{"id":10024,"date":"2014-12-22T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/?p=10024"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:36:44","slug":"staff-picks-tracys-less-listened-to-christmas-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2014\/12\/22\/staff-picks-tracys-less-listened-to-christmas-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Picks – Tracy’s less-listened to Christmas Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love traditional Christmas music, and could really listen to it all\u00a0 year long.\u00a0 But sometimes I’m in the mood for something a little different.\u00a0 Here’s 10 of my favorite “alternative” Christmas songs, plus a Bonus Track!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Run-DMC – Christmas in Hollis<\/span><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping<\/span><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ARq6uYSsUq0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Brian Setzer Orchestra – Boogie Woogie Santa Claus<\/span><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HILUcQoL8Vo<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Pearl Bailey – Five Pound Box of Money<\/span><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWLfSInlZ6Y<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Jimi Hendrix – Little Drummer Boy\/Silent Night\/Auld Lang Syne<\/span><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9XLoZTubRoc<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
U2 – Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)<\/span><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XiSPNaQNGOY<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Les Paul – Jingle Bells<\/span><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S5ukLJ7efeo<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Louis Armstrong – Cool Yule<\/span><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oxTSxQcCWLI<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Bette Midler – Mele Kalikimaka<\/span><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FV_BGqgbxdc<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Chuck Berry – Run Run Rudolph<\/span><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KCTeXUkTFwQ<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
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BONUS!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
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The Kinks – Father Christmas<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v-CjaPXihbORk<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I love traditional Christmas music, and could really listen to it all\u00a0 year long.\u00a0 But sometimes I’m in the mood for something a little different.\u00a0 Here’s 10 of my favorite “alternative” Christmas songs, plus a Bonus Track! \u00a0 Run-DMC – Christmas in Hollis https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OR07r0ZMFb8 \u00a0 The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ARq6uYSsUq0 \u00a0 Brian Setzer Orchestra […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":10026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[5016],"tags":[5043,5019,5028],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10024"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17736,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10024\/revisions\/17736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}