I think The Carpenters' "Merry Christmas, Darling" should be retitled "Music to Cut Your Own Throat by."
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LOL I don't know that I'd go as far as "throat cutting" BUT I get your drift. I never cared for the Carpenters at all.
My favorite spiritual is "Oh Holy Night". Otherwise, I gotta say, Elvis' "Blue Christmas" and John Lennons' Happy Christmas/War Is over.
Maybe it takes years to consider a song a real traditional Christmas classic, BUT I am really really getting to like Miriah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas" and it's fast becoming on my Christmas favorite list.
I even liked the version she did with Justin Beiber last year.
TIS