"Non-Traditional, Non-Denominational" Christmas Songs

That Eels track is on heavy rotation on my iPod this Xmas.

me too! i'm quite sick of all my traditional/regular christmas music this year. i've made two "indie" christmas mix cds so far. hey, christmas for you should be really fun, what with that toddling boy. : )

Mine are all non-trad this year so far, too. I feel like bucking the usual. And thanks for the mention! :-)

I hear you're going to get some snow soon! Woot!

hey, thank YOU for all the great music you've turned me on to this year. : ) as far as the weather, last i saw we were only going to get ice. i would much prefer snow but i think we're going to get the shit end of the weather stick this time. kind of like you guys got a week or so ago!

Roger Whittaker- Darcy the Dragon Nana Mouskouri- Old Toy Trains

Um, these would be parentally influenced from when I was growing up :)

And Sarah Mclachlan- Song for a Winter's Night.

we've been listening to a sarah mclachlan chirstmas cd at work and i love it. she's so mellow. my kids and i were having a discussion in the car about "classic" christmas music. i had "thanks for christmas" by xtc on a mix tape i was playing and i told them it was a classic and they vehemently disagreed with me. they said it wasn't a classic in our house because i didn't play it for them when they were growing up! further proof that we parents have great musical influence--whether for good or for bad is debatable--but we have it!

Thanks for the suggestions! I've been looking for non-traditional Christmas songs and these are some good tips.