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24 Christmas Songs Every 90s Kid Sang While Waiting For Santa
We get it, okay? Christmas music can be excessive as the holiday season approaches. But there are some songs that are SO classic and SO catchy, there's really no bad time to listen to them.
Some of the biggest pop artists of our past released Christmas songs that don't get nearly as much credit as they deserve. And some get more than they should. You decide which is which.
1. Funky, Funky, Christmas by New Kids On The Block
2. Christmas Don't Be Late by Alvin and the Chipmunks
3. Christmas Wrapping by The Spice Girls
4. Sleigh Ride (also by The Spice Girls)
5. Last Christmas by Wham!
6. Sleigh Ride by TLC
7. Let It Snow by Boyz II Men
8. Jingle Bell Rock by Hall & Oates
9. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays by *NSYNC
10. This Gift by 98 Degrees
11. 8 Days Of Christmas by Destiny's Child
12. Early Christmas Morning by Cyndi Lauper
13. Baby (Please Come Home) by Mariah Carey
14. Hey Santa by Carnie & Wendy Wilson
15. My Only Wish This Year by Britney Spears
16. Santa Baby by Madonna
17. What Christmas Means To Me by Hanson
18. 12 Days Of Christmas by Bob and Doug Mackenzie
19. Happy X-Mas (War is Over) by John Lennon
20. O, Holy Night by Celine Dion
21. Grown-Up Christmas List by Amy Grant
22. Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney
23. Feliz Navidad by Celine Dion
24. All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey
What's your favorite pop-music-turned-Christmas-artist song?
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