These songs will get you into the Christmas spirit
However, many of these are modern covers of classic songs, and there are many older versions of these Christmas songs that never fail to bring cheer to the dinner table.
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We have all been inundated with Christmas songs, new and old, coming from car radios, at work and in shopping centres and it is easy to become jaded and even annoyed with these songs.
However, many of these are modern covers of classic songs, and there are many older versions of these Christmas songs that never fail to bring cheer to the dinner table.
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Give some of these a listen when the family comes over for a visit:
Frank Sinatra
• White Christmas
• Jingle Bells
• Silent Night
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Sam Cooke
• Joy, Joy to my Soul
• One More River
• Come and Go to that Land
Nina Simone and Ray Charles
• Baby, it’s Cold Outside
Nat King Cole
• The Christmas Song
• Joy to the World
• Deck the Halls
Ella Fitzgerald
• Angels We Have Heard Tonight
Billie Holiday
• I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Louis Armstrong
• ‘Zat You Santa?
• Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Dean Martin
• I’ll be Home For Christmas
• Blue Christmas
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The warm, slow tempered and easy-listening nature of the music of the above artists will make any of their music ideal for getting into the Christmas spirit.