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
My top ten:
100 gecs — “Sympathy for the Grinch”
Andrea Perry — “Fat Aunt Bette”
The Primatives — “You Trashed My Christmas”
The Barbary Coasters — “I’ve Been Naughty (and Nice)”
Fountains of Wayne — “The Man in the Santa Suit”
The Killers — “Cowboys’ Christmas Ball” (cover)
The Kinks — “Father Christmas”
Thomas Heinl — “Christmas Tree on Fire”
Emmy the Great — “Christmas Day (and I Wish I Was Surfing)”
The Reverend Horton Heat — “Santa Bring My Baby Back”
I’ll try to loop back through and add non-spotify links as I can.