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My Favorite Holiday Songs
Dec 2, 2025 What is your favorite holiday song?

My favorite holiday song is well...three songs, dependent on my mood.

I'll start with Judy Garland's original version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas from the 1944 movie Meet Me in St. Louis. It actually made me tear up watching the film on TV with my girlfriend's family. Not a 'cool' thing to do as a young teen, though it did make my girlfriend cuddle up much tighter. I've heard many versions of the song since then, but every other singer for some reason had to add their own styling to the song. None of them, however, could ever come close to the simple honesty of Garland's version.

After the war, Frank Sinatra made a version with a few changes to the lyrics, trying to make the song more upbeat and optimistic. That's fine by me, but the wartime wording in Judy Garland's original seems to me to put more emphasis on the real spirit of the holidays, the importance of being with family.

Another favorite, for the exact opposite reason, is Eartha Kitt's 1953 rendition of Santa Baby. This tune displays what I see as the 21st century version of the spirit of Christmas, exemplified by lyrics like:
Come and trim my Christmas tree
With some decorations bought at Tiffany's
And Kitt's sultry voice provides the perfect delivery.

Finally, I can't help but watch Love Actually just once every year, during the holidays. Like many others, I suspect my opinions regarding the film vary widely. But the closing montage of thousands of loved ones coming together in an airport's Arrival Terminal to the Beach Boys' God Only Knows is the ultimate expression of the whole holiday season.
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