day after next Thanksgiving. đŸ™‚
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We pack it away after the 25th too.
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Except for Weird Al who I enjoy all year long.
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Amen! I went through Amazon yesterday and put damn near every one of his albums on my wish list. đŸ™‚
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The Dido song is on the Mecca holiday CD. I’ll leave it at that… đŸ™‚
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Then I’m sorry you’re sick of it, but it’s still a pretty song. đŸ˜‰
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Well, it didn’t make my worst list, so it has that going for it!
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I agree with BNL and Bob Seger’s versions…
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Sometimes you just need a little rock with your Christmas cookies. đŸ™‚
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Wow! That Cat Carol is heart wrenching! I’m in tears. I tried to get my little furbaby to cuddle her, but she ran away because I was crying…lol.
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See? I warned everyone for a good reason. đŸ˜‰ It’s a really pretty song but it’s utterly sad.
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Shall I admit that I am partial to Wham’s “Last Christmas”?
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That one’s not bad. I think I heard it played too much when I was younger.
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