You can check it out at this link. I will warn you, their selections lean toward what the UK is more familiar with. I also give them credit for having the good taste in not listing super awful ones: Paul McCartney and U2 always comes to mind immediately!
I was only familiar with nine of them and could only approve of three: Pretenders, Pogues and Waitresses. Still find RUN-DMC’s annoying alongside Wham! Dexter Freebish did a much superior job on the latter.
Here are my favorite 20, some have been featured on past mixtapes! They are in no particular order because I consider them all equally excellent.
- “Shouldn’t Have Given Him a Gun for Christmas” – Wall of Voodoo
- “Merry Christmas Emily” – Cracker
- “Christmas is Coming” – Payola$
- “Christmas with the Devil” – Spinal Tap
- “Nothing for Me” – Muffs
- “Santa’s Beard” – They Might be Giants
- “I Want an Alien for Christmas” – Foutains of Wayne
- “Santa’s Gonna Kick Your Ass” – Arrogant Worms
- “Christmas at Ground Zero” – Weird Al Yankovic
- “All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth” – Dread Zeppelin
- “December Will be Magic Again” – Kate Bush
- “I Farted on Santa’s Lap” – Little Stinkers
- “Christmas in Heaven” – Monty Python
- “Merry Fuckin’ Christmas” – Denis Leary
- “Santa Can’t Stay” – Dwight Yoakam
- “Thank God it’s not Christmas” – Sparks
- “Fairytale of New York” – Pogues
- “Christmas Wrapping” – Waitresses
- “I Did it for the Toys” – Dance Hall Crashers
- “Snackin’ Santa” – Go Nuts
I’m open to others if you want to share them with me.