I'm in, and thanks for the giveaway. :-)
I have 2 favorites. First is a funny one. I grew up as a huge fan of Looney Tunes, so hearing
Porky's Blue Christmas makes me laugh every year.
The second is by one of my favorite bands of all time, Savatage, and it's called
Christmas Eve Sarajevo. Most people know it from the last 15 years or so as being done by a band called Trans-Siberian Orchestra. The two are more/less the same band. The driving force behind Savatage was vocalist/song-writer Jon Oliva and his long-time friend/producer Paul O'Neill. The song was an almost instant hit, and although Savatage hoped it would mean greater success for the band, mainstream music fans didn't pick up on them. Sensing there could be a future if they recorded a record dedicated to Christmas music with an entire orchestra, they went ahead & did so under the alter-ego of Trans-Siberian Orchestra. TSO sold very well and they continued to release Savatage records (which did not sell any better than before). Eventually, they simply morphed into TSO, and Jon Oliva continued to write for both his own solo records (in the style of earlier Savatage) as well as for TSO (in the style of symphonic Christmas music).
Hope everyone enjoyed my little song report. :-)
[EDIT] P.S. No Christmas goes by that I don't enjoy
this little gem.