Top 100 Holiday Secular Xmas Songs | |
Holiday music is generally that end of the year, winter solstice, snowy city sidewalk music that makes very little reference to the actual, original meaning of Christmas, and only the most subtle nods to the Birthday Boy. There is singing about the weather, the countdown to Christmas, of holiday bells, silver and gold, even Santa and his team. These songs contain all of the magic of Christmas without any of that religious connotation. This guy goes into a restaurant for a Christmas breakfast while in his hometown for the holidays. After looking over the menu he says, “I’ll just have the eggs Benedict.” His order comes a while later and it’s served on a big, shiny hubcap. He asks the waiter, “What’s with the hubcap?” The waiter sings, “O, there’s no plate like chrome for the hollandaise!” | |
*Rudolph didn’t fit in because all of the other reindeer were brown nosers. | |
1. | Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer – Gene Autry (or Burl Ives) |
2. | Frosty The Snowman – Jimmy Durante (or The Ronettes) |
3. | All I Want For Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey |
4. | The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole |
5. | Jingle Bells – Rosemary Clooney (or Frank Sinatra) |
6. | White Christmas – Bing Crosby |
7. | Santa Claus Is Comin To Town – Bruce Springsteen (or the Jackson 5) |
8. | Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Andy Williams (or Johnny Mathis) |
9. | Have A Holly Jolly Christmas – Burl Ives |
10. | Happy XMas (War Is Over) – John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band |
11. | Winter Wonderland – Johnny Mathis (or Eurythmics) |
12. | Baby It’s Cold Outside – Dean Martin (or Ray Charles and Betty Carter) |
13. | We Need A Little Christmas – Angela Lansbury |
14. | The Chipmonk Song – Alvin and the Chipmunks |
15. | (There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays – Perry Como (or The Carpenters) |
16. | It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas – Bing Crosby (or Michael Bublé or Johnny Mathis) |
17. | Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow – Dean Martin (or Frank Sinatra) |
18. | Last Christmas – Wham! |
19. | Rockin Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee |
20. | Someday At Christmas – Stevie Wonder |
21. | Do They Know It’s Christmas? – Band-Aid |
22. | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Judy Garland |
23. | Give Love on Christmas Day – The Temptations (or The Jackson 5) |
24. | The Christmas Waltz – She and Him (or Frank Sinatra or The Carpenters) |
25. | Little Saint Nick – The Beach Boys |
26. | Christmas Wrapping – The Waitresses |
27. | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Jackson 5 (or Jimmy Boyd or John Mellencamp) |
28. | We Wish You A Merry Christmas – John Denver and the Muppets |
29. | Merry Christmas, Baby – Bruce Springsteen (or Otis Redding) |
30. | Jingle Bell Rock – Bobby Helms |
31. | Happy Holidays – Andy Williams |
32. | White Christmas – The Drifters |
33. | Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley |
34. | Up On The Housetop – Jackson 5 (or Gene Autry) |
35. | Sleigh Ride – The Carpenters (or The Ronettes) |
36. | Santa Baby – Eartha Kitt (or Madonna) |
37. | Silver And Gold – Burl Ives |
38. | Parade of the Wooden Soldiers – The Crystals |
39. | Christmas Melody – The Salsoul Orchestra |
40. | My Only Wish (This Year) – Britney Spears |
41. | Welcome Christmas – The Whoville Village Choir |
42. | 2000 Miles – The Pretenders |
43. | Must Be Santa – Mitch Miller (or Lorne Greene) |
44. | Pretty Paper – Willie Nelson (or Roy Orbison) |
45. | Silver Bells – Andy Williams (or Johnny Mathis) |
46. | Mele Kalikimaka – Bing Crosby |
47. | All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth – Spike Jones and his City Slickers |
48. | Christmas Is the Time to Say “I Love You” – Billy Squire |
49. | Believe – Josh Groban |
50. | This Christmas – Danny Hathaway (or Chris Brown) |
51. | Christmas Time – Bryan Adams |
52. | Snoopy’s Christmas – The Royal Guardsmen |
53. | Christmas Auld Lang Syne – Bobby Darin |
54. | Hannukah Song – Adam Sandler |
55. | Hey Santa – Carnie and Wendy Wilson |
56. | Here Comes Santa Claus – Gene Autry (or Elvis Presley) |
57. | Let It Snow – Boyz II Men |
58. | It Must Have Been The Mistletoe (Our First Christmas) – Barbara Mandrell |
59. | Step Into Christmas – Elton John |
60. | Merry Christmas Happy Holidays – *NSYNC |
61. | A Marshmallow World – Dean Martin |
62. | I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas – Gayle Peevey |
63. | Baby’s First Christmas – Connie Francis |
64. | My Favorite Things – Julie Andrews (or John Coltrane) |
65. | The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle – Herb Alpert |
66. | Where Are You Christmas – Faith Hill |
67. | Celebrate Me Home – Kenny Loggins |
68. | Mister Snow Miser Mister Heat Miser – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (or from the Year Without A Santa Claus Soundtrack) |
69. | This Time of Year – Brook Benton |
70. | I’ll Be Home For Christmas – Bing Crosby (or Josh Groban) |
71. | Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Darlene Love (or U2) |
72. | Merry Christmas Darling – Carpenters |
73. | The Night Before Christmas – Carly Simon |
74. | Run Rudolph Run – Chuck Berry |
75. | Snowfall – Tony Bennett |
76. | Christmas Ain’t Christmas (Without The One You Love) – The O’Jays |
77. | Santa Claus Lane – Hilary Duff |
78. | Grown-Up Christmas List – Amy Grant |
79. | Mistletoe And Holly – Frank Sinatra |
80. | Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney |
81. | Rock and Roll Christmas – George Thorogood & The Destroyers |
82. | Christmas Day – Dido |
83. | Back Door Santa – Bon Jovi (or Clarence Carter) |
84. | Please Come Home For Christmas – The Eagles (or Charles Brown) |
85. | Cool Yule – Louis Armstrong |
86. | Dominick The Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey) – Lou Monte |
87. | If Every Day Was Like Christmas – Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires & The Imperials Quartet |
88. | Shake Hands With Santa Claus – Louis Prima |
89. | Christmas Lights – Coldplay |
90. | Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight) – The Ramones |
91. | Christmas Island – The Andrews Sisters with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians |
92. | What Christmas Means To Me – Stevie Wonder |
93. | Christmas In New Orleans – Louis Armstrong with the Benny Carter Orchestra |
94. | Christmas of Love – Little Isidore and the Inquisitors |
95. | Christmas All Over Again – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers |
96. | Merry Xmas Everybody – Slade |
97. | All Alone On Christmas – Darlene Love |
98. | Christmas, Why Can’t I Find You? – James Horner |
99. | Another Lonely Christmas – Prince and the Revolution |
100. | Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas – Carla Thomas |