Happy Hol-la-days!: A Holiday Music Guide
…because the holidays are incomplete without some festive songs to accompany them.
December 10, 2018
December has begun and it is time to start celebrating and planning for the holidays. For most, the holidays are a time of joy; they are a time to live life a little differently, even if it is only until January. Despite this, the holidays are also an extremely busy time of the year. People are going to various parties, shopping until they drop, and watching movies and specials until they tire of them. The holidays are a bustling and wonderful time no matter how they are celebrated, but it seems they are never complete without an assortment of holiday music. If a person does not have a holiday playlist, they find that quality holiday music can be difficult to search for. Luckily for Coronado students, there is a way to cease the struggles of creating a holiday playlist. Below are lists of songs for December’s many holidays that will really make the holidays feel like home.
Christmas:
- All I Want for Christmas Is You- Mariah Carey
- Little Saint Nick- The Beach Boys
- Wonderful Christmastime- Paul McCartney
- Last Christmas- Wham!
- Christmas Eve/ Sarajevo (instrumental)- Trans-Siberian Orchestra
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town- The Jackson 5
- Feliz Navidad- Jose Feliciano
- Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree- Brenda Lee
- Blue Christmas- Elvis Presley
- Underneath the Tree- Kelly Clarkson
- It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year- Andy Williams
- It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas- Michael Buble
- You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch- Thurl Ravenscroft
- Holiday- Vampire Weekend
- I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus- The Jackson 5
- I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas- Gayla Peevey
- Jingle Bell Rock- Bobby Helms
- Carol of the Bells a.k.a. Opera of the Bells- Destiny’s Child
- Do You Hear What I Hear- Carrie Underwood
- It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas- Bing Crosby
- Little Drummer Boy/ Peace on Earth- David Bowie and Bing Crosby
- Mary, Did You Know?- Pentatonix
- I’ll Be Home For Christmas- Jackie Evancho
- White Christmas- Gwen Stefani
- Baby. It’s Cold Outside (feat. Meghan Trainor)- Brett Eldredge
- Santa Tell Me- Ariana Grande
- Holly Jolly Christmas- Burl Ives
- Winter Wonderland- Jason Mraz
- Santa Claus is Coming To Town- The Jackson 5
- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer- Kacey Musgraves
- Last Christmas- Ariana Grande
- Silver Bells- Bing Crosby
- Sleigh Ride- TLC
- White Christmas- Michael Buble and Shania Twain
- Thank God It’s Christmas- Queen
- Sleigh Ride- Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC- Miley Cyrus
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas- Judy Garland
- Jingle Bell Rock- Hall & Oates
- The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)- Nat King Cole
- Mele Kalikimaka- Bing Crosby and The Andrew Sisters
- Shake Up Christmas- Train
- Count on Christmas- Bebe Rexha
- Christmas C’Mon- Lindsey Stirling and Becky G.
- Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays- *NSYNC
- Christmas Lights- Coldplay
- Blue Christmas- The Lumineers
- 8 Days of Christmas (Live)- Destiny’s Child
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas- Sam Smith
- Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town- Bruce Springsteen
- Hallelujah- Pentatonix
Hanukkah:
- Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah (Glee Cast Version)- Glee Cast
- Happy Joyous Hanukkah- Indigo Girls
- Hanukkah Dance- Woody Guthrie
- Hanukkah oh Hannukah- Erran Baron Cohen
- Dreidel- Don Mclean
- The Hanukkah Waltz- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
- I Won’t Be Home for Chanukah – TeamMate
- Hanukkah Blessings- Barenaked ladies
- 8 Days of Hannukah- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- Eight Candles (A Song For Hannukah)- Dave Koz
Kwanzaa:
- Swahili Song- Teddy Greaves
- Soul Rebel- Bob Marley and the Wailers
- Festival Music- Malinke Singers
- African Waltz- Cannonball Adderley
- Burn That Candle- Jerry Fielding & His Orchestra
- Youth Man- Culture
- Traditional Blues- Bob Brookmeyer
- Swahili Papa- The Springfields
- African Ripples- Ralph Sutton
- 7 Days of Kwanzaa- Jennifer Ruth Russell
All of these songs can found on Spotify on their own; the link below is to The Cougar Daily’s Spotify page, which will have these playlists on it for anyone interested in spreading some festive cheer. Happy holidays, Coronado, and enjoy celebrating all of the holiday plans that are on the way!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6uOvw7qLzrppL4aWlgIQkw
(Christmas)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4mxQ13xqU8xO3a2J8hrdFr
(Hanukkah)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WW4ayZRlhF61Jv1Jf8dCe
(Kwanzaa)