Everyone has a favorite Christmas song. If you're the traditional sort, you gravitate to the classic hymns sung (badly) at church services. If you are a baby boomer, The Beach Boys might be more to your liking. I'm a hybrid ~ I'll take one from Column A, a couple from Column B, and one or two from C.
Remakes (and they mainly are, after all) had better offer either a superb singer or a novel take. Originals are rare. It's hard to write a new Christmas song; trust me, I've tried.
A long, long time ago, I wrote this:
I been thinkin' 'bout a Christmas tree I want one forty feet high Is that unreasonable? Well, so am I I been thinkin' 'bout packages With blue and silver bows And I been thinkin' A lot about mistletoe Don't get me started I'll drive you to tears With my reminiscences Through the years About Christmas By a roarin' fire If you're gonna do it right You gotta do it big My philosophy of life Pull all the stops out And make a silent night No indiscriminate songs of cheer Nat King Cole is Who I need to hear Cuz it's Christmas And it's a heady time The folks who know How to do it well Always cry at the sound Of a peelin' bell They remember The child inside I been thinkin' 'bout a Christmas tree I want one forty feet high If that's unreasonable Well, so am I