Pitchfork - The 50 Best Holiday Songs of All Time (2016)

[ordinaryperson]

http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and ... -all-time/

50. The Flaming Lips/Imagene Peise- Silver Bells
49. Kanye West- Christmas in Harlem (ft. Cam’ron, Jim Jones, Vado, Cyhi da Prynce, Pusha T, Musiq Soulchild, Teyana Taylor and Big Sean)
48. Clarence Carter- Back Door Santa
47. Sufjan Stevens- Christmas in the Room
46. Toots & the Maytals- Happy Christmas
45. Louis Armstrong- Christmas in New Orleans
44. Destiny's Child- Carol of the Bells a.k.a. Opera of the Bells
43. Dolly Parton- Hard Candy Christmas
42. Loretta Lynn- To Heck With Ole Santa Claus
41. Stevie Wonder- What Christmas Means to Me
40. Bob Marley and the Wailers- White Christmas
39. Aaliyah- The Christmas Song
38. The Pretenders- 2000 Miles
37. John Fahey- What Child is This?
36. Cocteau Twins- Frosty the Snowman
35. Frank Sinatra- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
34. Marvin Gaye- Purple Snowflakes
33. Cat Power- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
32. James Brown- Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto
31. The Pogues ft. MacColl- Fairytale of New York
30. Low- Little Drummer Boy
29. Darlene Love- Marshmallow World
28. Kurtis Blow- Christmas Rappin'
27. David Bowie/Bing Crosby- Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy
26. Charles Brown- Please Come Home for Christmas
25. The Kinks- Father Christmas
24. Jackson 5- Santa Claus is Coming to Town
23. Otis Redding- Merry Christmas Baby
22. Big Star- Jesus Christ
21. Kate Bush- December Will Be Magic Again
20. Ramones- Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)
19. Brenda Lee- Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
18. Eartha Kitt- Santa Baby
17. The Ronettes- Sleigh Ride
16. Run-D.M.C.- Christmas in Hollis
15. Wizzard- I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
14. Wham!- Last Christmas
13. Prince- Another Lonely Christmas
12. The Waitresses- Christmas Wrapping
11. Bruce Springsteen- Santa Claus is Coming to Town
10. Donny Hathaway- This Christmas
09. Elvis Presley- Blue Christmas
08. The Beach Boys- Little Saint Nick
07. John Lennon / The Plastic Ono Band / The Harlem Community Choir- Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
06. Joni Mitchell- River
05. John Coltrane- My Favorite Things
04. Chuck Berry- Run Rudolph Run
03. Mariah Carey- All I Want for Christmas Is You
02. Vince Guaraldi Trio- Christmastime Is Here
01. Darlene Love- Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

[Live in Phoenix]

Oh man, they're trying to put our poll out of business.
Hey, same #1 as me!

[Nick]

Their #2 is my #1, so I can get with this list.

[Daniel]

While there certainly are a lot of great Christmas songs on that list, I am surprised that these songs were left off:
- Bing Crosby's "White Christmas"
- Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song"
- Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock"
- Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

These omissions seem all the more surprising when you consider they were able to make room for Destiny's Child and Aaliyah.

[hectorthebat]

And that they consider "My Favourite Things" as a Christmas song!

[JR]

Billboard had charted Julie Andrews' version of "My Favorite Things" on the holiday/seasonal charts- must be the mittens, sleigh bells, white winters, snowflakes, etc.