There’s only so many times you can listen to renditions of “White Christmas,” “Santa Baby” or “Silent Night” before going insane. And don’t make the argument that itap only once a year, because if you’ve worked in retail, been shopping, watched TV or left your house between mid-November to early January, you’ve heard these songs enough times to fill half a lifetime.
Why don’t we listen to any modern, original Christmas music? Well, the problem is most contemporary Christmas music is pretty sickening — such as “Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas,” which is seriously a Christmas album by the “Duck Dynasty” cast.
So in order to put some newness in your holiday season this year, we put together a list of 20 contemporary original Christmas songs from rock, hip-hop and indie artists that don’t suck.
Sufjan Stevens — “Christmas Unicorn”
Julian Casablancas — “I Wish It Was Christmas Today”
Kanye West — “Christmas In Harlem”
Beach House — “I Do Not Care for the Winter Sun”
The Magnetic Fields — “Everything is One Big Christmas Tree”
Snoop Dogg — “Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto”
LCD Soundsystem — “Oh You (Christmas Blue)”
Death Cab for Cutie — “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
Best Coast & Wavves — “Got Something For You”
Ludacris — “Ludacrismas”
The Flaming Lips — “Christmas At The Zoo”
Sufjan Stevens — “Sister Winter”
The Pogues — “Fairytale of New York”
The Knife — “Reindeer”
Mazzy Star — “Flowers in December”
The Walkmen — “Christmas Party”
Atlas Sound — “Artificial Snow”
Blink-182 — “I Won’t Be Home For Christmas”
Eels — “Everything’s Going to Be Cool This Christmas”
Low — “Just Like Christmas”
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