Covers are a really contentious thing. Some people like ’em, some people love ’em, and around Christmas we’re barraged by them. As a, um, mild to avid collector of Christmas / holiday / winter songs, I know that a lot of what’s out there and comes out year after year are remakes of standard festive tunes of yore, but I ain’t even mad. Sometimes, you really can’t get enough of a good thing.
These are some of my favorite Christmas covers. What are some of yours? Leave them in the comments!
Covers of Christmas Classics
Happy Christmas [Live] – Melissa Etheridge
All I Want For Christmas Is You – My Chemical Romance
Carol of the Bells – The Bird and the Bee
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) – Tegan and Sara
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Death Cab for Cutie
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) – Whitney Houston
Frosty The Snowman – Fiona Apple
Give Love on Christmas Day – Solid Harmony
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen ft. Sarah McLachlan – Barenaked Ladies
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – Vanessa Carlton
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Bright Eyes
Jingle Bells – Lisa Loeb
Last Christmas – Jimmy Eat World
Little Drummer Boy – The Dandy Warhols
Merry Christmas Baby – Sheryl Crow
Merry Xmas Everybody – Oasis
O Come, O Come Emmanuel – Sixpence None the Richer
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree – Miley Cyrus
Silent Night – Boys to Men
This Christmas – Christina Aguilera
We Wish You a Merry Christmas – Weezer
What Child Is This Anyway? – Sufjan Stevens
White Christmas – The Flaming Lips
Winter Wonderland – Phantom Planet
Wonderful Christmastime – The Shins
Want to suggest a playlist theme? Hit Stef up and someone on the team might make it for you.
