What is the best song on 'The Best Christmas Album In The World ... Ever!'?

waitresses, without looking.

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Mel & Kim

rock the old ilx vote

I think I'm going with Wizzard for bringing the Christmassy feeling and weird TOTP(?) appearance with all the kids they obviously hate.

http://artistpics.virginradio.co.uk/ams/3557.jpg

Nice bit of Bert Jansch, why not.

Ohh look mum, no Freiheit! HRAY!!

WTF has "I Believe" by the Singing Squaddies got to do with Christmas (and it wasn't the Christmas number one of its year either)?

Have to go for Mary Margaret; hope she enjoyed the royalties.

This changes year to year for me.

I'm getting a bit sick of Fairytale of NY at the momemt. Slade is always in with a shout, but this year I agree with TWGTHIAQI - it's the Waitresses.

"Gaudete, gaudete Christos est natus
Ex Maria virginae, gaudete!
Gaudete...!"

Der Bingle, natch.

Voted Slade. Might have gone for Wham! as well. No XTC and no Squeeze is hardly a surprise (both have Christmas songs that might have given them quite a bit of competition as far as my vote went)

XTC's one was terrible. Squeeze's one I think I heard but it made no impression on me whatsoever.

"SantaDogsaJesusfoetus
SantaDogsaJesusfoetus
Has no presents
Has no presents
In the future..."

http://www.brasscityrecords.com/mediac/400_0/media/santa9.JPG

Just choice of compilation btw. This seems to be the most complete collection there is. Most of the most important ones are here. Most of the compilations I have seen have been lacking, for instance, either Slade, John Lennon or Wham! and it doesn't get Christmas without all of those.

GOOD choice, I mean

Oh no! There ain't no Sanity Clause!

One christmas catalogue too many.

"One Christmas Catalogue", Now there's another great 80s Christmas song that I wouldn't expect to see in an album like this anyway.

Would love to hear the Mary Margaret O'Hara, but otherwise it's a dead heat between FGTH and The Waitresses. Oh dear, what to do?

OK, The Waitresses.

There have been few good new Christmas songs from the past 10 years though. I fact, I believe I'd go for this Norwegian 2000 song as the most obvious one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjQgBFe_Pw0

No wombling merry xmas ;_;

Travesty

Where's "There's No Lights On The Christmas Tree Mother, They're Burning Big Louie Tonight" by the Sensational Alex Harvey Band? It's a disgrace!

My brain tells me Pogues, my gut tells me Waitresses. So the latter.

Anyone heard this? Wish I had known about it earlier, as it's too late to shop for Christmas albums.
http://wm10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:09fpxqrsld0e

It's not to late to buy digital.

Last year I intended to burn myself a double Christmas CD to play in the car. There were so many songs in various styles and languages that I felt had to be there for it to be a proper Christmas (several Scandinavian ones too, mind you) that I ended up burning a 4 CD "box set".

So here's what's included, in a wide variety of styles and genres:

CD 1:
1. Ay, Ay, Ay, It’s Christmas – Ricky Martin
2. Do They Know It’s Christmas – Band Aid
3. I Was Born On Christmas Day – Saint Etienne
4. Early Christmas Morning – Cyndi Lauper
5. Merry Xmas Everybody – Slade
6. December Will Be Magic Again – Kate Bush
7. Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues Feat. Kirsty MacColl
8. Christmas Through Your Eyes – Gloria Estefan
9. Step Into Christmas – Elton John
10. Last Christmas – Wham!
11. Sang Til Julestjernen – Hanne Krogh
12. O Come All Ye Faithful – Art Garfunkel
13. 2000 Miles –Pretenders
14. One Christmas Catalogue – Captain Sensible
15. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Darlene Love
16. Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney
17. All I Want For Christmas (Santa Can You Hear Me) – Britney Spears
18. Let Me Be Your Father Christmas – Boyzvoice
19. Det Lyser i Stille Grender – Olav Stedje
20. Please Come Home For Christmas – The Eagles
21. When a Child Is Born – Johnny Mathis
22. O Helga Natt – Jussi Björling

CD 2:
1. I Met An Angel On Christmas Day – Celine Dion
2. From All Of Us To All Of You – Jimmy The Cricket & Mickey Mouse
3. Driving Home For Christmas – Chris Rea
4. Hej Mitt Vinterland – Agneta & Linda Fältskog
5. Another Rock’n’Roll Christmas – Gary Glitter
6. Wombling Merry Christmas – The Wombles
7. All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth – Spike Jones
8. Tenk Om Julanissen Var Ein Heilt Alminnelige Mann – 3 Busserulls
9. Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord – Boney M
10. Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) – The Darkness
11. Lonely This Christmas – Mud
12. Thank God It’s Christmas – Quee n
13. We Wish You a Merry Christmas – The Weavers
14. Christmasy – Brian Wilson
15. Christmas Time – Smashing Pumpkins
16. Julekveldsvise – Alf Prøysen
17. Jul -i Smurfeland – Geir Børresen og Smurfene
18. It’s Hard To Be a Jew At Christmas – Kyle Broflovski
19. Christmas Day - Dido
20. World Christmas – R. Kelly
21. Javisst…Jula Er Trist – Viggo & Reidar
22. It’s Christmas – Modern Talking
23. White Christmas – Bing Crosby

CD 3:
1. Christmas At Ground Zero – Weird Al Yankovic
2. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day – Wizzard
3. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band
4. Thanks For Christmas – Three Wise Men (XTC)
5. All I Want For Christmas – Mariah Carey
6. Little Saint Nick – Beach Boys
7. Stop The Cavalry – Jona Lewie
8. Christmas Time – Bryan Adams
9. Ding Dingeling – Schnappi
10. A Spaceman Came Travelling – Chris De Burgh
11. Father Christmas – The Kinks
12. Christmas Time Again – Extreme
13. I Believe In Father Christmas – Greg Lake
14. Happy Christmas Everyone – Shakin’ Stevens
15. Julekveld I Skogen – Rolf Just Nilsen
16. In Dulce Jubilo – Mike Oldfield
17. Pretty Paper – Roy Orbison
18. Jingle Bells – Dag Kolsrud
19. A Winter’s Tale – David Essex
20. En Stjerne Skinner i Natt – Oslo Gospel Choir
21. Silent Night – Mahalia Jackson

CD 4:
1. Christmas All Over Again – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
2. Hei Hå Nå Er Det Jul Igjen – Per Asplin
3. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Bruce Springsteen
4. Mer Jul – Adolphson och Falk
5. Rocking Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
6. Ring Out Solstice Bells – Jethro Tull
7. Lonely Pup (In a Christmas Shop) – Adam Faith
8. Misteltoe & Wine – Cliff Richard
9. Christmas Day – Squeeze
10. What Christmas Means To Me – Stevie Wonder
11. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow – Magnet
12. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer – Elmo & Patsy
13. Winter Wonderland – Eurythmics
14. Silver Bells – Jim Reeves
15. Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley
16. The Birth Of Christ – Boyz II Men
17. Santa Baby – Madonna
18. 8 Days Of Christmas – Destiny’s Child
19. Et Juleevangelium – Klovner i Kamp
20. Christmas Time – Creation
21. Do They Know It’s Christmas – Band Aid 20
22. The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole
23. Happy New Year – ABBA

No Vince Guaraldi, No Justice

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