My Top 10 Holiday Jams

Just wanted to do something cheery to mark the holidays. There’s a little something for everyone here, so maybe you’ll find something new to add to your holiday playlist. Best of all, no Mariah Carey. (I have absolutely nothing against her, just am a little tired of that song. You know the one. I won’t say it, lest I somehow summon it or something or accidentally ear worm you.)

I’m going to try to link to YouTube videos, if I can find them. Tell me your holiday favorites in the comments.

In no particular order:

• Candy Cane Lane-Sia
• Merry Christmas-Ed Sheeran and Elton John
• Christmas Tree Farm-Taylor Swift
• You Make It Like Feel Christmas-Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton
• You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch-Tyler the Creator
• Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24-Trans-Siberian Orchestra
• Miracle-Raphael Saadiq
• Carol of the Bells-Pentatonix
• Pas de Deux-Tchaikovsky
• Cozy Little Christmas-Katy Perry

Please give these a listen. I find a lot of vintage Christmas music (especially from the 50’s and 60’s) really cloying and grating, so I’ve made an effort to curate some holiday tunes that don’t make me want to vomit. A lot of these are little on the corny side, but if you can’t be corny during the holidays, when can you be?