Wham! – Three Imaginary Girls

Remember when the “news” made claim that a Christmas song by the Shins had overtaken Mariah Carey’s holiday anthem as the “the most played holiday song?”

Although I love the Shins, their version of a Paul McCartney holiday song, and the idea of it being the #1 holiday song, I’ve always been a tad suspect.

If we are living in a world in which the Shins can have the #1 holiday song, then I’d like to make the world a holiday mixtape… with these amazing holiday songs (in no particular order) in hopes these will make the #1 list someday.

{Here’s our playlist of the songs available on youtube}

Do you have any we should add to this list?

Princess Superstar – “Xmas Swagger” (youtube)
Emmy The Great & Tim Wheeler – “Home For The Holidays” (youtube)
Eux Autres – “Another Christmas At Home” (youtube)
Darren Hanlon – “Spend Christmas Day With Me” (youtube)
Billy Squier – “Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You” (youtube)
Old 97’s – Love The Holidays (youtube)
The Wedding Present – “Step Into Christmas” (youtube)
Math and Physics Club – “It Must Be Christmas” (youtube)
Six Cents and Natalie – “Secret Santa (You Could Be The One)” (youtube)
The Dandy Warhols – “Little Drummer Boy” (youtube)
The Kinks – “Father Christmas” (youtube)
The Ramones – “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight)” (youtube)
Allo Darlin’ – “Will You Please Spend New Years With Me?” (bandcamp)
Sunturns – “The Sun Turns” (bandcamp)
Belle & Sebastian – Santa Claus (The Sonics cover) (youtube)
The Beths – “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”(bandcamp)
Exohxo – “Snoopy’s Christmas (featuring Colin McBride)” (soundcloud)
Bright Eyes – Blue Christmas (youtube)
ballboy – “Merry Christmas to the Drunks, Merry Christmas to the Lovers” (bandcamp)
Bears – “Merry Christmas Have a Happy New Year” (bandcamp)
xnerdyspicex – “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (bandcamp)
Wham! – “Last Christmas” (youtube)