IRC’s long-running indie and alternative rock Christmas songs playlists collection, dating back to 2007, has been having a hugely successful run, topping the numbers of visits, streams, downloads, links, mentions, Likes and Tweets the collection received last year.
With each holiday season for a solid decade now, the popularity of the collection continues to grow as people look for alternative to the old-fashioned, stale (but still many beautiful) Christmas playlists of our parents and grandparents. [zbplayer]
Best Indie & Alternative Rock Christmas Songs series remains the largest, most comprehensive, yearly-updated alternative Christmas playlists collection on the web. There are also dozens of indie and alt. rock songs about Hanukkah, winter, and the holidays in general, intermixed with the Christmas songs.
This Top 25 playlist reflects listeners’ 25 most streamed and downloaded alternative and indie rock Christmas songs from our collection over the past decade. Enjoy and please share on your socials!
It’s on Spotify too along with many more of our popular playlists.
“Let Me Sleep (Christmas Time)“– Pearl Jam
“Jinglebell Rock“ – Arcade Fire
“Sleigh Ride” – The Late Greats
“In This Home on Ice“– Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
“Christmas Baby Please Come Home“ – >Death Cab For Cutie
“Dont Shoot Me Santa“ – The Killers
“Father Christmas“ – The Kinks
“Candy Cane Children” – The White Stripes
”Blue Christmas” – Bright Eyes
“I Wish It Was Christmas Today” – Julian Casablancas
“Christmas on the Beach” – Irene
“The Friendly Beasts“ – Sufjan Stevens
“Donde Esta Santa Claus“ – Guster
“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” – Bright Eyes
“Holiday” – The Hopefuls
“A Marshmallow World” – Los Straightjackets
“Merry Christmas I Dont Want To Fight Tonight“ – The Ramones
“Anorak Christmas” (Club Mix) – Sally Shapiro
“Thanks For Christmas“ – XTC
“The Christmas Song“– The Raveonettes
“Last Christmas“ – Jimmy Eat World
“Santa Stole My Baby“ – Mistreaters
“Christmas Party” – The Walkmen
“All I Want For Christmas is You“ – Countdown
“9 Flowers in December“ – Mazzy Star
