Rockin' Around the Christmas Playlist: A Melodic Blend of Holiday Classics and Cheerful Shoutouts

There's a certain chill in the air and a warmth in our hearts that can only mean one thing: it's time to crank up those Christmas classics that have us rockin' around the Christmas tree! On this festive ride, I'm sharing the secret playlist that's like my personal Santa's sack of holiday joy. From the velvet vocals of Nat King Cole serenading us with "O Come, All Ye Faithful" to the timeless charm of Frank Sinatra's "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," these tunes are the ones you'll catch me humming while I deck the halls. And if you're thinking it's all about the old school classics, think again—I've got the Temptations giving us the feels with "Silent Night," and Stevie Wonder's "This Christmas" lighting up the top of my tree. It's a merry mix that's sure to have you reaching for the eggnog and cranking the volume.

But wait, there's more tinsel for your tree as I dub "Christmas in Hollis" by Run DMC the ultimate Christmas anthem that keeps on giving all year long. It's a track that wraps up my festive feels with a big, shiny bow. And because it's the season of giving, I'm sending out a sleigh-full of shout-outs to the people who sprinkle that extra sparkle on my yuletide: Naps Mango, Lataytay, Mrs. Wilson, and the rest of the crew, you're the reason my bells jingle. So pull up a chair, pour yourself some hot cocoa, and join me in celebrating the songs and souls that make this the most wonderful time of the year. Happy holidays, and let's make this season one for the record books!

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:05

Welcome back to the Come On you know podcast, where we make lemonade out of lemons. So the holidays are coming up, or well, we're in the holiday season, thanksgiving is past already and we have the big X-mas coming up. So I wanted to do a holiday show and I love the holidays, by the way, love Thanksgiving, love Clones, chanukah, all that stuff. But the big one is coming up and I wanted to talk about my favorite Christmas songs. Top 10, top 10,. Everyone has their favorite and the thing about Christmas songs is like, you know, even if you listen to them in the summer, it'll get you in the mood. So I'm basically saying the top 10 songs that get me in that holiday spirit, gets me in the mood to decorate the tree, hang up mistletoes what else do you do Yuletides? I don't know what that is, but it's Christmasy and fake snow, wheel snow, all of it above. But these are my top 10 songs that like just get me there. I'm hanging up Garland, was it Garland? Yeah, garland, definitely decorating the tree, hanging up stuff, you know, fake sleds, stuff that just gets you in that mood, that feeling, that straight jingle bell feeling. Anyway, so I'm going to start from the bottom, because people normally do and work their way up to the top. I'm going to work my way up to the top, to my number one, and I'd love to hear back from you all. Let me know your top 10 favorite or top five, top three, I don't care. But what are your favorite Christmas songs? Like, there's a bunch of them out there, but these are mine and it's like, no matter what I do, man, it could be July 6th, july 10th If I hear these songs. I'm decorating something, Anyway. So I'm going to start from 10. But here's an honorable mention. Like number 11 is to me. It's a very, very, I really want to say it's parallel to 10, but it's a Feliz Navidad and I like some spin off the original Mahose Feliciano, feliz Navidad, feliz Navidad, feliz Navidad, merry Christmas, like that's. Come on, you can't beat that song. So honorable mention only because I don't have a top 11. I have a top 10. That would definitely be. You know what that goes with number 10. I'm just going to say that. So, anyway, so number 10.

Speaker 1: 3:41

For me is Old Comm, all you Faithful by Nat Cancull. I'm a traditional dude, like I like the regg-, like I like the old, the, like the original ones. I don't. I'm not talking about like some crisp remix. I love the old, original ones. It's just something about them Like they. Just they are there, they have substance. But that's my number 10.

Speaker 1: 4:07

So number nine For me is have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Old Blue Eyes, by Frank Sinatra. I'm a sucker for Old Blue Eyes. I like a lot of the songs, but Christmas songs is kid they get me. You know what I mean. What was that? Nine? This I have to keep backwards counting intact here. So number eight I want to say is I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, like by Frank Sinatra, the Frank Sinatra version. Like I said, like I'm traditional, I don't like all these remixes and you know some Jermaine de Pré version. I like the old Frank Sinatra version of I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas. So wait, did I say that? Did I? Am I on eight or not? Cause number eight is I'm dreaming of a white Christmas by Frank Sinatra. So and nine, so nine, eight and nine Old Blue Eyes. There it is. I forgot what I said, but I'm moving on.

Speaker 1: 5:28

So number seven the little drummer boy. So I like different versions of the little drummer boy. I like the Harry Simeon, what is it? Chorus version, I don't know the one that was in like 64 or 65. That one puts me at ease. It's multiple versions of that one, of that song, the little drummer boy.

Speaker 1: 6:01

I like the song as a whole, but I like the classic versions. There's that. So that was what. Seven, counting backwards here, you gotta help me out.

Speaker 1: 6:17

Number six, definitely. Well, I love, I love Silent Night, but you cannot be Silent Night by the Temptations. Silent Night, the Temptations, they just they killed it, they rocked it Like that. Merry Christmas to all of you. You can't beat that, you can't beat it. Silent Night by the Temptations is my number six. So what's before? Six, five so five. I'm going to go.

Speaker 1: 7:06

Classic four-seater snowman, not some, whoever, not the rap version. I like the, the gene-altree version. Frosty the snow, like I love it and it. That song actually makes me feel cold. No, what it does to you, but it makes me feel cold, makes me feel cold and warm at the same time. So there's that. So Gene, all three.

Speaker 1: 7:37

So Going with number four, rudolph the red-nosed reindeer by gene all three. Like every what he, he killed it. Everyone loves that version. They. They don't think they do, they don't know that they do, but they do. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer by gene. All three the best, the original, the best. I don't know what was going on during that time, but they just I love. They commissioned him to sing the best Christmas songs ever, but he killed it. He rocked it. Okay, that was number four.

Speaker 1: 8:11

So number three this Christmas by Stevie Wonder. This Christmas I'm a mess of toe, stevie Wonder, just he brailed it out Really good, love it. That always gets me in a mood. What was that? Number three? So number two, jingle Bell Rock. And not I cannot reiterate this enough I Like the old classic version. So Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms. Like Jingle Bell, jingle Bell Rock, by, by, by, by, by, by by by, not some DJs in the background scratching and mixing and making it on Christmasy, but the original. I love it. Bobby Helms, if you haven't heard that one, would you have, especially if you're my age. You've definitely heard that one. Listen to it. I don't get you in the mood. I don't care if you like, if you live in a desert somewhere and it's no snow, doesn't get below 70 degrees, that song will get you in the Christmas mood. Love it. Okay, that was number two.

Speaker 1: 9:42

Going through my list pretty quickly Number one, my favorite Christmas song of all time. I do not care what anyone else says Favorite, I could listen to the song every day, all day. And when it's the holiday season, christmas time, thanksgiving, chanukah, kwanzaa, all of that you can listen to the song twice a day without a doubt. It's Christmas. And Hollis by Run DMC. It's Christmas time and Hollis Queens Mama's chicken neck collie great like best song ever. They blew it out of the water. The song has been on movies. It's tattooed on my heart. I cannot deny it Christmas and Hollis is my number one favorite Christmas song. I mean, look at the video, watch the video, recite the lyrics, play it at any Christmas party. It goes down best Christmas song ever. So I wanted to leave you all with that. Happy holidays, merry Christmas.

Speaker 1: 11:07

I wanna give a shout out to a couple of people that are pretty cool, pretty cool peeps putting in my life and they helped me out with a lot of material, if you will, and I just wanna acknowledge them. They're pretty cool peoples. I'm gonna give a shout out to my little bro, naps Mango. He knows who he is. We ride the work together. I don't want to give him a shout, so he keeps driving me to work. Yeah, let me give a shout out to my boss, lataytay, you know, always giving me work, even when work is done. Just wanted to say hey, give a shout out to. I wanted to give a shout out to my work neighbor, mrs Wilson. She knows who she is.

Speaker 1: 12:03

I wanted to give a shout out to KK, lighting up that Christmas spirit in my heart here. And you know what? I'll give a shout out to TDA Tony. He knows who. He is pressing me to just get this done. But yeah, so, oh. And I wanna give a shout out to White Pepper Really cool dude, really cool dude. So keep making those baked goods, white Pepper. So, anyway, my favorite Christmas songs, holiday songs, top 10, with an honorable mention, that number 11, and so I got, let's do this.