1 hour ago, seedy said:

 

I was not expecting to like this, but found it quite enjoyable.

I don't think we'll be hearing it in the shopping malls though.

 

For anyone else that couldn't quite make out all the lyrics ...

On my heavy metal Christmas, my true love gave to me
12 silver crosses
11 black mascaras
10 pairs of platforms
9 tattered t-shirts
8 pentagrams
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings

4 quarts of Jack

3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
And a tattoo of Ozzy

Another traditional carol, Ding Dong Merrily On High, performed by the Choir Of Guildford Cathedral.  From '68, when most here were mere tykes and probably a good majority of TV members were still stuck in the ether.
 

 

 

Gayla Peevey's '53 I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas, now a Christmas standard.

 

 

Brenda Lee's Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree in '58.

 

 

9 minutes ago, lazygourmet said:

 

And here I thought I'd heard them all.  One of the rockin'est Christmas tunes I've heard.  

The Beach Boys with Little Saint Nick from '63.

 

 

John & Yoko & The Plastic Ono Band with Happy Xmas (War Is Over) released for Christmas '71.

 

 

Bing Crosby & Carol Richards with Silver Bells from '55.

 

 

Elvis Presley with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on Blue Christmas from '57.

 

 

 

John Lee Hooker's got Blues For Christmas from '61.

 

 

Lightnin' Hopkins with Santa from '65.

 

 

Leon Russell's Slipping Into Christmas back in '72.

 

 

Robbie Robertson and The Band with Christmas Must Be Tonight from '75.

 

 

 

 

I won't post the video here, but for a changeup of the serious tone at Christmas, please take a look at Eric Idle's F*** Christmas.  Easily found on the internet / Youtube.

Christmas Is A Time To Love.  Well, so is the rest of the year.  Especially in Thailand.    
 

 

Merry Christmas Thailand!  Suk san wan Christmas!

 

 

Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms from '57.
 

 

Nat King Cole with The Christmas Song from '61.

 

 

Sing We Now Of Christmas / Angels We Have Heard On High / Away In A Manger / What Child Is This? / Joy To The World

 

 

Bing Crosby's classic Winter Wonderland.

 

 

Mariah Carey with All I Want For Christmas from '94.

 

 

The original '66 You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch.  Dr. Seuss showed with a simple story that Christmas can't be stolen, or even perverted.  The spirit of what it represents is unchangeable and eternal.

 

 

Bert Jansch with In The Bleak Mid Winter.
 

 

 

The Aachen student choir of the Katholische Hochschulgemeinde e.V. sing the well-known Christmas carol "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" ["A rose has sprung up"] by Michael Praetorius from 1599.

 

 

Dion with the spirited Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) FROM '93.  Best sax solo in a Christmas tune since Clarence Clemons.

 

 

Merry Christmas Baby performed live by Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band from, I believe, '86.

 

 

 

Alison Moyet with The Coventry Carol released in '87.