Advent Calendar Day 18: Christmas jukebox

Advent Calendar Day 18: Christmas jukebox December 18, 2018

(Given recent discussion of Baptist history and the legacy of slavery, I’d hoped to finish a post on a notable link between those things and Christmas for today’s Advent Calendar. That didn’t happen. So instead, please enjoy this selection of fine holiday music.)

The Andrews Sisters & Bing Crosby, “Christmas on Christmas Island

Yogi Yorgesson, “I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas

They Might Be Giants, “We Just Go Nuts at Christmastime

Tennessee Ernie Ford, “Jingle-O the Brownie

Bobby Helms, “Captain Santa Claus (And His Reindeer Space Patrol)

Carolina Chocolate Drops, “Christmas Is a Comin’

Belle & Sebastian, “O Little Town of Bethlehem

Leon Redbone & Dr. John, “Frosty the Snowman

Postmodern Jukebox, “Last Christmas

Jerry Lee Lewis, “I Can’t Have a Merry Christmas Mary Without You

Amos Milburn, “Let’s Make Christmas Merry, Baby

Wall of Voodoo, “Shouldn’t Have Given Him a Gun for Christmas

Iggy Pop, “White Christmas

Bowling for Soup, “All I Want for Christmas Is You

Dead Milkmen, “Christmas Party

The Dickies, “Silent Night

Dropkick Murphys, “The Season’s Upon Us

The Ramones, “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)

Bad Religion, “American Jesus

Ben Folds, “Bizarre Christmas Incident

Chet Baker, “Silent Nights


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