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The Five Greatest Christmas Songs

Christmas songs are generally awful.  They are filled with Hallmark sentiment and are as sincere as me telling you God Bless.  Aside from a small few, they are generally geared towards the pagan aspects of Christmas and not the religious.  Every year a new cover of an old classic comes out and everyone hoots and hollers about it and within a few years it disappears from our memories.  Normally I'd have a top ten list, but I'm hard pressed to think of ten songs off the top of my head where one or two wont nauseate me.  So here it goes. 

5. Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC - When this came out during the opening scenes in Die Hard, everyone went nuts.  It wasn't the first Christmas rap, but it was and still is the best.  It's funny and hits on all the traditional aspects of Christmas in a completely new way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8&ob=av3e

4. Wizards in Winter - Trans Siberian Orchestra - Technically not a song, because their are no vocals.  It may not be great, but there's nothing else like it.  I've always liked it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWBjl-jPcVM&ob=av2e

3.  Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon - A beautiful song by one of the gereatest songwriters of all-time.  I don't know who does the chorus, but it sounds like a children's choir, which makes it even stronger. The song is also about equality and how everyone deserves happiness during the season.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4Uu0OlmTg

2. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues (feat) Kirsty MacColl - As I get older, I appreciate Shane McGowan more and more.  The thing I love about this song is that despite it's Christmas theme, it's great any time of year.  For that alone, it should probably be number one.           http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrAwK9juhhY

1. Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth - Bing Crosby/David Bowie - There are many things that make Christmas special, but this song is a must for me.  I remember getting a CD with the video attached one Christmas years ago.  We put it in the computer and watched and listened.  I looked at my parents and saw a look I'd never seen before. It some ways, this silly litte video, with two incomparable voices was just the perfect touch to a wonderful morning.  It will always stand in my heart as one of the best Christmases ever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiXjbI3kRus

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