Rockin' Around the Christmas Playlist: A Melodic Blend of Holiday Classics and Cheerful Shoutouts

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There's a certain chill in the air and a warmth in our hearts that can only mean one thing: it's time to crank up those Christmas classics that have us rockin' around the Christmas tree! On this festive ride, I'm sharing the secret playlist that's like my personal Santa's sack of holiday joy. From the velvet vocals of Nat King Cole serenading us with "O Come, All Ye Faithful" to the timeless charm of Frank Sinatra's "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," these tunes are the ones you'll catch me humming while I deck the halls. And if you're thinking it's all about the old school classics, think again—I've got the Temptations giving us the feels with "Silent Night," and Stevie Wonder's "This Christmas" lighting up the top of my tree. It's a merry mix that's sure to have you reaching for the eggnog and cranking the volume.

But wait, there's more tinsel for your tree as I dub "Christmas in Hollis" by Run DMC the ultimate Christmas anthem that keeps on giving all year long. It's a track that wraps up my festive feels with a big, shiny bow. And because it's the season of giving, I'm sending out a sleigh-full of shout-outs to the people who sprinkle that extra sparkle on my yuletide: Naps Mango, Lataytay, Mrs. Wilson, and the rest of the crew, you're the reason my bells jingle. So pull up a chair, pour yourself some hot cocoa, and join me in celebrating the songs and souls that make this the most wonderful time of the year. Happy holidays, and let's make this season one for the record books!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Welcome back to the Come On you know podcast, where
we make lemonade out of lemons.
So the holidays are coming up,or well, we're in the holiday
season, thanksgiving is pastalready and we have the big
X-mas coming up.

(00:26):
So I wanted to do a holidayshow and I love the holidays, by
the way, love Thanksgiving,love Clones, chanukah, all that
stuff.
But the big one is coming upand I wanted to talk about my

(00:47):
favorite Christmas songs.
Top 10, top 10,.
Everyone has their favorite andthe thing about Christmas songs
is like, you know, even if youlisten to them in the summer,
it'll get you in the mood.
So I'm basically saying the top10 songs that get me in that

(01:11):
holiday spirit, gets me in themood to decorate the tree, hang
up mistletoes what else do youdo Yuletides?
I don't know what that is, butit's Christmasy and fake snow,
wheel snow, all of it above.
But these are my top 10 songsthat like just get me there.

(01:36):
I'm hanging up Garland, was itGarland?
Yeah, garland, definitelydecorating the tree, hanging up
stuff, you know, fake sleds,stuff that just gets you in that
mood, that feeling, thatstraight jingle bell feeling.

(02:00):
Anyway, so I'm going to startfrom the bottom, because people
normally do and work their wayup to the top.
I'm going to work my way up tothe top, to my number one, and
I'd love to hear back from youall.

(02:21):
Let me know your top 10favorite or top five, top three,
I don't care.
But what are your favoriteChristmas songs?
Like, there's a bunch of themout there, but these are mine
and it's like, no matter what Ido, man, it could be July 6th,
july 10th If I hear these songs.

(02:43):
I'm decorating something,Anyway.
So I'm going to start from 10.
But here's an honorable mention.
Like number 11 is to me.
It's a very, very, I reallywant to say it's parallel to 10,
but it's a Feliz Navidad and Ilike some spin off the original

(03:11):
Mahose Feliciano, feliz Navidad,feliz Navidad, feliz Navidad,
merry Christmas, like that's.
Come on, you can't beat thatsong.
So honorable mention onlybecause I don't have a top 11.
I have a top 10.
That would definitely be.
You know what that goes withnumber 10.

(03:36):
I'm just going to say that.
So, anyway, so number 10.
For me is Old Comm, all youFaithful by Nat Cancull.
I'm a traditional dude, like Ilike the regg-, like I like the
old, the, like the original ones.
I don't.
I'm not talking about like somecrisp remix.
I love the old, original ones.

(03:58):
It's just something about themLike they.
Just they are there, they havesubstance.
But that's my number 10.
So number nine For me is haveYourself a Merry Little
Christmas by Old Blue Eyes, byFrank Sinatra.
I'm a sucker for Old Blue Eyes.

(04:19):
I like a lot of the songs, butChristmas songs is kid they get
me.
You know what I mean.
What was that?
Nine?
This I have to keep backwardscounting intact here.
So number eight I want to sayis I'm dreaming of a white

(04:44):
Christmas, like by Frank Sinatra, the Frank Sinatra version.
Like I said, like I'mtraditional, I don't like all
these remixes and you know someJermaine de Pré version.
I like the old Frank Sinatraversion of I'm Dreaming of a

(05:07):
White Christmas.
So wait, did I say that?
Did I?
Am I on eight or not?
Cause number eight is I'mdreaming of a white Christmas by
Frank Sinatra.
So and nine, so nine, eight andnine Old Blue Eyes.
There it is.
I forgot what I said, but I'mmoving on.

(05:28):
So number seven the littledrummer boy.
So I like different versions ofthe little drummer boy.
I like the Harry Simeon, whatis it?
Chorus version, I don't knowthe one that was in like 64 or

(05:50):
65.
That one puts me at ease.
It's multiple versions of thatone, of that song, the little
drummer boy.
I like the song as a whole, butI like the classic versions.
There's that.

(06:10):
So that was what.
Seven, counting backwards here,you gotta help me out.
Number six, definitely.
Well, I love, I love SilentNight, but you cannot be Silent
Night by the Temptations.
Silent Night, the Temptations,they just they killed it, they

(06:34):
rocked it Like that.
Merry Christmas to all of you.
You can't beat that, you can'tbeat it.
Silent Night by the Temptationsis my number six.

(06:57):
So what's before?
Six, five so five.
I'm going to go.
Classic four-seater snowman, notsome, whoever, not the rap
version.
I like the, the gene-altreeversion.
Frosty the snow, like I love itand it.

(07:20):
That song actually makes mefeel cold.
No, what it does to you, but itmakes me feel cold, makes me
feel cold and warm at the sametime.
So there's that.
So Gene, all three.
So Going with number four,rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

(07:42):
by gene all three.
Like every what he, he killedit.
Everyone loves that version.
They.
They don't think they do, theydon't know that they do, but
they do.
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeerby gene.
All three the best, theoriginal, the best.
I don't know what was going onduring that time, but they just

(08:02):
I love.
They commissioned him to singthe best Christmas songs ever,
but he killed it.
He rocked it.
Okay, that was number four.
So number three this Christmasby Stevie Wonder.
This Christmas I'm a mess oftoe, stevie Wonder, just he

(08:27):
brailed it out Really good, loveit.
That always gets me in a mood.
What was that?
Number three?
So number two, jingle Bell Rock.
And not I cannot reiterate thisenough I Like the old classic

(08:51):
version.
So Jingle Bell Rock by BobbyHelms.
Like Jingle Bell, jingle BellRock, by, by, by, by, by, by by
by, not some DJs in thebackground scratching and mixing
and making it on Christmasy,but the original.

(09:13):
I love it.
Bobby Helms, if you haven'theard that one, would you have,
especially if you're my age.
You've definitely heard thatone.
Listen to it.
I don't get you in the mood.
I don't care if you like, ifyou live in a desert somewhere
and it's no snow, doesn't getbelow 70 degrees, that song will

(09:34):
get you in the Christmas mood.
Love it.
Okay, that was number two.
Going through my list prettyquickly Number one, my favorite
Christmas song of all time.
I do not care what anyone elsesays Favorite, I could listen to

(10:00):
the song every day, all day.
And when it's the holidayseason, christmas time,
thanksgiving, chanukah, kwanzaa,all of that you can listen to
the song twice a day without adoubt.
It's Christmas.

(10:21):
And Hollis by Run DMC.
It's Christmas time and HollisQueens Mama's chicken neck
collie great like best song ever.
They blew it out of the water.
The song has been on movies.
It's tattooed on my heart.
I cannot deny it Christmas andHollis is my number one favorite

(10:45):
Christmas song.
I mean, look at the video,watch the video, recite the
lyrics, play it at any Christmasparty.
It goes down best Christmassong ever.
So I wanted to leave you allwith that.
Happy holidays, merry Christmas.

(11:07):
I wanna give a shout out to acouple of people that are pretty
cool, pretty cool peeps puttingin my life and they helped me
out with a lot of material, ifyou will, and I just wanna
acknowledge them.
They're pretty cool peoples.

(11:28):
I'm gonna give a shout out tomy little bro, naps Mango.
He knows who he is.
We ride the work together.
I don't want to give him ashout, so he keeps driving me to
work.
Yeah, let me give a shout outto my boss, lataytay, you know,

(11:50):
always giving me work, even whenwork is done.
Just wanted to say hey, give ashout out to.
I wanted to give a shout out tomy work neighbor, mrs Wilson.
She knows who she is.
I wanted to give a shout out toKK, lighting up that Christmas
spirit in my heart here.
And you know what?

(12:12):
I'll give a shout out to TDATony.
He knows who.
He is pressing me to just getthis done.
But yeah, so, oh.
And I wanna give a shout out toWhite Pepper Really cool dude,
really cool dude.
So keep making those bakedgoods, white Pepper.

(12:35):
So, anyway, my favoriteChristmas songs, holiday songs,
top 10, with an honorablemention, that number 11, and so
I got, let's do this.