50 Festive Favourites

By Alan Maguire Last updated Dec 18, 2015

50 Festive Favourites – The Greatest Christmas Songs Of All Time

Santa, I Can’t Remember My Name – Larry Barry & The Barflies
You’re Some Jesus For One Jesus – Big Jones
It’s Lovely, Thank You – Eleanor Flamp
Where Did You Leave The Replacement Bulbs? (You Do This Every Year) – Bing Crosby
Nothing Tastes As Good As Christmas Feels – Kate Moss
O O O O O O O Holy Night – CD Of O Holy Night With A Scratch On It
Look At My Baubles – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)
Christmas Is Hard In California – Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006)
Santa On His Way Dip A Ducka Digga, Hup A Big Cheese Bug A Wig Wig Willa – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1998)
The Sound Of The Wind Rushing Past Santa’s Ears As He Travels In His Merry Christmas Sleigh (Unedited 72 minute version ) – William Basinski
The Elves Are In Town For Stephen’s Day (Shore Leave Song) – The Coronas
The Coronas looking full of festive cheer. via musicindustry.ie
Baby It’s Cold Outside So I Ordered You An Uber, I Respect Your Decision To Leave – Trey Woke
Die Hard Is A Christmas Movie – The Hot Takes
Die Hard Isn’t A Christmas Movie – The Hotter Takes
Why Did We Buy A Full Smoked Salmon? – The Mams
Bottom Of The Box Again – The Coffee Roses
All I Want For Christmas Is For Someone, Anyone To Pay Their Water Charges – Alan Kelly & The Irish Water Singers
Rodney Going Denna Denna Denna Denna Batman From The Only Fools And Horses Christmas Special – Nicholas Lyndhurst
O Let Us Appreciate Him, The Boy Child, The One Who Has Come To Save Us, At Christmastime, When The Snow Is On The Ground, And People Keep Dying, In Ypsilanti – Sufjan Stevens
Two, Three, Four Tubes Of Pringles – Caroline Jalopy
Christmas Is A Time For Sleeping – The New Parents
I Bought My Dog A Christmas Present But I Still Deserve Love – Charles Atlas
~~Sex~~ Christmas On Fire (Contractually Obligated Christmas Single) – Kings Of Leon
I Love Christmas – Asher Roth
Big Man On Krampus – Macklemore Feat. Notorious B.I.G.
Christmas In Leixlip – Declan Kansas & Margo
Jolly Holly Brolly Collie – The Wabbles
LCD Soundsystem Reformed For Christmas But Didn’t Record Anything Or Play Any Gigs And Now We’ve Finished Again – James Murphy
The Shittiest Reindeer – Jackson 5
Christmas Crackers (Make Me Feel Blue) – Nat King Cole
The Fields Of Athenry – The Best Fans In The World
Drank On Eggnog (Drink It Up) – Beyoncé
I’ve Trained Him Well – The Basics
Don’t Take Risks On Treacherous Roads – Chris Rea
Santa Isn’t Real (ly Going To Forget You This Christmas) – The Dad Who Nearly Ruined Everything
Why Is It So Warm? (I Remember Snow) – Your Grandchildren
Mistletoe & Brine (The Pickled Mistletoe Song) – Winner of MasterChef: The Professionals
All I Want For Christmas Is You And This Picture Of Oscar Isaac – The Hurtful Partners
The Screaming Christmas Pudding Who Could Feel Pain – Johnny Cash
Peter Capaldi Sings Along To The Theme From Doctor Who – Peter Capaldi & the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Standing Too Close To You At The Christmas Party – Brian From IT
Engels We Have Heard On High – Jimmy Sommerville & The Communists
Fast Sleigh – Tracy Chapman
Tinselfuck Hitler Salute – Poorly Nigel & The Garrottes
Do You Have Coke? My Usual Guy’s Gone Home For Christmas – The Weeknd
I Was Born On Christmas Day – Kanye West
She & Him getting the Christmas party started. via pitchfork.com
A Tasteful Christmas Jumper, A $15 Hot Chocolate, And You (Ooh Ooh Ooh) – She & Him
Batteries – Savages
Like My Turkey On Instagram And I Will Make You More Powerful Than You Could Possibly Imagine – Taylor Swift
Fairytale Of New York – Your Coworkers At 1am Tonight, Forcing You To Form A Circle And Put Your Arms Around Each Other’s Shoulders Always Forgetting That This Song Is Longer Than You Think

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