If you know me well, you know I’m not a big fan of Christmas music. As a matter of fact, I loathe it. I mean, there are only a handful of Christmas songs out there.  Granted there are hundreds of variations on each song, but normally 90% of those variations are absolutely wretched.  I mean, one can only take so much of Clay Aiken’s “Mary Did You Know”… ya know what I mean?

Well, in an attempt to not be a total Scruge this holiday season, I’ve been frantically working on creating a playlist of tolerable Christmas music that I can listen to to help give me some holiday cheer.  There are a few classics, and a few new versions.  Some are really mellow, some not so much… but overall, I think I can  honestly say that this is probably the best Christmas playlist ever created.  I can say that with confidence because Celine Dion and Jessica Simpson have absolutely no place in it.

Now, without further ado, I share with you Tolerable Christmas Music Playlist 2008!

Greensleeves – Vanessa Carlton

It’s Only Christmas – As Tall As Lions

I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day – Pedro The Lion

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Coldplay

Someday At Christmas – Jack Johnson

Happy Christmas (War Is Over) – The Fray

Frosty The Snowman – Fiona Apple (Had to have one song about pagan idols, right?)

Joy To The World – Sufjan Stevens

White Christmas – Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra

I hope you enjoy some of these songs as much as I do, and that they help to bring a little Christmas cheer to the gloomy, cold, depressing season of the year that I hate so much.