Christmas Music, Year Three

This is the third yearly Christmas music post. I've decided to do a theme this year, Christmas songs that were unknown to me before today.

I'm starting off with non-Django gypsy jazz. While I would normally use a Django Reinhardt song on any list I could get one to fit on, Django's "Christmas Swing" has never felt very Christmasy to me. Dutch Djangophiles The Basily Boys, however, do a very gypsy jazz version of Jingle Bells.

The Basily Boys: Jingle Bells

When I entered "John Zorn Christmas" into Google, I wasn't honestly expecting to find anything. What I found was the 2011 album "John Zorn's A Dreamer's Christmas". Seven classic Christmas songs and two Zorn originals. This became my favorite Christmas album over the course of the last few minutes.

John Zorn: Santa's Workshop


I've been a fan of Judy and Mary for a long time now, but I hadn't heard this song until today. This is from their 1994 album "Orange Sunshine".

Judy and Mary: Christmas



I may be cheating. I might have heard this one before. I know I've heard Judge Dread's Jingle Bells, and I think I've heard his Christmas in Dreadland. This does sound new to me, but I can't say for sure. Fuck it, I'm putting it on this years list anyway.

Judge Dread: Merry Christmas Mr. Dread