Christmas Songs: Difference between revisions

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** Also known for the parody lyrics "Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg...", which came full circle when, in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', [[The Joker]] [[Fourth Wall Observer|himself]] [[Ascended Meme|sang them]].

** There's also a Japanese version, minus the phrase "Jingle Bells", sung by Japanese pro wrestlers.

** "Jingle Bells" is probably the single best-known and most widely-performed Christmas song of them all...which is rather ironic, given that it doesn't really have anything to do with Christmas specifically, secular ''or'' religious... it's actually a song about young guys in 1850s Medford, Massachusetts, who used to drag-race their one-horse sleighs in the town square. There's a small, hard to find plaque in said town square to commemorate it.

** "Jingle Bells" is probably the single best-known and most widely-performed Christmas song of them all... which is rather ironic, given that it doesn't really have anything to do with Christmas specifically, secular ''or'' religious... it's actually a song about young guys in 1850s Medford, Massachusetts, who used to drag-race their one-horse sleighs in the town square. There's a small, hard to find plaque in said town square to commemorate it.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wtuhjivzxE "Bjällerklang"], the Swedish version, is about getting out of the house to avoid getting [[Cabin Fever]], not drag racing. The verses have a slightly altered melody. The first part of the chorus has the same melody as the American version. However, a second chorus with a melody not used in the American version is sung after the original chorus.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5cX_ncZLls Do They Know It's Christmas?]", first done by BandAid in 1984 to raise money for the victims of the Ethiopian famine. The subsequent Live Aid concert and charity appeal raised about £150m. Sadly, it may have actually made the situation worse- some journalists have claimed the money ended up in the hands of the military junta, who used for an enforced resettlement program. Up to 100,000 people may have been killed as a result. The earlier civil war had actually made the famine worse.

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* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFGfCn5rKIM I'll Be Home for Christmas]", which debuted during the height of [[World War II]].

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s49gEmTlOTk Some Children See Him]", one of a number of carols written by Alfred Burt. Can be [[Glurge]]-ified because of its [[Anvilicious]] socio-political message.

* Coldplay's "Christmas Lights" provides us with yet another example of heartbreak at Christmas.

* [[Coldplay]]'s "Christmas Lights" provides us with yet another example of heartbreak at Christmas.

* [[Angels and Airwaves]]' "Star of Bethlehem". In the album's final release, it was split into two songs: "Star of Bethlehem" and "True Love".

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb9OVjlEZho We Need a Little Christmas]", written for [[The Musical]] version of ''[[Auntie Mame]]''.

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* "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas"

* "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"

* [[Mariah Carey|"I don't want a lot for christmas... there is just one thing I need..."]]. Listen to the radio regularly during December, and you will ~~DEFINITELY~~ hear this song.

* * "All I Want For Christmas Is You". [[Mariah Carey|"I don't want a lot for christmas... there is just one thing I need..."]]. Listen to the radio regularly during December, and you will '''definitely''' hear this song.

** Mariah Carey has become too keenly aware of the omnipresence of her song during the holidays, and has posted videos where she portrays herself as the (sightly creepy) Christmas Harbinger.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFEQvd0kJxM ~~Guanaguanare~~]", by Jesus Avila.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFEQvd0kJxM Guanaguanare]", by Jesus Avila.

== Parody/Humorous ==