The following is a list of popular

Christmas songs Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols or songs, may employ lyrics whose subject m ...

recorded by various artists, many of which have hit on various charts, mostly in the United States (some only released in the artist's home country). The year indicates the ''original'' year of release for that artist's recorded version of the single or track, which may not necessarily be the first year the artist's version appeared on one or more popular music charts by various music trade publications. Many tracks were re-released as singles in subsequent years. __NOTOC__

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* Radio personality

Bob Rivers Robert Rivers (born July 7, 1956 in Branford, Connecticut) is a retired American rock and roll radio on-air personality in the Pacific Northwest, as well as a prolific producer and songwriter of parody songs, most famous for his Christmas son ...

has written countless Christmas parodies. Some of the most notable include "The Twelve Pains of Christmas" and "The Restroom Door Said Gentlemen". He has also written some original humorous holiday songs, including "The Chimney Song". These have appeared on, as of 2006, five albums: '' Twisted Christmas'', ''I Am Santa Claus'', ''More Twisted Christmas'', ''Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire'' and ''Christmas''. *

Da Yoopers Da Yoopers are an American comedy and novelty musical group from Ishpeming, Michigan, United States. They are known primarily for their comedic songs and skits, most of which center on life in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The band's name inclu ...

released "Rusty Chevrolet" in 1986, with lyrics written by Jim DeCaire & Joe Potila used with the song "Jingle Bells". * The comedy duo of

Stan Boreson Stan Boreson (May 5, 1925 – January 27, 2017), the "King of Scandinavian Humor," was a Norwegian-American comedian, accordionist and singer from Everett, Washington. Boreson was an early local TV star in the Seattle area, with a career that includ ...

and Doug Setterberg reached No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' Christmas charts in 1970 with "Christmas Goose (Snowbird)", a parody of

Anne Murray Morna Anne Murray (born June 20, 1945) is a retired Canadian singer. Her albums, consisting primarily of pop, country, and adult contemporary music, have sold over 55 million copies worldwide during her over 40-year career. Murray was the fir ...

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Snowbird Snowbird is a common name for the dark-eyed junco (''Junco hyemalis''). Snowbird may also refer to: Places *Snowbird, Utah, an unincorporated area and associated ski resort *Snowbird Lake, a lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada *Snowbird ...

". *

Homer and Jethro Homer and Jethro were the stage names of American country music duo Henry D. "Homer" Haynes (1920–1971) and Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns (1920–1989), popular from the 1940s through the 1960s on radio and television for their satirical versio ...

parodied the song "

All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" is a novelty Christmas song written in 1944 by Donald Yetter Gardner""Donald Yetter Gardner, 91, Songwriter". ''The New York Times''. September 22, 2004. p. B-8.Oliver, Myrna (September 26, 2004)" ...

" as "All I Want for Christmas Is My Upper Plate", on their 1968 album ''Cool Crazy Christmas''.CD notes: Redneck Christmas, 2006 Sony BMG Music Entertainment * The US TV series ''

South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boys Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand th ...

'' aired an early Christmas episode (and namesake song), "Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo" in 1997. This led to annual Christmas episodes, many including brand new songs or parodies of traditional tunes. An all-music sing-along Christmas 'special' was hosted by Mr. Hankey and a full-length album of the 'new Christmas classics' from the series was released, along with videos for all the songs. * The political satire group The Capitol Steps has released four Christmas albums: ''Danny's First Noel'' (1989), ''All I Want for Christmas Is a Tax Increase'' (1993),''O, Christmas Bush'' (2006), and ''Barackin' Around the Christmas Tree'' (2009). In addition, some of their other albums contain parodies of Christmas songs. The group's first performance in 1981, was a Christmas show. * Many Christmas songs were parodied by the Floridian band,

The Monsters in the Morning WTKS-FM (104.1 Hertz, MHz) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Cocoa Beach, Florida, and serving Central Florida and Greater Orlando. It broadcasts a hybrid hot talk and alternative rock radio format. Th ...

; they were included on the second disc of the ''Monsters Double Brown'' album.

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* ''The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits'' by Fred Bronson * ''Billboard's Book of Top 40 Hits: 1955–2003'' by

Joel Whitburn Joel Carver Whitburn (November 29, 1939 – June 14, 2022) was an American author and music historian, responsible for setting up the Record Research, Inc. series of books on record chart placings. Early life Joel Carver Whitburn was born in Wau ...

* ''Billboard's Top Pop Singles 1955–2002'' by

* ''Hit Singles: Top 20 Charts from 1954 to the Present Day'' by

Dave McAleer David James McAleer (born 4 February 1945) is the main contributor for the ''Virgin Book of British Hit Singles'', ''The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums'' and the ''Virgin Book of Top 40 Charts'', and was the sole Music Consultant for the ''Guinne ...

* ''Christmas in the Charts 1920–2004'' by

. Record Research Inc. (2004)

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