Donnie Hathaway's "This Christmas" is a given. It's absolutely lovely even after Christmas.
There's just something about Carla Thomas' "Gee Whiz, It's Christmas".
Call me a nerd, but I've always liked "Jingle Bell Rock".
I've always liked the music behind Kurtis Blow's "Christmas Rappin'". It's funny hearing him as for a stere-
u, but he got away with it.
Y'all might have to be mad at me for these last two: James Brown's "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto" and that Quad City DJs' Christmas song. (No one knows the actual title.) I'm a hip hop lover from the South, and Christmas just doesn't jump off for me until I hear that song. And what girl doesn't want "$1200 and 5 months free rent"? LOL