I came up with this list and I wanted to post it early enough in the season that it's still fun and not sickening.
Here goes:
10. "Please Come Home for Christmas" - I like Charles Brown's version and I like the Eagles version. (I told you I wasn't kidding when I said I liked all types of music.)
9. "Merry Christmas, Baby"--Chuck Brown, I also like Bonnie Raitt and Charles Brown's version.
8. "This Christmas"--Donny Hathaway
7. "What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas?"--The Emotions
6. "Lonely Christmas" --Prince (My mother hated that I loved this. We used to laugh about it.)
5. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" --Ray Charles and Betty Carter
4. "Sleigh Ride" --TLC / "Let it Snow"--Boyz II Men
3. "Feliz Navidad" --Jose Feliciano /"Happy Xmas (War is Over)"--John Lennon and Yoko Ono
2. "Santa Baby"--Eartha Kitt. I like Madonna's too, but she sounds like Betty Boop.
1. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas/We Wish You a Little Merry Christmas"--The Jackson 5 (I love that whole album! Thank you, Mom! I love you!)
Honorable Mentions:
Even though I will hear it 50 times and then some, I don't think it'd truly feel like Christmas without hearing Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" at least once. I also like Alexander O' Neal's version because of how he vocalizes on it.
"Silent Night" --The Temptations
"This Christmas"--The Whispers
"Last Christmas"--George Michael
"The Twelve Pains of Christmas"--by Bob Rivers (It just sets me rolling every time. lol)
"Jingle Bell Rock"--that scene from Mean Girls. I'm sorry, but it just cracks me up every time I see it.
"Christmas in Hollis"--Run DMC. I love the music. I could groove off that alone.
Well, what do y'all think? Feel free to comment with your own. I know my list is pretty old school. (I guess I'm officially an oldhead now, huh?) Also if someone new has come out with a cover I should hear. Point that out to me too, by all means.
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