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Line 51: Insert sexual innuendo here. And the [[Chorus-Only Song\|practically unknown]] verse places the dreamer in Beverly Hills. [~~http~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=~~GJSUT8Inl14&feature=related~~Hr1kITD4X6U Here is the song in all of ~~it's~~its glory. Sung by Bing Crosby] * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeUMfZzdiEc And the Frank Sinatra version.]{{Dead link}} * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5owUdvwcQ0 The Otis Redding version]{{Dead link}}, which may very well me the most emotionally heart-breaking version. (Contemplated putting in the glurge section. ** [[Running Gag\|And for you Anime fans,]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PhREBUJ5zs there is a Sailor Mars version.] * [[Sufjan Stevens]] put out a 5-CD box set of Christmas songs, both old and new. His original songs include "Get Behind Me, Santa!", "Sister Winter", "We're Goin' To The Country", "Put The Lights on the Tree", "That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!" and "Come On! Let's Boogey to the Elf Dance!" Line 98: * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1aguHjgd8g We Wish You A Merry Christmas] * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11GlNvi7hPY Good King Wenceslas] Used in ''[[The Dark Is Rising]]'' as a favorite carol of the Old Ones. Also mocked in [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[~~Discworld/Hogfather\|~~Hogfather]]''. * [[Crowning Moment of Funny\|Also used memorably]] in ''[[Love Actually]]''. * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwi-gfMiAeg The First Noel] * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT-6yjT4oFo The Holly and the Ivy]. Line 253: * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-sdR6Yzk "The Season's Upon Us"] by [[Dropkick Murphys]]. * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-ThguxihuQ "You Ain't Getting Didddly Squat"] by [[Heywood Banks]]. * ''[[The Bob and Tom Show]]''{{'}}s tribute to [[Dudley Moore]] as ''[[Arthur (film)\|Arthur]]'', [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cQdd1z3uIg "It's Christmas and I Wonder Where I Am"]. * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b05_B6Me6-s "Damn It, I'm Vixen"] by the Brian Beathard Orchestra, in which one of Santa's "original eight" complains about a certain red-nosed upstart. * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNDri18-eQ0 "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"] by Gayla Peevey. == Glurge-laden == Line 279 ⟶ 281: * "Christmastime in Arkansas Again". A syrupy-sweet reflection about Christmas and an unashamed tribute to the state of Arkansas, with a locally famous ''weatherman'' named Ned Perme on piano. * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clePvNtJWpw The Cat Carol]". Sweet Jesus, "The Cat Carol". * "[http://youtu.be/QTdzjSPZv8g Ven a mi casa esta ~~Navidad~~Navidad]" by Luis Aguile, about the singer offering a friend away from their family to spend Christmas with him and his family, fits somewhere between [[Glurge]] and [[Tear Jerker]]. Most singers covering this song go with glurgey. == Other == Line 299 ⟶ 300: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Music Tropes~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Christmas Tropes]] [[Category:~~Christmas~~Music ~~Songs~~Tropes]] [[Category:Pop]]