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I’ve always thought “Silent Night” was a really beautiful song, but really, really boring. While the lyrics are spectacular, the melody contributes absolutely nothing to the emotion and power of the song. How boring of a song is it? You can use it as background music while you profess your love to your best friend’s wife and no one will even consider it distracting.
This is going to sound crazy, since Christmas legends like Frank Sinatra, Mariah Carey, and even Bing Crosby have sung “Silent Night”, but I actually think our girl T-Sweezy does it the best. I’m not sure if it was her who came up with the arrangements, but it’s totally brilliant, and might actually be the better way of singing the song.
2. Daphne Loves Derby- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is Christmas’ second most ironic song. By that I mean that it’s almost never played in a merry situation—it’s usually queued when you’re enjoying Christmas dinner alone, and by Christmas dinner, I mean a fifth of Jack Daniels. (In case you were wondering, Christmas’ most ironic song is “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, often used in montages of people vomiting eggnog or murdering each other for presents.)
As we all know, hipsterism = irony, so who better to sing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” than the first indie band we all ever listened to—Daphne Loves Derby.
3. Kanye West ft. a bunch of people- Christmas in Harlem
I had no idea this song even existed until a few weeks ago. It’s easily the best Christmas rap song ever made. (Sorry, TLC, Sleigh Ride was awful). Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T? O-O-O-O-O-OK.
4. Justin Bieber- Christmas Love
Be warned: This might be the catchiest Christmas song ever recorded. It doesn’t have a lot of depth, but you will unquestionably find yourself singing to this song 10 seconds into first listen. Or, in other words, it’s just like any other Justin Bieber song you’ve ever heard. You hate that you love it.
Although roughly 25% of their songs sound like a Christmas song, this is Coldplay’s official Christmas song, and it’s brilliant. Also, just like every Coldplay song, this song is really happy. I mean really sad. I mean, uh, I’m not really sure, actually… Does anyone know if Coldplay’s songs are supposed to be sad or happy? Are they joyfully miserable? Woefully jubilant? The world may never know what kind of mood Chris Martin is actually in.
6. NSYNC- O Holy Night (A Cappella)
When most people here the words “NSYNC and Christmas” in the same sentence, they immediately think “It’s a wonderful feeling… from the nuh to the nuh to the nuh to the ceiling…”, however, while “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays” is a fun, upbeat 90s holiday classic, NSYNCS finest jolly work is undoubtedly their A Cappella rendition of “O Holy Night”.
See, lost in the endless, most contentious debate in music history (Backstreet Boys vs NSYNC, of course) is the fact that NSYNC was formed as a group of guys (technically boys) whose voices actually compliment each other well. Did you know Lance Bass has a really deep voice? Did you know that Chris Kirkpatrick has a really high one? (Oh, sorry. Chris is the skinnier of the two NSYNC members nobody knows.)
If you’re having a hard time believing me, just listen to the song, and pretend this song was “O’Holy Night” by Justin Timberlake ft. The Pentatonix or The Cast of Pitch Perfect. Then you’d be like “OMG HARMONIES SO GOOD A CAPPELLA IS SOOOOOOO COOOOOOOOOOOL I DIE”
7. Miley Cyrus- Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
#trolled
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