Jane's Approved Holiday Song List

With their representative first couple of lines to illustrate just why Jane loves them so much:

1) Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
"It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank/An old man said to me, won't see another one...."

2) Happy Xmas (War is Over) - John Lennon
"And so this is Christmas, and what have you done?"

3) Merry Christmas from the Family - Robert Earl Keen
"Mom got drunk, and Dad got drunk, at our Christmas party..."

4) Merry Christmas to Me/Hard Candy Christmas - KT Sullivan
"December rain is slowly falling, it's colder than it used to be / There's no one here I feel like calling... Merry Christmas to me..." blah blah blah "Here's a toast to what once was, and another year alone..."

5) After the Holidays - Andrea Marcovicci
"Just stay with me till after the holidays, that's when I need you so...Please say you'll wait till after the holidays, then I can let you go... Don't make me face this Christmas alone, after each wonderful Christmas we've known... Won't you be kind and let me believe, you're mine on New Year's Eve?"

Jesus, is that last one mewling or what?

Can't wait for January 6, the official end of the 12 Fucking days of Christmas -- which means, for me, hard core New Orleans and Mardi Gras music can begin!

I am taking requests, so if anyone has any suggestions for less-than-cheerful tunes for my Xmas list, send 'em on in.