Top 10 Best Christmas Songs

I’ve told you what songs I don’t get, but here are a few of the songs I love!

1. “I Celebrate the Day” by Relient K One of the best Christmas songs ever written. Full of meaning and wonder, Matt Thiessen is a gifted lyricist.

2. “Born to Die” by Bebo Norman Off of Bebo’s latest album, Christmas From the Realms of Glory, this song has really put Christmas into perspective this year. Go Bebo!

3. “Carol of the Bells” Mae’s version I’ve always loved this song, and Mae does it best.

4. “River” by Sarah McLachlan I love depressing holiday songs. A big shout out to Dan Fogelberg’s “Another Auld Lang Syne.” It was my favorite depressing song until Sarah released Wintersong last year.

5. “Santa’s Beard” by The Beach Boys A kid meets Santa, figures out he’s a fraud, but then there’s a happy ending! Yay!

6. “O, Holy Night” (Rebecca St. James does a killer version of this song!) I love this song, except for that horrible version circling the internet. Rebecca St. James put out a great Christmas album in 1997ish.

7. “Of Hearth and Home”–Phil Keaggy & the London Festival Orchestra If you don’t own Wonder and Majesty, you’ve got to get it.

8. “You Gotta Get Up (Christmas Song)”–Rich Mullins This is such a cute song about kids who are excited about getting up on Christmas morning.  Sarah and I play it ever Christmas morning.  And, it’s Rich Mullins.  He’s one of the best singer/songwriters in the history of singing/songwriting.  Buy all his albums…NOW!

9. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24–Trans-Siberian Orchestra You can’t have Christmas without the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

10. “Strange Way to Save the World”–4Him I love this song!

**Best Ghost Track on any Christmas album–”Good King Wesceslas” from Relient K’s Let it Snow Baby…Let it Reindeer**