Some of the mosst famous Christmas song from Esquire and Spotify.
Kelly loves a bop, and “Underneath the Tree” is just happy, Christmas noise. While her album Wrapped in Red is a testament that Clarkson should throw her hat in the ring for all Christmas music, this one is just especially fun.
Sia’s foray into the holiday album space is as off the wall as you might imagine it might be, but at the top of that heap of silly is “Puppies Are Forever.”
Yuletide longing spins into pop gold for a 1960s pop doyenne.
A young Mariah Carey with this video enters into the Christmas canon is filled with flirtatious coos, beltable verses, and girl-group harmonies.
Elvis Presley, "Blue Christmas" (1957)
Holiday 100 Peak: No. 12 (Jan. 2013)
Why It’s a Gift: “Blue Christmas“ had been a hit in the ’40s and early ’50s for artists like Ernest Tubb and Russ Morgan, but with one quivering “I’ll… have… a… bluuuuuuue… Christmas… without you…” — accompanied by gorgeous backing wheezes from the Jordanaires — the sublimely melancholy classic became The King’s for all time.
Last but not least the Boss.
One of the most buoyant takes on this ode to Father Christmas features Bruce Springsteen playfully needling his bandmates about their behavior over the past year and a joyous sax solo by Clarence Clemons.
