Christmas Playlist
By Shanna Perkins
It doesn’t matter if you’ve had Christmas music playing since the Thanksgiving turkey came out of the oven or if you experience involuntary face twitching every time you hear “Christmas Don’t Be Late,” everyone should have a Christmas playlist in their arsenal. Here are 25 classics, in no particular order, to keep you dancing through the holidays.
1. Louisiana Christmas Day
brAaron Neville
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2. Jingle Bell Rock
brGeorge Strait
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3. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
brThe Jackson 5
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4. Carol of the Bells
brMormon Tabernacle Choir
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5. What Christmas Means to Me
brStevie Wonder
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6. Christmas in New Orleans
brLouis Armstrong
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7. It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
brJohnny Mathis
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8. All I want for Christmas Is You
brMariah Carey
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9. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
brBing Crosby
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10. Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)
brThe Ramones
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11. A Saints Christmas
brKermit Ruffins
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12. O Holy Night
brCeline Dion
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13. Christmas In Hollis
brRun DMC
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14. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
brJudy Garland
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15. White Christmas
brFrank Sinatra
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16. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
brElmo and Patsy
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17. The Christmas Song
brNat King Cole
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18. Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday
br‘NSync
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19. The little Drummer Boy
brDavid Bowie and Bing Crosby
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20. Silent Night
brMahalia Jackson
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21. Run Rudolph Run
brHanson
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22. Joy To The World
brMichael Bolton
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23. Blue Christmas
brElvis Presley
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24. Do You Hear What I Hear?
brCarrie Underwood
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25. Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
brMel & Kim