Favorite Modern Holiday/Christmas Songs

A bit tired of hearing that Waitress's "wrapping" song and Bruce babbling on about Clarence getting a new sax for Christmas? Us too. Here's a holly jolly roundup of some little-known originals and some well-known classics done by some of our favorite modern (mostly indie) artists. We've also found some Free MP3s (bottom of page) to boot! Have a favorite tune you wish to share? Just Post a Comment (bottom of page) and let us know. Merry Merry!

Songs with Links to CDs

• "Do You Hear What I Hear" – Duvall
• "This Christmas" - The Dismemberment Plan
• "Only at Christmas Time" – Sufjan Stevens
• "Silent Night" – Alexi Murdoch
• "On A Day Like Christmas" – Cliff Hillis
• "Sometimes You Have to Work on Christmas (Sometimes)" - The Long Winters
• "The Christmas Song" – Adam Arcuragi
• "Christmas Vacation" – Descendents
• "Home For Christmas" – Last Train Home
• "Yeah, I Know, It's Christmastime" - Andrew Dost
• "Snow Day" - Matt Pond PA
• "Hanukkah And Christmas Hand In Hand" – Huffamoose
• "What WE Do On Christmas" – Atom and His Package
• "You're What I Want For Christmas" – Chris Stamey & Cathy Harrington
• "Fairytale Of New York" – The Pogues
• "Fuselage (It’s Starting to Look Like Christmas Once Again)" – Centro-Matic
• "Let Me Sleep" – Pearl Jam
• "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" – Coldplay
• "Christmas Time Is Here" - Chomsky
• "Frosty the Snowman" – Man or Astroman
• "Feliz Navi-nada" - El Vez
• "Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)" – The Ramones
• "It's Christmas Time Again" – Blink 182
• "Just Like Christmas" – Low
• "When I Get Home For Christmas" – Snow Patrol
• "Waiting for Christmas" – Adventures of Jet

Free MP3s

• "That Was the Worst Christmas Ever" - Sufjan Stevens
• "This Christmas" - Tiger Baby
• "Seasons Greetings" - Robbers on High Street
• "Egg Nog" - Luna
• "Christmas Time is Here"- Snowden

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Tags: Adam Arcuragi • Adventures of Jet • Alexi Murdoch • Andrew Dost • Atom and His Package • Centro-matic • Chomsky • Chris Stamey & Cathy Harrington • Christmas Music • Cliff Hillis • Coldplay • Descendents • Duvall • El Vez • Huffamoose • last Train Home • Low • Man or Astroman • Matt Pond PA • Pearl Jam • Snow Patrol • sufjan stevens • The Dismemberment Plan • The Long Winters • The Pogues • The Ramones

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