A playlist of festive oddities, forgotten favourites and alternative classics for you to slip in amongst the Slade and Wham.
Erasure – Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Ty Noam Frankel; Rayvaughn Vernon – Gettin’ Jingle with It
Steampunk – Christmas Boogie
Baby Tate – Barbie Phone
Britney Spears – My Only Wish (This Year)
Gwen Stefani; Blake Shelton – You Make It Feel Like Christmas
Erasure – She Won’t Be Home (Lonely Christmas)
Marika Hackman – Driving Under Stars
The Rebirth – Fat Santa
Black Pumas – Christmas Will Really Be Christmas
The Killers; Ryan Pardey – Don’t Shoot Me Santa
Daniel Tashian; Karen Elson – Christmas Lights
Aimee Mann – Christmastime
Johnny Cash – I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Tom Waits – Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
Pistol Annies – Snow Globe
Miley Cyrus – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
Hanson – What Christmas Means To Me
Whirling Dervishes – You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch
Kurt Russell; Darlene Love – The Spirit of Christmas
All words by Susan Sloan.