You know it’s Christmas time when I change all my ringtones to my favorite Christmas songs.  I am one of those people who will listen to Christmas music from Thanksgiving past New Year’s and can’t wait until it all comes back again next year.  This year I made a My Favorite playlist and am including them here for you to check out.  Maybe some of your favorites are on here.  Maybe there are some that will be your new favorites.  Or you may just think I am crazy.

My influences in my Christmas music come from my memories at home mainly…things we listened to growing up.  There are some classic country and old time crooners.  The movies we watched at Christmas are covered too.  You may recognize a few from my two favorite holiday movies: Christmas Vacation and Home Alone.  Then there are the holiday carols.  The classics that I love to belt out when I am in the car or at home baking up Christmas goodies.  I love to laugh with my family too so you will also see our funny favorites as well.

Let me know if there are any on here that you love or some that you can’t believe I like.  We’ll have a good laugh together.  What would be your all time favorite Christmas song?

Merry Christmas from my family to you!

• Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer by Elmo & Patsy
• All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) by The Chipmunks
• Baby It’s Cold Out There with Willie Nelson and Norah Jones
• Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley
• Carol of the Bells by the Bird and the Bee
• Christmas Song with The Chipmunks
• Christmas at Our House by Barbara Mandrell
• Christmas Song by Nat King Cole
• Christmas Vacation by Mavis Staples
• Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses
• Do They Know It’s Christmas with Band Aid
• Feliz Navidad by José Feliciano
• The First Noel with the David Crowder Band
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by the Barenaked Ladies with Sarah McLachlan
• Happy Christmas with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
• Happy Holidays with Andy Williams
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas with The Carpenters
• A Holly Jolly Christmas with Alan Jackson
• Home For the Holidays with The Carpenters
• Hope Was Born This Night with Sidewalk Prophets
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus with The Jackson 5
• I’ll Be Home for Christmas with Johnny Mathis (though I like the Beach Boys version too!)
• It Came Upon A Midnight Clear with Jars of Clay
• It Snowed by Meaghan Smith
• It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas by Bing Crosby
• It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year with The Barlow Girls
• Jingle Bell Rock with Hall and Oates
• Jingle Bells with Diana Krall ( or Bing Crosby!)
• Jingle Bells (and one of my staple holiday ringtones!) with The Singing Dogs
• Joy to the World with Casting Crowns
• Last Christmas by Wham!
• Let it Snow with Dean Martin
• Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth with Bing Crosby and David Bowie
• Little Saint Nick by the Beach Boys
• Mary Did Know with Kutless
• Mele Kalikimaka by Bing Crosby
• Merry Christmas Darling by the Carpenters
• My Favorite Things by Jewel (though the Julie Andrews classic is great too!)
• Nutcracker (Dance of the Reed Pipes) the Kirov Orchestra & Valery Gergiev
• O Holy Night ( I like Reba and Kerrie Roberts versions)
• Pretty Paper by Willie Nelson
• Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee
• Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer by Gene Autry
• Run Rudolph Run by Chuck Berry
• Santa Baby with Eartha Kitt (Madonna has a good version too)
• Santa Claus is Coming to Town with Perry Como
• Santa Claus is Watching You by Ray Stevens (I love this one!)
• Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy by Garth Brooks
• Silent Night by Sarah McLachian
• Silver Bells with Bing Crosby and Carol Richards
• Sleigh Ride with Ella Fitzgerald
• There is No Christmas Like A Home Christmas by Perry Como
• There’s A New Kid in Town by George Strait
• We Wish You A Merry Christmas by Weezer
• What Child is This by Building 429
• White Christmas by The Drifters
• Winter Wonderland by The Judds
• Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney
• You’re Here by Francesca Battistelli

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