Weird Christmas Songs That Will Make Everyone Around You Concerned For Your Sanity:
An incomplete list
First of all, I'm not talking about the vaguely weird Christmas songs that have become normalized and are played a lot (Like Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer or I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus or I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas), no these are significantly weirder.
15. Believe In Me by fun. I honestly only included this one because fun is my favorite band. It comes off as sweet and sincere, but with a few moments that are just off enough to concern people.
14. Peppermint Winter by Owl City. Honestly, it kind of feels like it should be a regular Christmas song, but it’s by Owl City, so, the lyrics are questionable at best and completely incomprehensible at worst.
13. Merry Flippin’ Christmas (Happy Freakin’ New Year) by Bowling For Soup. Also, not a very weird one if you regularly listen to punk/alternative music. But it will definitely make all your relatives that hate punk music worry about you and your mental state.
12. The Season’s Upon Us by the Dropkick Murphys. Not super weird if you regularly listen to the Dropkick Murphys. Or if you listen to punk/alternative music on a regular basis. But if you time it right you can confuse your conservative relatives.
11. Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy (originally by Buck Owens, but I'm talking about the Bowling for Soup version). Kind of weird, but still pretty tame. Side note, am I the only one that kind of thinks that this song and I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus are about the same event but from the perspectives of different siblings? Like this one is by the more jaded sibling reasoning that "yeah, Mommy was kissing Santa Claus, but Santa looked like Daddy, so it doesn't matter." No? Just me?
10. 12 Days of Christmas by Straight No Chaser goes here. Not because it's bad or anything. It's just tame compared to some of the other options. The chaos level is off the charts though.
9. Hamildolph/The Greatest Snowman by Eclipse 6. Again, not bad. But a mashup is still a mashup, even if you are making Christmas songs out of pop culture.
9 1/2. Along these same lines are any of the Santa-Style Hits by Eclipse 6. They are mashups of popular songs from that year, but Christmasified. (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021)
8. The Night Santa Went Crazy by Weird Al Yankovic. Self-explanatory. And no, I will not be answering any questions at this time. Debate on your own time if this counts as a Christmas song or not.
7. I Really Don’t Hate Christmas by Dr Doofenshmirtz from Phineas & Ferb. Dr. Doof explains his indifference/apathy towards Christmas. It’s funny and just weird enough to confuse. Also, it’s Phineas and Ferb. No further comments.
6. Anything from Elf the Musical (I really like Sparklejollytwinklejingley, but that’s just me). This feels like it doesn’t really need an explanation, because Elf is crazy on it’s own, and then they made a Broadway musical out of it. Side note, the song I mentioned, Sparklejollytwinklejingley, is wild and definitely will make everyone around you question your taste.
5. Text Me Merry Christmas by Straight No Chaser and Kristen Bell. This song is a trip from beginning to end and the vibe is very mid-2010’s. It’s a great one to put on if you want to weird people out but still keep sort of traditional Christmas music feeling.
4. Progressive Christmas Carols by Jon Cozart. Idk what you expect. It’s by Jon Cozart, the After Ever After dude from youtube. It modernizes classic Christmas Carols and does it in a very tongue-in-cheek way. Maybe don’t listen to this one around very small children. It’s not explicit or anything, but it may cause them to ask awkward questions.
3. It’s Not Christmas Till Somebody Cries by Carly Rae Jepsen. This is an absolute bop and makes you completely forget about the whole Call Me Maybe fiasco that was her earlier work. It’s wild from start to finish, and another great one to scream along in the car to.
2. Merry Christmas from Cell Block 2 by Matthew Ebel. One of my absolute favorite Christmas songs, and a total bop. It’s really a pity that more people don’t know/talk about this one. Side note, this song is part of an album that’s sort of a space pirate take on the grinch (aka, a space pirate discovers what Christmas is and then gets thrown into prison for stealing all the stuff from a big corporation and giving them away for free). Highly recommend listening to this song. Great for screaming along to, both alone in your car and with a large group of people around. 10/10 sure to cause some serious side-eye to be directed at you.
1. Elf’s Lament by Barenaked Ladies and Michael Bublé. My top pick for the weirdest Christmas Song on this list. I love this song and it will absolutely make everyone around wonder WTF you are listening to and if you are on something. 10/10 recommend this song, and it’s another one that you just want to belt out. Let’s unionize those elves baby!
