Making Christmas CDs for Party-Need GOOD Song Suggestion

[jardison]

I need good Holiday songs to make up about 2-3 CDs.  Help and suggestions are appreciated.

[vansmack]

Oi To the World - The Vandals
 Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
 Do they Know it's Xmas? - Band Aid
 I've got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Kay Starr (Stuhr remix)
 Baby it's Cold Outside - Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton (Mulato Beat Remix)
 Have Yourself a Merry Little Xmas - Chris Martin
 Maybe this Xmas - Ron Sexsmith
 Xmas is going to the Dogs - Eels
 Xmas Piglet - POTUS
 2000 Miles - The Pretenders
 Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby & David Bowie
 Merry Xmas (I don't want to fight tonight) - THe Ramones
 Xmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
 Santa Looked a Lot like Daddy - Rev. Horton Heat
 Happy Xmas (war is over) - John Lennon
 Father Xmas - The Kinks
 
 And Bad Religion do a mean Medley and cover of Silent Night.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Do they know it's Christmas?
 
 We Are the World.
 
 
 Forget who did them, bunch of famous people, I think.

[you be betty]

aha!  i made a christmas mix last year, and i'm making another one this year.  you might be thinking right now, "hey, i thought she was jewish?!" but i have a weakness for christmas music.  okay.  a huge weakness.  
 
 here are some GOOD holiday songs to look into:
 
 Rilo Kiley - Xmas Cake
 Ron Sexsmith - Maybe This Christmas
 U2 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
 Death Cab's cover of - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
 Eels - Christmas Is Going To The Dogs
 Pedro The Lion - I hEard the Bells On Christmas Day
 Ben Kweller - Rock Of Ages (the one hanukkah song...)
 Phantom Planet - Winter Wonderland
 Ben Folds Five - Bizarre Christmas Incident
 No Doubt's cover of - Oi To The World
 Coldplay - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
 The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song
 Rooney - Merry X-Mas Everybody
 The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
 
 ...and, of course, there are always christmas albums by Bright Eyes, The Vandals, and my personal favorite--Sufjan Stevens

[HoyaSaxa03]

do they know it's hallowe'en?

[frostytheswami]

Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes
 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Diana Krall
 A Marshmallow World - Ray Anthony
 I Wish You a Merry Christmas - Big Dee Irwin and Little Eva
 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love
 Christmas Island - Bob Atcher, Dinning Sisters
 Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt & Henri Rene
 
 plus anything off A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.

[Frank Gallagher]

Chris Rea - Driving home for christmas
 
 Aled Jones - The Snowman (I'm walking on the air)
 
 Slade - Merry Christmas

[eros]

The whole Phil Spector Christmas album

[definitivedoodle]

Run-DMCâ??Christmas in Hollis

[Frank Gallagher]

Jona Louie - Send in the cavalry.

[kosmo vinyl]

all good suggestions above! the vinyl household is fully stocked on xmas tunes so off the top of my head hear are some additional ones...  need to check the iTunes at home for more.
 
 Both Brian Setzer Orchestra XMAS CDs are go daddy-o go!  Ace arrangements.
 
 Hoodoo Gurus - "Little Drummer Boy(Up the Kyhber)"
 Marvin Gaye - "Purple Snowflakes"
 The Three Kings (aka XTC) - "Thanks for Christmas" and "Countdown to Christmas Party Time"
 Starbelly - "Dear Mother Christmas"
 Elvis
 El Vez - "Feliz Navidad" The lyrics are sung on top what sounds most like Public Image Ltd's "Unlimited Supply".
 
 more to come...
 
 p.s. there is this legal DRM-free music download service that has a nice collection of holiday tunes, including the first brian setzer.

[clyde725]

Have you heard the sufjan stevens christmas songs?  I've been listening to them, my favorite is I saw three ships because he complains at the end how he played bad.  You can download them here:
 
 http://www.chattablogs.com/quintus/archives/019666.html

[ggw]

You can't go wrong with Henry Rollins version of Twas the Night Before Christmas.  It'll really take the party to a new level.

[MaLo]

my mom just bought a brian setzer christmas album, "I Dig Christmas", or something like that...its pretty good...
 
 its a welcome relief to the Harry Connick jr christhams CD she's been playing every christmas for the past 10 years

[muschi]

freebird always works