I had it out with the woman this week about the best modern Christmas songs (not a cover, originally written) that will eventually, if not already, will be come a classic. Of course we love to sing along with the carolers group, Hanky the Christmas Poo but my initial vote was for Mariah Carey’s contribution from 1994 even though this song is on many people’s best and worst lists.
My top favorite Christmas track is actually a cover but know one really knows who the real singer and song writer is so it doesn’t matter (fyi: Blue Christmas was written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson and first recorded by Ernest Tubb in 1948).
Some of my other favorites are Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”, John Lennon’s “Happy Christmas (War is Over)”, Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)”, Adam Sandler’s “The Chanukah Song”, and some fun with “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” by Elmo & Patsy.