2020 Holiday Post

Yup. 2020 has been a year! So I thought you might like to take a look at Posts of Christmases Past:

Click Here for the Illustrated 26 Words of Christmas

Click Here  for Holiday Post 2016: The Audacity of Hope

Click Here for  Eleven Reasons Why Books  Make Great Gifts

Click Here for A Little Holiday Humor

Click Here for Happy Holidays from The Grammar Diva

Click Here for Quotes for the Holiday Season

Now to this year’s post . . .

Many, many songs have been written about the holidays. And obviously many of them have the word Christmas in the title. A few even have Chanukah in the title.  Kwanzaa? Maybe.  Here is a list of just a few of those songs. Do you know who sang these songs — and in some cases made them hits? Of course, there are some songs recorded by more than one person, so you might have an answer that I don’t have.  Some of these will be easy. Others not so much. Try your hand at this….

Who sang/played/made these songs hits?

1. Merry Christmas Darling
2. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
3. All I Want for Christmas Is You
4. Christmas in Dixie
5. The Chanukah Song
6. White Christmas
7. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
8. Blue Christmas
9. Wonderful Christmastime
10. Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo
11. Last Christmas
12. Christmastime Is Here
13. Christmas in Hollis
14. Last Christmas
15. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
16. Thank God It’s Christmas
17. Happy Kwanzaa
18. _______(Christmas Don’t Be Late)
19. All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
20. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
21. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
22. The Hanukkah Waltz
23. I Won’t Be Home for Christmas
24. Hanukkah Dance
25. Felix Navidad

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1. Merry Christmas Darling – The Carpenters
2. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
3. All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey/Lady Antebellum/Vince Vance/Michael Buble
4. Christmas in Dixie – Alabama
5. The Chanukah Song – Adam Sandler
6. White Christmas – Bing Crosby
7. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – Johnny Mathis/Michael Buble
8. Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley
9. Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney and Wings
10. Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo – South Park gang
11. Last Christmas – Taylor Swift/Ariana Grande/Carly Rae Jepson
12. Christmastime Is Here – Vince Guaraldi
13. Christmas in Hollis – Run DMZ
14. Last Christmas – Wham
15. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) – Nat King Cole
16. Thank God It’s Christmas – Queen
17. Happy Kwanzaa – Teddy Prendergast
18. _______(Christmas Don’t Be Late) – The Chipmunks featuring Alvin
19. All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth – Spike Jones
20. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – John Lennon and Yoko Ono
21. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Darlene Love
22. The Hanukkah Waltz – Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
23. I Won’t Be Home for Christmas – Blink-182
24. Hanukkah Dance – Woody Guthrie
25. Felix Navidad – Jose Feliciano

Wishing You and Yours a Wonderful Holiday!  Please Be Safe!

Don’t Miss Next Week’s New Year’s Post: 2020 Words of the Year/Word Wall!