So, I've been listening to Christmas radio since the week after Halloween. Nobody loves Christmas more than me, not that it makes me an expert, but it does. And since I'm sitting in an airport, listening to Christmas music and I only have like one day left, here's a definitive list of the best underappreciated songs. You're welcome.
1. Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas - sorry Jesus but the original Band Aid is like a super close second for God's greatest gift to the world. Bono, Duran Duran, Phil Collins, Sting, and George Michael all in one über dramatic, sickeningly fantastic song.
2. Judy Garland's Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - many people don't know that this song was written for the movie Meet Me In St. Louis, and the original lyrics are actually pretty forlorn and depressing. The reality is that Christmas can be a hard time for a lot of people who are really struggling with life, not just missing a lover like every other melancholy Christmas tune, and this song illustrates that beautifully.
3. The Carpenters' Merry Christmas Darling - can Christmas be complete without the sweet angel pipes of Karen Carpenter? No. The answer is no.
4. Josh Groban's O Holy Night - great for when you feel like sobbing in your car in a Walmart parking lot at 2 pm. You can make your argument for Celine Dion but 1. you know nothing and 2. JOSH GROBAN IS THE KING.
5. My Chemical Romance's All I Want For Christmas Is You - because Christmas, too, can be badass.
6. Donny Osmond's Mary Did You Know - you can't even find this one on iTunes, only YouTube. For you youngins who don't know the legend that is Donny Osmond, just know that he's the guy who sings I'll Make A Man Out Of You from Mulan, recently recognized in a Buzzfeed poll as THE GREATEST DISNEY SONG OF ALL TIME. And he is perfect.
7. Taylor Swift's Silent Night - she recorded this one back when she was still like 17 and country and the arrangement is painfully gorgeous. I've never heard Silent Night sound so pretty.
8. Amy Grant's Grown-Up Christmas List - also good if you want to quickly dehydrate yourself through your tear ducts.
9. Thurl Ravenscroft's You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch - not even really a Christmas song because there is literally no reference to anything remotely holiday-related in it? But is the funnest, Seussiest, tongue-twistiest song around.
and finally 10. Bob Rivers' The Most Fattening Time Of The Year - because when all else fails, parody.
Merry Christmas (Eve)!
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