'Tis the Season
Last night, Chris and I made an informal wager about how many Christmas songs there are. He believed that there were less than fifty. For clarification, Jingle Bells does not count, because it is a winter song, and not a Christmas song. I still disagreed.
Proof that I'm right (and fuck formatting for a list this big):1. Carol of the Bells
2. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
3. What Child is This?
4. I Saw Three Ships
5. Little Drummer Boy
6. Stille Nacht / Silent Night
7. Oh, Holy Night
8. We Three Kings
9. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
10. Away in a Manger
11. O Tannenbaum / Oh Christmas Tree
12. Wonderful Christmastime
13. So This is Christmas
14. Joy to the World
15. Green Christmas
16. Man with the Bag
17. Up on the Housetop
18. Man with All the Toys
19. Christmas Blues
20. Mr. Grinch
21. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
22. What Christmas Means to Me
23. Santa Claus
24. Last Christmas
25. The Chimney Song
26. Donde Esta Santa Claus?
27. Mambo Santa Mambo
28. Happy Holidays / It's the Holiday Season (not sure of the title)
29. Mele Kalikimaka
30. Christmas with a Dalek
31. I'll be Home for Christmas
32. I Won't be Home for Christmas (yes, it's a song)
33. Santa, Baby
*34. Christmas at Ground Zero (?)
35. Pimp my Sleigh
36. Christmas Canon
37. I Ain't Gettin' Nothin' for Christmas / Nuttin' for Christmas
38. Santa's on his Way
39. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
40. Noel
41. O Come, O Come, Immanuel
42. Angels from the Realms of Glory
43. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
44. All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth
45. Merry Christmas, Darling
46. Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire / The Christmas Song
47. Angels We Have Heard on High / Gloria in Excelsis Deo
48. Christmas in the Trenches
49. Go Tell it on the Mountain
50. Good Christian Men, Rejoice!
51. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
52. Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful / Oh Come, Let us Adore Him / Adeste Fidelis (same song)
53. Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem
54. Twelve Days of Christmas
55. Children, Go Where I Send Thee
56. Christmas is now Drawing Near at Hand
57. Feliz Navidad
58. Do You Hear What I Hear?
59. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
60. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
61. (Have Yourself a) Merry Little Christmas
62. Here Comes Santa Claus
63. Silver Bells
64. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
65. (I'm Dreaming of a) White Christmas
66. Ding-Dong Merrily on High / Hosanna in Excelsis
67. Grandma got Run Over by a Reindeer
68. Have a Holly-Jolly Christmas
69. It's Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas
70. Blue Christmas
71. Christmas Dinner
72. Christmas for Cowboys
73. Christmas in Killarney
74. First Christmas (and good god damn, is this one a whopper - look it up)
75. Must Be Santa
76. Rocking Around the Christmas Tree
77. Sleep Well, Little Children
78. Tennessee Christmas
79. A Child This Day is Born
80. Bells Will Be Ringing
81. Christ is Born in Bethlehem
82. Christmas Island
83. Christmastime is Here (Originated as a movie tune, which are excluded, but I hear it in stores all the damn time so it's on the list.)
84. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
85. Silver and Gold
86. The Holly and the Ivy
(* - Is Weird Al allowed to count?)
Honorable Mentions (don't quite cut it):
1. Jingle Bells (about winter)
2. Let it Snow (about winter)
3. Baby, it's Cold Outside (about winter)
4. Christmas in Sarajevo (medley)
5. Wizards of Winter (no words, ostensibly about winter)
6. Deck the Halls (about Yule, not Christmas)
7. Good King Wenceslaus (wintery, not Christmasy)
8. Here We Come A-Wassailing (wintery, not Christmasy)
9. Wassail Song (it's different, I swear)
10. Jingle Bell Rock (about Jingle Bells)
11. (Walking in a) Winter Wonderland (about winter)
12. A Baby Just Like You (too personal, about a kid rather than the Holiday)
13. Frosty the Snowman (not about Christmas)
14. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (about the season, not the Holiday)
15. Mary, Did You Know? (About Jesus' life more than his birth)
16. Sleigh Ride (it's practically Jingle Bells, dammit)
17. The Night Before Christmas (not a song)
18. Home for the Holidays (about all of them, not Christmas)
Win.
Proof that I'm right (and fuck formatting for a list this big):1. Carol of the Bells
2. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
3. What Child is This?
4. I Saw Three Ships
5. Little Drummer Boy
6. Stille Nacht / Silent Night
7. Oh, Holy Night
8. We Three Kings
9. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
10. Away in a Manger
11. O Tannenbaum / Oh Christmas Tree
12. Wonderful Christmastime
13. So This is Christmas
14. Joy to the World
15. Green Christmas
16. Man with the Bag
17. Up on the Housetop
18. Man with All the Toys
19. Christmas Blues
20. Mr. Grinch
21. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
22. What Christmas Means to Me
23. Santa Claus
24. Last Christmas
25. The Chimney Song
26. Donde Esta Santa Claus?
27. Mambo Santa Mambo
28. Happy Holidays / It's the Holiday Season (not sure of the title)
29. Mele Kalikimaka
30. Christmas with a Dalek
31. I'll be Home for Christmas
32. I Won't be Home for Christmas (yes, it's a song)
33. Santa, Baby
*34. Christmas at Ground Zero (?)
35. Pimp my Sleigh
36. Christmas Canon
37. I Ain't Gettin' Nothin' for Christmas / Nuttin' for Christmas
38. Santa's on his Way
39. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
40. Noel
41. O Come, O Come, Immanuel
42. Angels from the Realms of Glory
43. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
44. All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth
45. Merry Christmas, Darling
46. Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire / The Christmas Song
47. Angels We Have Heard on High / Gloria in Excelsis Deo
48. Christmas in the Trenches
49. Go Tell it on the Mountain
50. Good Christian Men, Rejoice!
51. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
52. Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful / Oh Come, Let us Adore Him / Adeste Fidelis (same song)
53. Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem
54. Twelve Days of Christmas
55. Children, Go Where I Send Thee
56. Christmas is now Drawing Near at Hand
57. Feliz Navidad
58. Do You Hear What I Hear?
59. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
60. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
61. (Have Yourself a) Merry Little Christmas
62. Here Comes Santa Claus
63. Silver Bells
64. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
65. (I'm Dreaming of a) White Christmas
66. Ding-Dong Merrily on High / Hosanna in Excelsis
67. Grandma got Run Over by a Reindeer
68. Have a Holly-Jolly Christmas
69. It's Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas
70. Blue Christmas
71. Christmas Dinner
72. Christmas for Cowboys
73. Christmas in Killarney
74. First Christmas (and good god damn, is this one a whopper - look it up)
75. Must Be Santa
76. Rocking Around the Christmas Tree
77. Sleep Well, Little Children
78. Tennessee Christmas
79. A Child This Day is Born
80. Bells Will Be Ringing
81. Christ is Born in Bethlehem
82. Christmas Island
83. Christmastime is Here (Originated as a movie tune, which are excluded, but I hear it in stores all the damn time so it's on the list.)
84. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
85. Silver and Gold
86. The Holly and the Ivy
(* - Is Weird Al allowed to count?)
Honorable Mentions (don't quite cut it):
1. Jingle Bells (about winter)
2. Let it Snow (about winter)
3. Baby, it's Cold Outside (about winter)
4. Christmas in Sarajevo (medley)
5. Wizards of Winter (no words, ostensibly about winter)
6. Deck the Halls (about Yule, not Christmas)
7. Good King Wenceslaus (wintery, not Christmasy)
8. Here We Come A-Wassailing (wintery, not Christmasy)
9. Wassail Song (it's different, I swear)
10. Jingle Bell Rock (about Jingle Bells)
11. (Walking in a) Winter Wonderland (about winter)
12. A Baby Just Like You (too personal, about a kid rather than the Holiday)
13. Frosty the Snowman (not about Christmas)
14. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (about the season, not the Holiday)
15. Mary, Did You Know? (About Jesus' life more than his birth)
16. Sleigh Ride (it's practically Jingle Bells, dammit)
17. The Night Before Christmas (not a song)
18. Home for the Holidays (about all of them, not Christmas)
Win.