12 Days of Christmas Songs

Karen’s Tree-Topper Play-list for Christmas
- because every one needs at least one good Christmas song a day for the 12 days of Christmas (in no particular order)

1. Blue Christmas – Collective Soul
- because every Christmas playlist needs a little bit of rock

2. 12 Days of Christmas – Bob & Doug McKenzie
- because you can’t get any more Canadian than that

3. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Barenaked Ladies & Sarah MacLaughlan
- Barenaked Ladies are just amazing musicians, add in Sarah and it’s pure heaven

4. Christmas Is Coming - John Denver and the Muppets
- because it’s not Christmas without the Muppets

5. Snoopy’s Christmas – Royal Guardsmen
- It’s so weird that it’s a Christmas song that I have to include it

6. O Holy Night – UAMC (The massive version with the organ and split choir, which version is this?)
- This is the best carol we have ever and will ever do

7. Do They Know It’s Christmas? – Band Aid
- because I grew up in the 80’s

8. Mary’s boy child/Oh My Lord – Boney M
- don’t really listen to how they are mangling the English language and you’ll be fine

9. What Child Is This? – The Moody Blues (or any one else who does a decent version)
- my all-time favorite Christmas carol (love!)

10. Carol of the Bells – by anyone decent who doesn’t do it too slow
- sung properly this song has a "depth of snow covered night" start with a drive to a "frenzied shopping panic"

11. Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
- if you’ve ever sung this piece, you’ll know why (and yes, you should stand)

12. You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch! - Thurl Ravenscroft.
- Classic Christmas Grinch