Top 100 Christmas Songs -- Part Three of Five

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'Nutrocker'

A spirited version of the holiday instrumental classic made famous by '70s prog-rockers Emerson, Lake & Palmer, with help from Greg Lake himself.

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59

'Snoopy's Christmas'

The Royal Guardsmen

Everybody's favorite fighter-piloting beagle initiates a Christmas Eve truce with his nemesis, the Red Baron.

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58

'We Three Kings'

Mannheim Steamroller

Chip Davis shows you don't need vocals to tell the tale of three wise men bringing gifts to baby Jesus ...

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57

'The 12 Days of Christmas (Live)'

Straight No Chaser

Since Mannheim Steamroller don't need vocals, Straight No Chaser decide they don't need instruments to count down the 12 Days of Christmas.

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56

'Please Come Home for Christmas'

The Eagles

Don Henley takes lead vocals on this melancholy cover of Charles Brown's 1960 blues-rock holiday chestnut.

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The Eagles Please Come Home For Christmas

55

'Mistletoe and Holly'

Frank Sinatra

For his 1957 Christmas album, Sinatra mostly covered the classics, but "by gosh, by golly" he also found time to record a new song about mistletoe and holly.

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54

'Grown-Up Christmas List'

Michael Bublé

As a child, he wished for toys at Christmas. Now, as an adult, Bublé is asking for world peace. If only that were easy for Santa to grant ...

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53

'Greensleeves (What Child Is This?)'

The Ray Conniff Singers

A Christmas carol from 1865 is set to a traditional folk song from the 1500s, yet it still sounds fresh today.

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52

'Step Into Christmas'

Elton John

Sir Elton effortlessly bashes out a cheerful yuletide tune in the style of legendary producer Phil Spector.

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51

'Faeries'

Mannheim Steamroller

An updated, synth-bass-heavy take on 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,' from Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker Suite.'

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Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Extraordinaire

50

'The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)'

The Chipmunks

Who, besides the family dog, doesn't love hearing the high-pitched sounds of chipmunks singing at Christmas?

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49

'Christmas Time Is Here'

Vince Guaraldi Trio

Guaraldi's lovely jazz piano teams up with a chorus of happy children's voices to cheer up Good Ol' Charlie Brown after he gets an attack of the holiday blues.

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48

'Blue Christmas'

Elvis Presley

Far be it from us to call Elvis a liar, but does he really sound blue here? He seems pretty confident of his abilities to find a Christmas date, don't you think?

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47

'Up on the House Top'

Gene Autry

Hey, what's that sound up there? Santa! That big guy and all those reindeer? Does he know how much it costs to fix a roof nowadays? He's lucky it's Christmas!

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46

'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch'

Thurl Ravenscroft

Ever wonder what really made the Grinch hate the holidays? Maybe his editors gave him a really short deadline to write about 100 Christmas songs (just kidding, boss).

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