I'm one of those crazy people who loves to listen to all that Christmas music around the holidays. We have a radio station here in Myrtle Beach that plays nothing but Christmas music starting the day after Thanksgiving and all the way through Christmas Day. I love it because since they play so much of it, they get to play all kinds of obscure versions you would rarely hear otherwise. I never hear the Waitresses singing "Christmas Wrapping" on any other radio station! Or Jimmy Eat World's version of "Last Christmas". There are some songs that I just have to hear every single year because they make me smile and are just kind of silly or fun and make me feel like a kid again. Here are a few of my favorites!
Percy the Puny Poinsettia (click the play button at the top right of the screen)
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Christmas Wrapping
Dominick The Donkey
(The Italian Christmas Donkey)
Mele Kalikimaka
And pretty much anything by Bob Rivers, the Weird Al of Christmas music. I particularly love the "I Am Santa Claus" song that parodies Black Sabbath's "Iron Man".
I Am Santa Claus (LP Version)
The Twelve Pains Of Christmas (LP Version)
Didn't I Get This Last Year (LP Version)
Bells found here.
Someone showed me http://www.accuradio.com/holidays/ , which has all sorts of Christmas genre channels. He had a different interface, though, which checkboxes for each genre, which I can't seem to find.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, wave your mouse over each channel's image, and it tells you what they play.
I will have to send "I Am Santa Claus" to my darling wife.
Marvin - Oh, WOW! That looks so cool. I'm going to have to get that playing. Thanks for sharing the link!
ReplyDeleteWe have a similar radio station that starts playing christmas music way too early. If I hear Annie Lenox and Winter Wonderland one more time I will scream. I used to like the song but they play it every three songs.
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