Day 27 Dean Martin – Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Another classic, this is an awesome song. It’s really simple and is relatively short for a pop song but that’s part of what makes it so enchanting. There’s been countless interpretations of this song and I do love most I’ve heard although Dean Martin’s remains my favourite. I just love his voice on his version.
Other versions I’ve heard and have thoroughly enjoyed include Kylie Minogue, John Legend and Rod Stewart.
Day 26 Andy Williams – Happy Holiday (The Holiday Season)
I absolutely adore this song! This year my love for the classics has grown – I’ve developed a love for Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Andy Williams and more. They just have such rich, pure voices and I love listening to them on a Sunday morning. I’ve always enjoyed this song but I’ve grown to appreciate it more in the last couple of years. It’s apparently a song created out of two other songs ‘Happy Holiday’ (a short song in the movie ‘White Christmas’) and ‘The Holiday Season’. It’s so happy, so Christmassy and just an awesome song. My Mum also loves this song so it always reminds me of her 🙂
Day 25 Michael Buble – Cold December Night
Merry Christmas everybody!
I absolutely adore Michael Buble’s Christmas album and could have selected any track from it but I have chosen the one original track ‘Cold December Night’. I love this song as it’s so cheerful and catchy – everything a Christmas song should be!
Mr Buble is the perfect soundtrack to Christmas 🙂
Day 24 Wham – Last Christmas
Happy Christmas Eve! This is my favourite Christmas song of all time. You may think I’m a little biased as I’m a massive George Michael fan and George was of course one half of Wham but I just love this song so much. It’s the first Christmas song I remember hearing and I’ve grown up listening to it every year. No matter how many times I hear it it never loses it’s magic as it’s just a fantastic song.
I guess it’s another quite sad song lyrically but the 80’s instrumentation and the Christmassy feel of the track along with George’s vocal delivery just makes it an awesome song.
I’ve never heard another version of this that I’ve liked as much even despite the high amount of covers. Billie Piper’s version is the only one that comes close, as unlikely as that seems!
This has such a festive music video too. Love the story telling and how Christmassy it is.
Day 23 The Carpenters – Merry Christmas Darling
This is such a special song for me and remains in my top 3 favourite Christmas songs. Karen Carpenter had such a gorgeous voice – she sang like an angel. Her death was such a tragic loss to the music industry.
I think this song is just beautiful. It’s so soft and really quite sad but that doesn’t make the song in general depressing. The harmonies (especially at the end) are gorgeous.
This song has appealed to me more than once with it’s lyrical content as it describes the situation in which you can’t be with the person you’d like to be with.
Love this song.
Day 22 Chris Brown – This Christmas
This is another song that has been covered many times and if I’m honest, the artist doesn’t bother me as it’s the song I love. Chris Brown was how I discovered this song, however. Every year I YouTube my favourite artist’s name with ‘Christmas’ after it to see if they’ve done a festive song/cover/performance. Around four years ago I did this with Chris Brown and found he had done this song.
I love Chris’ version of this. The acapella intro is fantastic and the R&B vibe he gives it is just awesome. It’s such a great uplifting Christmas song an it’s not played enough at Christmas in my opinion. I just think it’s an all round great song and it’s so good to hear Chris’ natural voice rather than one that’s been manipulated through auto-tune.
Definitely one of my favourite festive records.
Day 20 Bing Crosby – White Christmas
We’re just five days away from the big day now – woooo! Here we are then, a classic that I couldn’t exclude from the list. Perhaps the most iconic Christmas song ever and one that’s universally loved, this song is perhaps the most festive song ever written. Bing’s voice is just amazing – many a time have I attempted imitating it around the house ;D
Absolute corker of a song! :’)
Day 19 The Darkness – Christmas Time (Don’t let the bells end)
This is what I believe is the 21st Century version of ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’. It’s a full on rock Christmas classic and I absolutely love it. It has a great sing-along chorus and I love the use of the choir towards the end of the track. It’s a fantastically happy tune which is exactly what we need this festive season. Justin Hawkins’ vocal range is incredible too! This also has particularly fond memories for me as it just reminds me of an amazing Christmas when I was younger.
It’s got a great video too – so Christmassy!
Awesome song.
Day 13 Destiny’s Child – Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
As it’s Beyonce day I thought it would be fitting for today’s song to be a Destiny’s Child interpretation of a classic! We all know and love Rudolph the red nosed reindeer but I love this version. From the awesome a capella introduction to the beautiful harmonies, it’s just a fantastic interpretation of a well known, much loved song. I love the R&B/Hip hop spin on it!
Great little music video too!
Day 8 Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire)
Apparently the most performed Christmas song ever, this one’s definitely iconic. It’s just such a laid back song and one that captures the essence of Christmas perfectly. Whilst it’s been recorded by so many artists, Nat King Cole’s is the definitive version for me. He had one of the greatest voices and he just sounds perfect on this song. My family own one of his Christmas albums and it gives me plenty of warm memories and is still a firm favourite album to be played on Christmas day!
Beautiful.
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