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I've been listening to a ton of classic xmas albums lately, and want some more to add to my xmas playlist.

Thx in advance.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Christmas Time - The Darkness

Not that I'm deeply into the darkness (or rock, for that matter), but the darkness brings a breath of fresh air to an otherwise repeated to hell list of music, both in style and melody.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

White Christmas.

The melody and chords both more complex than the average poppy Christmas song and yet are still musically perfect to me somehow.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

The movie is surprisingly good too.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Let the bodies hit the floor by Bing Cosby

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Snowman by sia has been one of my favorites a couple of years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gset79KMmt0

[โ€“] TheOneAndOnly 4 points 12 hours ago

Carol of the Bells, by Trans Siberian Orchestra... Hands down.

https://youtu.be/b6FhOb7-1dg?si=_ArbcwFXanMTL8rU

[โ€“] TheCelticPirate 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[โ€“] TheOneAndOnly 1 points 12 hours ago

Is that Matt Dillon at the beginning of that video??

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Hey! No fair! You stole mine! XD

[โ€“] STUNT_GRANNY 4 points 23 hours ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I abhor Christmas and it's music, but even I like Mannheim Steamroller's synthy Christmas album

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Oooh yeah that's a good one.

[โ€“] sunbrrnslapper 7 points 1 day ago

Christmas Wrap by the Waitresses.

[โ€“] ByteMe 5 points 1 day ago

I'll be mainstream and I'll say:

Underneath the tree by Kelly Clarkson

But I'd like to mention:

  • Last Christmas by wham
  • War is over by John Lennon and yoko Ono
  • I'll be home for Christmas sung by Tate McRae. Unfortunately that one seems like an apple music exclusive. I think it's a nice cover though
[โ€“] shish_mish 6 points 1 day ago
[โ€“] HurlingDurling 1 points 20 hours ago
[โ€“] Suck_on_my_Presence 5 points 1 day ago

Up Above the Northern Lights. Believe that's a Mannheim Steamroller

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I'm not Christian/religious at all, but I still have a very deep nostalgia for classic Christmas hymns like Silent Night, O Holy Night, etc. I remember sitting beside my tree as a child listening to our music lights playing midis of all of them. The lyrics can be discarded entirely.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

christmas at ground zero - weird al

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Sorry. I can't.

https://youtu.be/xIiNbBQM_Go explains quite nicely.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

You could also try Jingle bells, even though it's not quite as elegant.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman came travelling

https://youtu.be/GmZg7tvGN9o

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago
[โ€“] espentan 3 points 1 day ago

Anything by Darlene Love.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Somehow I've never heard this one until today, and I loved it. It really is a beautiful song, and I'm not even religious

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Harry Belafonte did a good amount of xmas songs, all of them great.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago