Marko’s Definitive Best Christmas Songs of All Time!

Yes Christmas has brought us some of the most awful MOR and charity songs ever recorded!  After years of research I’ve narrowed down my favourites to the list below (in alphabetic order).  Some are Christmassy, some were in the UK charts at Christmas and some just have Christmas in the title.  An eclectic bunch covering lots of different musical genres, currently 150+ tracks.

It has now become a tradition at home that ‘MY’ definitive best Christmas songs ever playlist hits the decks (over 9 hours now and counting).  I stick it on random play and enjoy during the festive period (well certain parts of the family do complain a little – but hey!).  Apparently lots of alcohol helps!

Check them out on YouTube.  And if you download make sure the MP3 is 320kbps.

I have highlighted my personal favourites in red to keep in the Christmas spirit..

Marko’s Best Christmas Songs of All Time List

• !!! (Chk Chk Chk) – And Anyway It’s Christmas
• Adventures of Jet – Waiting on Christmas
• Aidan Moffat – Plastic Mistletoe!
• Albert King – Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’
• Allo Darlin’ – Space Christmas
• Andy Williams – Its The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
• Andy Williams – Jolly Old St. Nick
• Belle & Sebastian – Are You Coming Over For Christmas
• Best Coast and Wavves – Got Something For You
• Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra – Have yourself a merry little Christmas
• Bing Crosby – Here Comes Santa Claus
• Bing Crosby – Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
• Bing Crosby – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
• Bing Crosby – White Christmas
• Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters – Here Comes Santa Claus
• Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
• Blink 182 – I Won’t Be Home For Christmas
• Blink 182 – Happy Holidays, You Bastard
• Blossoms – Christmas Eve (Soul Purpose)
• Blossoms – It’s Going To Be A Cold Winter
• Bob Dylan – Must Be Santa
• Bob Seger – Sock It to Me, Santa
• Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock
• Boca Chica – Not on Christmas Eve
• Bonnie Raitt & Charles Brown – Merry Christmas, Baby
• Brenda Lee – Rockin Around The Christmas Tree
• Brett Eldredge – Mr. Christmas
• Brett Eldredge – Feel Like Christmas
• Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Comin To Town
• Burl Ives – A Holly Jolly Christmas
• Buster Poindexter and His Banshees Of Blue – Zat You Santa Claus
• Caitlin Rose With Keegan Dewitt – You Never Come Home For Christmas
• Centro-matic – Fuselage (It’s Starting To Look Like Christmas Once Again)
• Cheap Trick – Christmas, Christmas
• Chris De Burgh – A Spaceman Came Travelling
• Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas
• Christina Perri – Something About December
• Chuck Berry – Run Rudolf Run
• Cloverton – A Hallelujah Christmas
• Corey Taylor – X-M@$
• Darker My Love – Snow is Falling
• David Essex – A Winters Tale
• Dean Martin – Baby It’s Cold Outside
• Dean Martin – Let It Snow!
• Death Cab For Cutie – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
• Delta Goodrem – Only Santa Knows
• Def Leppard – We All Need Christmas
• Delta Goodrem – Only Santa Knows (Feat Olivia Newton-John)
• Dolly Parton – Christmas On The Square
• Don’t Call Me Ishmael – Won’t Hesitate (This Christmas)
• Doris Day – Christmas Present
• Doris Day – Christmas Story
• Doris Day – I’ll Be Home For Christmas
• Doris Day – Silver Bells
• Doris Day – Snowfall
• Doris Day – The Christmas Waltz
• Duvall – Do You Hear What I Hear
• Eagles – Please Come Home for Christmas
• Eels – Christmas Is Going To The Dogs
• Elton John – Step Into Christmas
• Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas
• Elvis Presley – Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
• Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler – Christmas Day (I Wish I Was Surfing)
• Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler – Marshmallow World
• Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler – Zombie Christmas
• Ertha Kitt – Santa Baby
• Frank Sinatra – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
• Frank Sinatra – Jingle Bells
• Frank Sinatra – Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow
• Frank Sinatra – Winter Wonderland
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood – The Power of Love
• Frightened Rabbit – Its Christmas So Well Stop
• Gary Glitter – Another Rock’n Roll Christmas
• George Thorogood & the Destroyers – Rock And Roll Christmas
• Glasvegas – A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like A Kiss)
• Goo Goo Dolls – Christmas Don’t Be Late
• Goo Goo Dolls – Shake Hands With Santa Claus
• Goo Goo Dolls – This Is Christmas
• Goo Goo Dolls – You Ain’t Getting Nothin’
• Greg Lake – I Believe in Father Christmas
• Gruff Rhys – Post Apocalypse Christmas
• Hanson – Finally It’s Christmas
• Harry Connick, Jr – Santa Claus
• Hurts – All I Want For Christmas Is New Year’s Day
• Husky Loops – Huskmas 2018
• Jacob Miller and Ray I – We Wish You A Merry Christmas
• James Brown – Santa Claus, Go Straight To The Ghetto
• Jethro Tull – Ring Out Solstice Bells
• Jimmy Eat World – Last Christmas
• John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
• Jonny Lang – Santa Claus Is Back In Town
• Julian Casablancas – I Wish It Was Christmas Today
• Julie London – I’d Like You For Christmas
• Kate Bush – December Will Be Magic Again
• Kishi Bashi – It’s Christmas, But It’s Not White Here in Our Town
• KT Tunstall, Christopher Lennertz – Hey, Mr. Santa!
• Kurtis Blow – Christmas Rappin’
• Leona Naess – Christmas
• Liz Phair – Winter Wonderland
• Long Winters – Sometimes You Have to Work at Christmas
• Los Campesinos! – Kindle A Flame In Her Heart
• Louis Armstrong – Cool Yule
• Louis Armstrong – Zat You Santa Claus
• Low – Just Like Christmas
• Magnum – On Christmas Day
• Magnum – Born To Be King
• Manic Street Preachers – Christmas Ghost
• Marika Hackman – Driving Under Stars
• Meghan Trainor – I’ll Be Home
• Mew – She Came Home for Christmas
• Mike Oldfield – In Dulci Jubilo
• Miss Montreal – Being Alone At Christmas
• Mud – Lonely This Christmas
• Nat King Cole – Deck the Halls
• Never Shout Never – Under The Mistletoe ft. Dia Frampton
• Perry Como – Christmas Dream
• Pet Shop Boys – It Doesn’t Often Snow At Christmas
• Phoenix – Alone On Christmas Day
• Ramones – Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)
• Run D.M.C. – Christmas In Hollis
• Run D.M.C. – Christmas Is
• Ryuichi Sakamoto – Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
• Saint Etienne – I Was Born On Christmas Day
• Sammy Davis, Jr – Jingle Bells
• Sammy Davis, Jr – Jingle Bells It’s Christmas Time
• Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone
• Shakin’ Stevers – Blue Christmas
• She and Him – A Very She & Him Christmas [whole CD]
• Shonen Knife – Space Christmas
• Sia – Ho Ho Ho
• Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
• Slow Club – Christmas TV
• Snow Patrol – When I Get Home For Christmas
• Soul Saints Orchestra – Santa’s Got A Bag Full Of Soul
• South Park – Merry Fucking Christmas
• Spizzenergi – Christmas in Denmark Street
• Status Quo – It’s Christmas Time
• Steve Earle – Christmas in Washington
• Stevie Wonder – What Christmas Means To Me
• Sufjan Stevens – Christmas In The Room
• Terrorvision – Our Christmas Song
• The Andrews Sisters – The Merry Christmas Polka
• The Barr Brothers – Dear Mrs. Claus
• The Beach Boys – Frosty The Snowman
• The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick
• The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
• The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Dig That Crazy Santa Claus
• The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Jingle Bells
• The Civil Wars – I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
• The Darkness – Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)
• The Decemberists – Please Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)
• The Futureheads – Christmas Was Better In The 80s
• The Greedies (Thin Lizzy & Sex Pistols) – A Merry Jingle
• The Hives and Cyndi Lauper – A Christmas Duel
• The Killers – Don’t Shoot Me Santa
• The Lathams – Krampus
• The Linda Lindas – Groovy Xmas
• The Long Winters – Sometimes You Have to Work at Christmas
• The Magnetic Fields – Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree
• The Pogues – Fairytale of New York
• The Pretenders – 2000 Miles
• The Puppini Sisters – Mele Kalikimaka
• The Raveonettes – The Christmas Song
• The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride
• The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – There’s No Lights On The Christmas Tree Mother, They’re Burning Big Louie Tonight
• The Smashing Pumpkins – Christmastime
• The Sonics – Don’t Believe In Christmas
• The Sonics – Santa Claus
• The Spook School – Someone to Spend Christmas With
• The Urban Voodoo Machine – January Blues
• The Vandals – My First Xmas, As A Woman
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Christmas All Over Again
• Tom Waits – Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Carol of the Bells
• T-Rex – Christmas Bop
• Twenty One Pilots – Christmas Saves The Year
• Violent Femmes – Happy New Year Next Year
• Wham – Last Christmas
• Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day

Last updated – [16 December 2022]
176 songs and counting