“Christmas Tree” – Lady Gaga

This isn’t your mother’s Christmas carol nor is it meant for children. With lyrics such as “Light you up put you on top” and “Yes everybody knows we will take off our clothes” Lady Gaga is bringing a sexy vulgarity to seasonal music. That said it’s an intriguing take on traditional music and well worth a listen.

“No Room” – Todd Agnew

This track starts off with promise. A folk/rock beat brings in melodic sounding lyrics that draws you in to what is going to be an amazing story, then you realize that you’re beaten over the head with the fact that there was “no room at the inn.” We get it. Skip it.

“Hark the Herald Angels Sing” – Carola featuring Aygun Beyler and Mahsa Vahdat

This multi-lingual singer’s approach breathes new life into this traditional tune. Unfortunately, Carola cannot sustain the inventiveness that starts off this track. It tends to get tedious and the chanting seems to bring the track down.

“The Christmas Girl” – James Pants

This has got to be one of the worst Christmas songs ever recorded. James Pants should be roasting over an open fire and forced to listen to this tune repeatedly.

“Silent Night” – House of Heroes

This stripped down acoustic version of “Silent Night” is a listenable version of a classic. While there isn’t anything special about it, the round that is sung towards the end of the track makes it worth downloading.

“Oh Holy Night” – Richie McDonald

McDonald does a respectable version of this classic seasonal track. He’s not over ambitious in his delivery, but he’s not horrible either.

“All Wrapped Up in Christmas” – Tracy Lawrence

This Christmas song with a country twang is short and to the point. Nicely sung by Lawrence he lyrically illustrates how we can all get “wrapped up in Christmas.” Well worth the download.

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