First up I gotta start with with #Sinatra's #JingleBells. For all these tunes & especially this one pay particular attention to the backup singers. Turn it up loud & dance around a bit. Get funny looks from your dog

https://youtu.be/hLf0-lro8X8

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My definitive version of #RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer will always be this ditty by #theTemptations, though I think i first heard this version 'performed' by those #CaliforniaRaisin critters on a tv special. Took me years to come across the original.

https://youtu.be/6VRN1NYwiaI

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First heard #HeySantaClause by #TheMoonglows on the #ChristmasVacation soundtrack. Play this loud. Have a little fun. IT'S CHRISTMAS!!!

https://youtu.be/aETPuygYpMM

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#MeleKalikimaka by #BingCrosby also came to me via #ChristmasVacation. Dig deeply the lovely #AndrewsSisters singing backup. Learn how to sing this wacky little song & you'll have fun with it every Xmas for the rest of your life, I promise you

https://youtu.be/hEvGKUXW0iI

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My choice cut for #WinterWonderland (one of my lifelong fave Xmas songs since I was a kid) is #LouisArmstrong's version. Deep. Rich. Takes his time. Damn that's good. #RumAndEggnog good, know what I'm sayin?

https://youtu.be/BU1Zryq2m_c

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Another brilliant one for backup singers, wrap your ears once again around #TheDrifters (featuring #ClydeMcPhatter & #BillPinckney) for their version of #WhiteChristmas. Giving #BingCrosby a run for his money for this tune. Good thing I don't have to choose

https://youtu.be/9mpslaPCG-8

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#BlueChristmas is one of those wrenchingly gorgeous sad Christmas tunes about love lost or absent. Nobody delivers better than the King himself #ElvisPresley. Again I'd draw your attention to the backup singers. What a GREAT piece of music, Xmas or not

https://youtu.be/3KK6sMo8NBY

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Found this new instant Xmas holiday classic for the h]first time in Dec of 2019. Tell 'em #JamesBrown sent you with #SantaClausGoStraightToTheGhetto. Damn. What a FIND. Play it LOUD

https://youtu.be/cz48PR__uSo

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My old man's fave Xmas tune bar none is #MerryChristmasBaby LIVE by #TheBoss #BruceSpringsteen. First time I played it for him he made me play it like 6 more times & he danced his high-stepping funky dad dance around the garage every time

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https://youtu.be/xeMY6R72XKE

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#PutALittleLoveInYourHeart by #AlGreen and #AnnieLennox. Song catches me at the right moment and I swear to you it brings tears to my eyes. Listen to the lyrics and better yet live them. If you've watched #Scrooged you know what I'm talking about

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https://youtu.be/S3J_3mcOwdQ

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#PresentsForChristmas by #SolomonBurke. Another new one for me. Taps into that feeling of spreading Xmas to everybody, good will 'round the world type of thing which always manages to pull at the heart-strings of this old dog. Play it loud. Clap your hands

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https://youtu.be/ZYPIgR-r8cI

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Flat out best version ever of #SleighRide is by #TheRonettes. A frenetic and fun little tune. #RingaLingaLingaLingaDingDongDing

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https://youtu.be/DkXIJe8CaIc

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#EveryDayWillBeLikeAHoliday by #WilliamBell is another from that genre of a poor lonely dude whose heart's full just waiting for her to come through that door. One of those Xmas deep love tunes that just nails it. Sing it like you mean it

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https://youtu.be/Iatak7_GuYg

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Bob: "Where'd you learn to do that?"
Doug: "Uh, albums?"

#12DaysOfChristmas by #BobAndDougMckenzie is a genuine, truly Canadian Christmas classic & it makes me laugh EVERY SINGLE TIME I HEAR IT, YEAR AFTER YEAR

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https://youtu.be/1DTwLqR071M

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Christmas rap anthem by rap Godfathers #RunDMC with #ChristmasInHollis, heard by me for the first time in the quintessential Xmas movie(?) #DieHard, which is a whole lot of concentrated Awesome when you put it all together like that

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https://youtu.be/OR07r0ZMFb8

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#BlueChristmas by #TheLumineers is haunting & lonely & sad & just so utterly *tragic* which is exactly how it's supposed to be. Different enough from the Elvis version to merit its own spot on #TheVeryMerryGENTmasPlaylist. Mournful, beautiful harmonizing

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https://youtu.be/9ygiyWvdZ4I

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Another entry from the #GreatSatchmo #LouisArmstrong with #CoolYule. Fun Brassy. Maybe the best for horns of this whole selection. "From Coney Island to the Sunset Strip" you find yourself singing in the shower, like either Louis himself or perhaps the #CookieMonster

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https://youtu.be/F12a21dx144

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What better for the Xmas staple #JingleBells than by one of America's finest soul divas, #LenaHorne? This one for me is about her voice and the drums, drums, DRUMS. Loud, kids. Play it LOUD.

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https://youtu.be/iqgda1Hw6js

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#FrostyTheSnowman is another busy, frenetic and fun tune by #TheRonettes. The backup singers really sell this one

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https://youtu.be/PQ-ULzAAb20

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#LetItSnowLetItSnowLetItSnow by #HarryConnickJr is big band, crooner fun & I'll probably never sing it and not mimic Harry when I do.

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https://youtu.be/SoRemd9j6mI

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Another creative newbie to this list #BoogieWoogieSanta by #MabelScott. Absolutely wild horns. Where's this song been my whole life?

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https://youtu.be/Nk3rODB-hNo

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