My favorite Christmas song is probably O Holy Night. It’s beautiful, serene, and angelic. But you can’t have 20 versions of O Holy Night looped on a playlist for every dinner party and gathering. This holiday I became obsessed with the perfect playlist. It’s easy to hear the classics, the traditional songs on the radio. What I was looking for was the unique, the remake or remix that captures the feeling of the season for me. This list is a compilation that I’ve been working on for a few years. There are some obvious choices but some I hope you’ll find to be a pleasant surprise. Please leave me some of your favorites below in the comment section!
Happy holidays!!
All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey
All My Bells Are Ringing – Lenka
Baby It’s Cold Outside – Harry Connick Jr. & Lee Ann Womack
Baby, It’s Cold Outside – Lady Antebellum
Children Go Where I Send Thee – Joan Osborne
Christmas Just Does This to Me – Matt Wertz
Christmas Must Be Tonight – Bahamas
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band
Fall In Love With Me On Christmas – Josh Kelley
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Rascal Flatts
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Sarah McLachlan & Barenaked Ladies
Green Christmas – Barenaked Ladies
Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Colbie Caillat
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Jake Ousley
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – My Morning Jacket
I’ll Be Home For Christmas – Aimee Mann
Joseph, Better You Than Me – The Killers (feat. Elton John, NeilTennant)
Maybe This Christmas – Leigh Nash
Maybe This Christmas – Ron Sexsmith
River – Herbie Hancock (feat. Corinne Bailey Rae)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Jack Johnson
We Wish You a Merry Christmas – Weezer
What Do Bad Girls Get? – Joan Osborne
When the Bells Start Ringing – My Morning Jacket
White Christmas – Sonya Kitchell
***I just figured out I could create a playlist on iTunes. So the songs on this list that are available on iTunes are here.***