A Very Carrots Christmas Playlist

We’re having a ball with family and friends in our hometown of Tallahassee, FL celebrating the holidays, but I wanted to stop in and give you a gift: a Christmas playlist I made!

This year’s Christmas playlist is pretty eclectic. I included some classic pop like Mariah Carey and then some classic classics like Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby. And then I added a lot of haunting, beautiful more recent renditions of my favorite Christmas carols and hymns, some non-religious holiday stuff, and then some goofier songs at the end. I hope you enjoy it!

(You might have to click over to the actual site to access the Spotify playlist if you’re reading on a feed reader.)

1. What Child Is This?: Rebecca Roubion (Haunting and beautiful version of one of my favorite Christmas carols.)
2. Home for the Holidays: Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler (This is so peppy and fun and makes me think of meeting up with old friends after being away at college.)
3. White Christmas: Bing Crosby (Does it get any more classic than this?!)
4. O Come O Come Emmanuel: The Civil Wars (Technically an Advent song, but I love it so much and this is a great version.)
5. Winter Snow: Audrey Assad (Gives me chills.)
6. The Christmas Song: Ella Fitzgerald (Another classic.)
7. Heaven’s Gate: Dawn Landes (Not a familiar traditional Christmas song, but recommended to me this year and I LOVE IT.)
8. O Holy Night: Josh Garrels (I don’t usually hear male vocalists sing this one, but I like it.)
9. Winter Wonderland: She & Him (Love their Christmas albums!)
10. It Snowed: Meaghan Smith (A rec from a friend. It’s not my usual style, but it’s so catchy and the girls have been singing it!)
11. O Come All Ye Faithful: Marian Grace (Love this whole album.)
12. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Michael Buble (Couldn’t resist.)
13. Silent Night: Sufjan Stevens (Is it possible to have a Christmas playlist without Sufjan? No. It is not.)
14. All I Want for Christmas Is You: Mariah Carey (The BEST version.)
15. O Little Town of Bethlehem: Sarah McLachlan (Lovely. Sarah McLachlan makes me think of dance warmups in middle school.)
16. Just Like Christmas: Low (How did I not know about this album til this year?!)
17. Deck the Hall: Nat King Cole (Another classic.)
18. God Rest Yet Merry Gentlemen: Jars of Clay (MY FAVORITE BAND IN 6th GRADE! They were my CCM jam.)
19. Don’t Shoot Me Santa: The Killers (Ok, so I am a huge Brandon Flowers fangirl. This one’s weird. Why is Santa trying to shoot Brandon Flowers? What’s happening? But I love it. My apologies.)
20. Thankful Heart: The Muppet’s Christmas Carol (My kids are suddenly super into this movie and it’s one of my favorites. I get all sappy about this one. “Will be nephew and niece to me!” Sweet Scrooge.)
21. We Wish You a Merry Christmas: Weezer (The Blue album FOREVER, right? Weezer was everything to me. This is a good last song.)

And if you need more, there’s my other Christmas playlist, the Wintry music playlist, and Advent playlists (1) and (2). Merry almost Christmas!