History Main / ChristmasSongs

** [[https://youtu.be/P8dVJXXWrvg Hot Dad tries doing the opposite]], claiming that you can enjoy Christmas songs year round if you just substitute "Christmas" with other two syllable words. He starts out with "friendship", then quickly reaches the UnfortunateImplications of "White Friendship" and tries other methods.

* '''"Granddad"''' with Clive Dunn.

Trivia: If you listen closely, you might notice that quite a few supposed "Christmas songs" have little if anything to do with Christmas at all. "Jingle Bells", "Jingle Bell Rock", "Winter Wonderland", "Sleigh Ride", "Frosty the Snowman", "A Marshmallow World", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", and "Baby, It's Cold Outside" are technically just songs about winter and never even mention any specific holiday; some of them would really work just as well on Valentine's Day, which typically has more winter-appropriate weather than Christmas. But after many, many, many years of PopCulturalOsmosis, these tunes will forever be tied to DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas Christmas]] -– even in those parts of the world where it ''doesn't'' snow in December.

Trivia: If you listen closely, you might notice that quite a few supposed "Christmas songs" have little if anything to do with Christmas at all. "Jingle Bells", "Jingle Bell Rock", "Winter Wonderland", "Sleigh Ride", "Frosty the Snowman", "A Marshmallow World", "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", and "Baby, It's Cold Outside" are technically just songs about winter and never even mention any specific holiday; the latter two would really work just as well on Valentine's Day. But after many, many, many years of PopCulturalOsmosis, these tunes will forever be tied to Christmas – even in those parts of the world where it ''doesn't'' snow in December.

* '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpan1WjtUR4 "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,"]]''' America's favorite bit of Christmas "folklore" that was originally created as a marketing gimmick for Montgomery Ward. [[http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/rudolph.asp Really.]]

* '''[[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution "Silent Hill,"]]''' by Thomas Howard. No relation to the actual Franchise/SilentHill.
* '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNQgukXc6cw "Silent Night"]]''' - written in Austria on Christmas eve of 1818, has one of the most recognized melodies in world.

* '''"The Bells of St Mary's"''' doesn't really have anything to do with Christmas -- the lyrics refer to "when red leaves are falling" (i.e. autumn) -- but started to be associated with the holiday due to its inclusion in the Music/BingCrosby film [[Film/TheBellsOfStMarys of the same name]], and has since turned up on a number of artist's Christmas albums.

* '''"The Bells of St Mary's"''' doesn't really have anything to do with Christmas -- in fact, the lyrics refer to "when red leaves are falling" (i.e. autumn) -- but started to be associated with the holiday due to its inclusion in the Music/BingCrosby film [[Film/TheBellsOfStMarys of the same name]], and has since turned up on a number of artist's Christmas albums.

* '''The Bells of St Mary's''' doesn't really have anything to do with Christmas -- in fact, the lyrics refer to "when red leaves are falling" (i.e. autumn) -- but started to be associated with the holiday due to its inclusion in the Music/BingCrosby film [[Film/TheBellsOfStMarys of the same name]], and has since turned up on a number of artist's Christmas albums.

** "Puppies Are Forever" has a bittersweet tone because it's a Christmas song with AnAesop about not buying a pet for a Christmas gift without considering the responsibility involved - the full refrain is "puppies are forever / not just for Christmas".

** The (Lebanese) Arabic version, "Laylet Eid" is interesting because it actually ''is'' about Christmas, specifically the family-gathering and gift-giving aspects. Before you wonder why there’s a Christmas song in Arabic, remember that UsefulNotes/Lebanon was historically majority Christian (specifically Catholic) and still has a large Christian community. [[https://youtu.be/ivo2THZ2zbY?si=Uo5RxYylNaV85LLg The most famous version]] is sung by Music/{{Fairuz}}, generally considered the greatest singer Lebanon has ever produced, and second only to Music/UmmKulthum in the pantheon of great Arabic female singers. (Fairuz is Christian, the daughter of an Eastern Orthodox father and a Catholic mother.)

** The (Lebanese) Arabic version, "Laylet Eid" is interesting because it actually ''is'' about Christmas, specifically the family-gathering and gift-giving aspects. Before you wonder why there’s a Christmas song in Arabic, remember that UsefulNotes/Lebanon was historically majority Christian (specifically Catholic) and still has a large Christian community. [[https://youtu.be/ivo2THZ2zbY?si=Uo5RxYylNaV85LLg The most famous version]] is sung by Music/{{Fairuz}}, generally considered the greatest singer Lebanon has ever produced, and second only to Music/UmmKulthum in the pantheon of great Arabic female singers.

** It delves into [[{{Glurge}} Glurge]] when you take a closer listen to the lyrics. The people in the song purchase some beers at a liquor store and drink them while conversing. After the beers are empty, the girl with whom the guy was talking drives away in her car. '''[[DrunkDriving While still drunk]]'''. As if the song was not depressing enough, [[FridgeHorror the girl would have possibly died on her way home from drunk driving]].

** It delves into [[{{Glurge}} Glurge]] when you take a closer listen to the lyrics. The people in the song purchase some beers at a liquor store and drink them while conversing. After the beers are empty, the girl with whom the guy was talking drives away in her car. '''While still drunk'''. As if the song was not depressing enough, [[FridgeHorror the girl would have possibly died on her way home from drunk driving]].

** It delves into [[{{Glurge}} Glurge]] when you take a closer listen to the lyrics. The people in the song purchase some beers at a liquor store and drink them while conversing. After the beers are empty, the girl with whom the guy was talking drives away in her car. '''While still drunk'''. As if the song was not depressing enough, [[FridgeHorror the girl would have possibly died from drunk driving]].

** It delves into [[{{Glurge}} Glurge]] when you take a closer listen to the lyrics. The people in the song purchase some beers at a liquor store and drink them while conversing. After the beers are empty, the girl with whom the guy was talking drives away in her car. '''While still drunk'''. As if the song was not depressing enough, [[FridgeHorror the girl would have possibly died from driving while drunk]].

** It delves into [[{{Glurge}}]] when you take a closer listen to the lyrics. The people in the song purchase some beers at a liquor store and drink them while conversing. After the beers are empty, the girl with whom the guy was talking drives away in her car. '''While still drunk'''. As if the song was not depressing enough, [[FridgeHorror the girl would have possibly died from driving while drunk]].

** It delves into [[<<Glurge>>]] when you take a closer listen to the lyrics. The people in the song purchase some beers at a liquor store and drink them while conversing. After the beers are empty, the girl with whom the guy was talking drives away in her car. '''While still drunk'''. As if the song was not depressing enough, [[FridgeHorror the girl would have possibly died from driving while drunk]].