Christmas Music, your thoughts?

Those are all greats! But I didn't know Gidget could sing You must've meant Brenda Lee...and yup I love that version. I have to say as much as I don't like Madonna she did do a really good cover of Santa Baby.

Good catch, CR!

This is actually a case of celebrities you mistake for other celebrities... I really always thought Sandra Dee (the actress who married Bobby Darrin) did this song and had a singing career! I totally confused her with Brenda Lee!

I think the movie Grease may have had something to do with my confusion.

I like those too. As for Crosby, his saddest is 1943's I'll Be Home for Christmas (with that touching last line).

Another saddy, but goody, is Elvis Presley's 1957 version of Blue Christmas.

For those who do or do not enjoy Christmas music, I strongly recommend the documentary Jingle Bell Rocks, which is all about alternative Christmas music.

While the filmmaker centers it a bit too much on his own experiences, it's a really cool look at the range of Christmas music out there, and it introduced me to a new seasonal favorite, the deliciously low-key "Take the Long Way Around the Sea" by Low. (RIP Mimi Parker and her lovely voice).

More definitive versions:

Nat Cole's The Christmas Song
Jose Feliciano's Feliz Navidad (of course)
Lou Monte's Dominick the Donkey
Burl Ive's Holly Jolly Christmas
Vaughn Monroe's Let It Snow (for all you Die Hard fans!)
Thurl Ravenscroft's You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Johnny Mathis's Winter Wonderland
Andy Wiliams's Most Wonderful Time of the Year

More definitive versions (?)...

Jimmy Durante's Frosty the Snowman
Dean Martin's Baby It's Cold Outside
The Beach Boys's Little Saint Nick
The Kinks's Father Christmas
Bing Crosby's It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
Bobby Helms's Jingle Bell Rock
Lou Rawls's Merry Christmas Baby
Chuck Berry's Run Run Rudolph
Judy Garland's Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You
Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas

Like all your choices, but I prefer Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan singing Baby It's Cold Outside

I'll add one and this is a personal fav, Dean Martin's A Marshmallow World

Indeed. I thought Dean's version also had someone famous doing the female part, but now I see (or hear) it's only a group of background singers. So I'll concede that one!

I remember seeing a version of this song in a movie with Ricardo Montalban and Esther Williams! (If that don't beat all - Khan and the Mermaid doing a duet!)

Anyone remember a few years back when some cancel culture group wanted to ban this song? (For being sexist or some such.)

You never go wrong with Deano, my favorite crooner and roast MC!

Neptune's Daughter I believe. I only know that because that movie came up not once, but twice today in a search. First I was looking for the name of a noir film starring Montalban and second just now as I couldn't remember who sang Baby It's Cold Outside way back in the day.
No I don't remember that. But I will sing loudly...Uuuu....ghhhh!

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Spoof or homage?

Damn Skippy

I was a stocker at a grocery store when going to school to be an LMT, and they had...God I don't think I'm exaggerating, a 45 minute Christmas song loop. I learned to loathe all songs played except one, that one. It was like honey to a Bee, cold water to a parched man. Dean is the Kingo.

That could be the case, but I suspect the biggest reason is they get more listeners/make more money from the other stuff than they would/do Christmas carols.

I don't mind the Christmas stuff too much, but then I'm not out amongst it, so I decide what's played and when and I don't listen to anything before the 1st Dec. I like Wonderful Christmas Time, but sometimes it can be too much, so I do get why some can't stand it. If I were ever to put together a list of my favourites, I'd include it.

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It’s appallingly dreadful especially in Dunkin Donuts. One can’t believe the crap they have on their tapes. I pity the poor staff.

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Santa needs to buy you a coffee maker!

No need. We have one. Dunkin coffee is perfect & it’s a nice quick break in my morning to go there for coffee.

I'm ready to officially add Bruce Springsteen's Santa Claus is Coming to Town to Paul McCartney's Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time as songs I just can't stand anymore. Springsteen's version seems to have the refrain go on forever (even though it's probably no longer than other versions).

Please. No! I am not ready yet. Wait till advent. That is all I ask.

But... but, @beelzebubble...

The mood is right
The spirit's up
We're here tonight
And that's enough...

Dunkin seems to have put their “music” on mute. Even for Dunkin the banality of the music menu was unbearable.