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X-Mas Songs That Don’t Suck

Seasonal depression is a serious thing- and I’m not making light of it- but some untimely deaths must be linked to the dreck that we hear in every store and on every station during the glorious holiday season. Here’s a list of X-Mas Songs That Don’t Suck:
1. The Damned - There Ain’t No Sanity Clause
2. Holopaw - Velveteen
3. Pogues - Fairytale Of New York
4. Red Red Meat - There’s A Star Above The Manger Tonight
5. Califone - Welcome Christmas
6. Red Red Meat - There’s Always Tomorrow
7. Califone - On The Steeple With The Shakes (Xmas Tigers)
8. Mogwai - Christmas Steps
9. Neutral Milk Hotel - King Of Carrot Flowers 2 & 3
10. Old Man Gloom - Christmas Eve 1, 2, & 3
11. Ugly Casanova - So Long To The Holidays (MP3)
12. Califone - Silver & Gold (MP3)
13. Run-DMC - Christmas In Hollis
14. My Morning Jacket - Xmas Curtain
There. Something for everyone. Happy Holidays,
Jon

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