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Anyone have some good non-standard holiday music recs?

While I don't hate the standard lineup of holiday music, I always appreciate variety. All I know of is "Punk Goes Christmas" and maybe a handful of singles from over the years. Anyone have anything they know of to suggest? Would prefer originals and not just covers of the classics, but that's not a hard rule or anything.

Also, if possible, bandcamp links would be appreciated. With the upcoming bandcamp friday, it'd be nice to have some good bands to support.

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra is always good.

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- A classic for the season. And the classic video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWBjl-jPcVM
  
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Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack

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merry christmas by wesley willis

also ive always liked blink-182's christmas songs

there's also NOEL by psychostick, a parody of BYOB by system of a down

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- Solid recs. That BYOB parody was pretty great XD
  
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- Great post. Happy Holidays You Bastard by blink-182 is a classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KYOAw47O-I
  
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Not sure how this came to be but my family has had this record as our Christmas music for many years:

Misa Criolla - Misa Flamenca (youtube playlist)

And here it is on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5GTrSPIMJkzqRrAhljPUGq?si=qXWUlixhRPuOljEZ7ooT3Q

We're a Swedish family, atheists, with no connection to anything about this music. I think my mom heard it from a friend of the family several decades ago and it somehow stuck with us as our Christmas music.

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Cookin Soul’s DOOM XMAS https://cookinsoul.bandcamp.com/album/doom-xmas

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- Oooh. That is interesting. Thanks!
  
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Adam and the metal hawks do a few fun songs. Some covers and some original. "Love is on my wishlist" is good

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- I just learned about AMH at a show they opened for. They were great! That's awesome that they have holiday music. I'll have to check them out. Thanks!
  
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The Vandals have the Christmas album "Oi to the world", it has some good stuff. No doubt also covers the song that shares its name with the album title. It's fun.

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- I'll look into that. Thanks!
  
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  Nice. I don't really like Christmas music. But that album is good. Especially the title track (og and cover). It's a bit of a relic from it's time (2020) but COVID 4 Xmas by Vern and the bastards is good.
  
  Edit: damn autocorrect. Bern, not Vern.
  
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August Burns Red has some great holiday albums

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- I dig it. Thanks!
  
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Not truly original but plenty of variety… Bootie Mashup has some Christmas albums. The idea is to make “new” songs by using one song’s instrumental with another’s vocals. Then all the best mixes get mixed into a set.

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- Huh, that is intriguing. I'll have to check that out!
  
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Christmas Carol by Tom Lehrer

Mostly a lampooning of holiday consumerism

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- I don't listen to enough Tom Lehrer. That man's music is so clever.
  
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  As relevant today as ever, timeless social comment'ry
  
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Dropkick Murphys - The Season's Upon Us
Adam Sandler - Chanukah Song
Bob Rivers - I am Santa Claus

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- Hah. Hadn't seen that last one before. Good stuff ^.^
  
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  Bob Rivers is/was always a nice break from the normal holiday music. I haven't listened to FM radio in a while, but when I did they'd always throw in a little Bob Rivers 😀
  
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My favorite non-standard holiday song is If it has to be Christmas

With such lines as

If it has to be Christmas for you to be nice

You're an asshole

If you think the season is the reason

You're a piece of shit

And calling people spineless if they can only make a change for the better if it's New Year's and hints that so much of the holiday just appearances

It's part of an album that was made for a game, so most of the other songs directly reference the game, but this one and a couple others are standalone

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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Holiday Soul Party. Always the first to mind for baller Christmas music.

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- This group formed in 2002?! That's amazing, hah. Great sound. Thanks for the rec!
  
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  Funky Little Drummer boy is a classic. Enjoy!
  
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Billy Idol did a Christmas album. I love him so I might be biased, but I really like it, you should check it out.

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- I will. Thanks for the rec!
  
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I’m surprised nobody’s posted Fairytale of New York by The Pogues yet.

Also, Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses.

Wish You a Merry Christmas by Jacob Miller.

And A Very Chilly Christmas album by Chilly Gonzales.

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- I’m surprised you left out Christmas card for a hooker in Minneapolis.
  
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLr-jVwp0Mw&t=2 My favorite Christmas album of all time

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still I gotta go with "Joel the lump of coal" by The Killers

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