(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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