XTC - Thanks for Christmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VhonU1aMw4

Bethan - In the Bleak Midwinter: (lullaby; wait for the moody strings)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmMQvU13Wi0

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, featuring Obama - Silent Night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuFURWSZkcI

Pearl Jam - Someday at Christmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGCnzz9H0Ws

EDIT: Is there also a place for classic folk songs across the FV…?
Me, I’ve found three absolute corkers, all tackling the song “500 Miles.” I find each version remarkably unique and moving in their own ways, but I’d rather unleash them upon the most-appropriate community, if that makes sense…

EDIT2: If you really insist upon a small sample of such, then let’s go with Joan Baez:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_K6z3HiRAs

    • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      2·
      14 hours ago

      Holy hell, that was both hilarious and awesome!

      Also, that caused me to remember that one Eddie Vedder tune. (now added to the list, above)

    • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
      1·
      14 hours ago

      My top ten:

      1. 100 gecs — “Sympathy for the Grinch”

      2. Andrea Perry — “Fat Aunt Bette”

      3. The Primatives — “You Trashed My Christmas”

      4. The Barbary Coasters — “I’ve Been Naughty (and Nice)”

      5. Fountains of Wayne — “The Man in the Santa Suit”

      6. The Killers — “Cowboys’ Christmas Ball” (cover)

      7. The Kinks — “Father Christmas”

      8. Thomas Heinl — “Christmas Tree on Fire”

      9. Emmy the Great — “Christmas Day (and I Wish I Was Surfing)”

      10. The Reverend Horton Heat — “Santa Bring My Baby Back”

      I’ll try to loop back through and add non-spotify links as I can.