1. “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”- Darlene Love: The remarkable mixture of beauty and painful longing in Love’s 1960s pop classic makes this my all-time favorite Christmas song. Each line expertly communicates what it is like to feel alone when you are surrounded by traditional indications of joy.
2. “Christmas Wrapping”- The Waitresses: My sophomore year college roommate listened to this song as soon as he woke up every single day between Thanksgiving and Christmas. If I still like it, it must be good.
3. “Christmas in Hollis”- Run-DMC: The definitive hip-hop holiday song acts as a valuable reminder of the benefits of not stealing from Santa Claus.
4. “Last Christmas”- Wham!: The best 1980s Christmas song mixes new-wave trademarks with the trappings of the season to paint a portrait of a painful Christmas break up.
5. “Father Christmas”- The Kinks: This blast of high energy from The Kinks mixes the humor of playing a shopping mall Santa Claus with scathing criticism of holiday consumerism.
Written by Mr. Milner
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