# 2019 Alternative Christmas Songs Playlist – Late Greats, Arcade Fire, Dr. Dog, Guster, The Hives

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2019/12/2019-alternative-christmas-songs-playlist-late-greats-arcade-fire-dr-dog-guster-the-hives/
- Published: 2019-12-19T18:00:38-05:00
- Author: Max Hammer

To the rescue: 2019’s Best Indie & Alt. Rock Xmas Songs playlist.

By now, some of you might be trumped-out on traditional holiday songs – in the mall;
at work; at parties; at home; at others’ homes; grocery store; on the car radio,
etc.

Where can you get away?

It’s not that you don’t like holiday and cheery seasonal music – it’s just that 
you can’t take hearing the same old standards again and again. Even the traditional
songs you love performed by someone else entirely could work, right? Well fire up
this baby with a log in the fireplace, some Christmas tree, or whatever. Headphones
recommended.

We’ve been making indie and alt. rock Christmas songs playlists for a decade now,
creating the web’s largest and longest-running such collection, bringing hundreds
of thousands of visits from across North America, Europe and around the world. Even
if you don’t like Christmas (you don’t have to be religious or of one religion –
music and goodwill is for all people – hell, we need so much of it right now).

(This playlist is intentionally not to meant to be a rehash of all of our top Indie
Christmas Songs playlists.

[“Sleigh Bells“](https://indierockcafe.com/mp3s/more-xmas/Sleigh%20Ride.mp3) – The
Late Greats

[“Jinglebell Rock“](https://indierockcafe.com/mp3s/IndieXmasPL10/Jinglebell%20Rock.mp3)–
Arcade Fire

[“Christmas Tree”](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/TheBewitchedHands.CHRISTMASTREE.mp3)–
The Bewitched Hands

[“Winter Wonderland”](https://indierockcafe.com/mp3s/more-xmas/John%20Blaze%20-%20Winter%20Wonderland.mp3)–
John Blaze

[“First Noel“](https://indierockcafe.com/mp3s/alternative_indie_christmas/The12PlaysofAlternativeChristmas_Mix%20One/My%20American%20Heart%20-%20First%20Noel.mp3)–
My American Heart

[“All The Best Wooden Toys Come From Germany“](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Broken_Social_Scene_PresentsBrendan_Canning-_All_The_Best_Wooden_Toys_Come_From_Germany.mp3)–
Broken Social Scene

[“Its Christmas Time“](https://indierockcafe.com/mp3s/It's%20Christmas%20Time.mp3)–
Yo La Tengo

[“Take Back The Toys“](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/The_hives_Take_back_the_toys.mp3)–
The Hives

[“Father Christmas“](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/father_christmasthe_kinks.mp3)–
The Kinks

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[“Dasher Prancer Donner & Blitzen“](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Mice-Parade-Dasher-Prancer-Donner-Blitzen.mp3)–
Mice Parade

[“Color in Your Cheeks“](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Color%20in%20Your%20Cheeks.mp3)–
The Mountain Goats

[“O Come All Ye Faithful”](https://indierockcafe.com/mp3s/Bad%20Religion-O%20Come%20All%20Ye%20Faithful.mp3)–
Bad Religion

[“Donna and Blitzen“](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Donna%20%26%20Blitzen%20%28Badly%20Drawn%20Boy%29.mp3)–
Badly Drawn Boy

[“Donde Esta Santa Claus“](https://indierockcafe.com/mp3s/IndieXmasPL10/Donde%20Esta%20Santa%20Claus.mp3)–
Guster

[“Reindeer Are Wild“](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Reindeer-Are-Wild.mp3)–
The Headcoats

[“The Rabbit The Bat and The Reindeer“](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Dr.%20Dog-The%20RabbitThe%20BatThe%20Reindeer.mp3)–
Dr. Dog

[“Tijuana Christmas”](https://indierockcafe.com/mp3s/more-xmas/Tijuana%20Christmas.mp3)–
The Border Brass

[“I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day”](https://indierockcafe.com/mp3s/more-xmas/i_heard_the_bells_on_christmas_day-pedrothelion.mp3)–
Pedro The Lion

[“A Very Delfields Christmas”](https://indierockcafe.com/mp3s/more-xmas/A%20Very%20Delfields%20Christmas!.mp3)**–**
The Delfields

[“Christmas Don’t Be Late”](https://indierockcafe.com/mp3s/more-xmas/christmas%20don%27t%20be%20late.mp3)–
Catwalk

[“Silent Night“](https://indierockcafe.com/mp3s/IndieXmasPL3/Low_SilentNight.mp3)–
Low