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December 15, 2005

Give All The Toys ... To The Little Rich Boys

I
f there is a better Christmas song than the Kinks' "Father Christmas," I'd sure like to know what it is.

Posted by Eric at December 15, 2005 9:50 AM

Comments

Posted by: Lance at December 15, 2005 11:57 AM

My personal favorite is Tom Lehrer's Christmas Carol.

Posted by: The Continental Op at December 15, 2005 12:55 PM

John Lennon's Happy Xmas (War Is Over). It even works in spite of Yoko's howling during the chorus.

Posted by: MT.Net at December 15, 2005 2:32 PM

"Christmas in Hollis" by Run-DMC.

Posted by: CL at December 15, 2005 2:34 PM

Wow, youall are so damn modern. None of these songs have the staying power of the entire soundtrack from it's a Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guarldi Trio or Louie Armstrong's Winter Wonderland. Not to mention the Chipmunk's classic All I Want for Christmas.

Posted by: Dabney at December 16, 2005 11:01 AM

I'm with you there, Eric...

In that same feel, I really like The Ramones' Merry Christmas, I Don't Want To Fight.

Posted by: John A at December 16, 2005 12:10 PM

A Change at Christmas by the The Flaming Lips

Posted by: jeebers at December 16, 2005 10:43 PM

How about Robert Earl Keen's classic "Merry Christmas from the Family"? I'd put it right up there with the "Father Christmas" which is a great one.

Posted by: douglas at December 17, 2005 8:18 AM

Hello,
a couple of suggestions. The second is not exactly gentle, but it is completely factual, which makes whatever offense could be taken in the eye of the beholder, I believe -

1. Root Boy Slim singing 'Christmas at K-Mart'

2. Mojo Nixon singing happy birthday to Jesus (from memory) -

Sung-
'Happy birthday to you,
You wood working Jew,

Happy birthday, dear Jesus,
You renegade rabbinical rabble rouser from Bethlehem,
Happy birthday to you'

Spoken in gravelly voice-
'Blow out the candles, son.'

Covers a lot of bases in just a couple of lines when you think about it.

Posted by: happy birthday at December 19, 2005 8:28 AM

does anyone have christmas at kmart by root boy that they could email me in mp3 format?

Posted by: dan bella at December 22, 2005 7:21 AM

I don't have Christmas at K Mart, but you can get the 45rpm single on ebay for 10bucks. I'd love a copy of the mp3 if anyone's sendin' it around!

Posted by: Bill at December 22, 2005 12:03 PM

Fairytale of New York by the Pogues w/ Kirsty MacColl

Posted by: PurpleDave at February 2, 2007 2:46 PM