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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCEZEOYdfwo&feature=related Santa Claus Is Coming To Town]
* "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]" - America's favorite bit of Christmas "folklore" that was originally created as a marketing gimmick for Montgomery Ward. [http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/rudolph.asp Really].
** After Gene Autry's version of "Rudolph" became a big hit, a couple of songwriters realized [
* The band Low recorded a mini-album of Christmas songs, some original ("Just Like Christmas"), some cover versions ("Blue Christmas") and some traditional ("Silent Night", "The Little Drummer Boy").
* "I Believe in Father Christmas", by [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer|Greg Lake]]. Some folk who don't listen closely to the lyrics have mistaken this song for being anti-religious; however, [[Word of God]] says it's really about growing up and growing out of some childhood illusions. [[Sarah Brightman]]'s cover of this seems to underline it, since she sang it in this oddly childlike voice.
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* "Santa Stole My Girlfriend" by The Maine. The title is pretty self-explanatory. Chorus calls Santa an obscene name.
* [http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000570.php O Holy Crap]. Good lord, good lord.
** Not to be confused with [[Homestar Runner|that one wrestleman's]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131112121146/http://www.homestarrunner.com/xmas.html "O Holy Crap."]
*** Speaking of Homestar Runner, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104154147/http://www.homestarrunner.com/xmas08_album.html Hooked on Decemberween] features a collection of [[You Mean "Xmas"|Decemberween]] songs form previous 'toons, along with some new ones.
* [[Jackson Browne]]'s "The Rebel Jesus", originally recorded with Irish folk group The Chieftains for their Christmas album ''The Bells of Dublin'', and then again as a solo version. Listen to the original [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA4YW6RdoVU here] and the remake [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEC7d5jbAbo here].
** Speaking of that Chieftains album, it also includes a hilarious collaboration with [[Elvis Costello]] called "St. Stephan's Day Murders". Christmas is over, and a few members of the family have ''had it'' with holiday cheer.
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