THEME TIME: CHRISTMAS LIST

Lists and Christmas songs. Well. There's 'Santa Clause is Coming to Town', about the bearded guy who's making a list, and checking it twice. Many versions. M-a-n-y. And there's the syrupy song by David Foster for Nathalie Cole, about the Grown-Up Christmas List. Also: many versions.

But this blogpost is a list (heheh) of songs about Christmas lists that are not covers of the aforementioned two. But originals, different in styles, often with a common theme. Because the one thing that is asked for the most on all those lists, is love.
I tried to make it into a proper Christmas mix, about lists.

This is such a charming song! From 2003, by a British songwriter, it's DIY but with a lot TLC:


From 2011, from Dallas. More streamlined, smoother 'round the edges, but the plea is the same: 'You're love is the only thing that is on my Christmas list':

A fat drumbeat, a wailing female voice, and some heartbreak, with nods to that Nathalie Cole song (from 2011):


Turn it down a notch or two, and the wishes on the list aren't that outrageous. Lunch, music television with music, that sort of stuff (from 2017):

We already had this one on the blog earlier, still a good anti-materialistc song:


Let's crank it up! Louder, more emo! About keeping friends safe for Christmas (from 2013):


If you can have Grown-up Christmas list, you can also have a hipster list, with clove cigarettes, a T-shirt with a quote from a movie that nobody saw and mustache wax:


Taking a slight detour to the naughty list (could be a Theme Time post too!), with this sexy Christmas sung that sounds like a fun summer tune:


Fine galopping song about a Christmas list with good cheer:


From 2017 and still so good it hurts. Also about the importance of friendship:


From 2025, outlaw country style by Hamell on Trial:


Back to the catchy rock, with this list-song, about...you!


A list can be so simple and sweet:


Did I say a list can be simple? Just one red bicycle. That you drive faster, and faster. And real fast!

From 2024, a offbeat (tipsy?) ballad by Melbourne's Mystery Shopper: 'The present wrapped inside my mind/it's you or money I can't tell'.