Here are the names of the songs for the lyrics I posted in today's Thursday Thirteen:

1. Father Christmas - The Kinks
2. You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch
3. River - Joni Mitchell
4. Santa Claus and His Old Lady - Cheech and Chong
5. O Christmas Tree
6. Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
7. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) - Nat King Cole
8. Santa Claus is Comin to Town - Bruce Springsteen
9. Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas
10. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg
11. Jingle Bell Rock - Hall and Oates
12. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
13. Winter Wonderland

Thanks for guessing, it was fun!

Hall and Oates? Hall and Oates?

No wonder I had no clue.

Really.

Hall and Oates.

Ahhh... I saw that video recently of the Hall and Oates... oh, it made my brain hurt (though I am sure I saw it as a kid when MTV played Christmas music...)

Ack, The Boss and Folgelberg... I knew I had heard them before :)

Btw, since this is from the time period of the Hall and Oates video, have you seen the 'Little Drummer Boy' video with David Bowie and Bing Crosby? Classic.

OMG, that was SO cheesy, I can hardly stand it. I canNOT believe I gave up two minutes of valuable writing time to see Daryl in those horrid pants!

(btw, Chris, the Bowie-Crosby Drummer Boy is one of my faves. I've decided that Drummer Boy is simply my favorite of all the Christmas songs, with the possible exception of some of the instrumentals)

Check out Sufjan Steven's Songs for Christmas. There are a lot of really good original tracks as well as unique covers of the classics. The 5 disc set can be streamed for free right here: http://www.asthmatickitty.com/suf_xmas/suf_xmas.php

Great list!