the rix mix

Winter Wonderland (My favorite version is one of the earliest, by Ted Weems & His Orchestra, but it's a hard song to ruin. & it's "Parson Brown" not "circus clown".)-- I am partial to Steve & Eydie's version (grins).
Let It Snow -- Done by Aaron Neville, thank you!
Good King Wenceslas (you can sing this with just Ho Ho Ho's) -- am pretty sure I do NOT have this.
Silver Bells -- ok, but not on my top ten.
What Child is This? (Greensleeves with lyrics) -- See above.
Go Tell It on the Mountain -- See above, again.
Blue Christmas (Elvis version of course) -- of course, but I am putting Heart's version second.
Children Go Where I Send Thee (Nobody better on this than Blind Boys of Alabama.) In the Bleak Midwinter (odd little Christina Rossetti poem set to Gustav Holst music.) Rise Up Shepherd & Follow -- I see a pattern here, see above!
Po La'i E (Silent Night in Hawaiian) -- gonna give you props on this one, but hey, outside of Maui Howie, you are probably the only person that gets the Hawai'ian music, be it jazz, rock, or Christmas.
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Darlene Love still sings this great) -- gotta go with ya on that one! Although, I do like the Eagles' version.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Both Judy Garland & Sinatra pushed the songwriter to make the lyrics less depressing.) -- I think the Pretenders' version is closer to the songwriter's intent).
Merry Christmas, Darling (Nobody wants to challenge Karen Carpenter's perfect longing. ) -- Not gonna disagree with you, there.
I'll Be Home for Christmas -- I kind of like the NSync version.
Little Saint Nick (The Beach Boys) (It's surprising that Brian Wilson composed only one Christmas classic.) -- Yeah, one of my favorites.
Mele Kalikimaka (the Hawaiian Christmas Song) -- Bing Crosby made it a commercially viable song, but hey, Don Ho does a great job, as do most Hawai'ian singers.
White Christmas (especially sung by Bing in the movie "Holiday Inn." I think it's tragic that this song is now associated with the silly movie "White Christmas.") -- see my post on that.
Any Christmas song sung by Tony Bennett. No matter how sad the song, Tony sounds like he's smiling. (all votes for Dean Martin acknowledged). -- Voting for Dino, especially given he died on Christmas.
Any Christmas song performed by The Ventures. They do them all as short, snappy instrumentals. -- Ah, surfer Christmas, the memories!

Christmas songs I don't like:

Little Drummer Boy (the worst, never heard a good version) -- Personally, the only version I actually like is the one done on the annual Bing Crosby Christmas specials, with David Bowie, especially since I was a Bowie fan from the early 1970's.
Carol of the Bells (Please stop with the dong ding dongs. Did hear a good surf guitar arrangement called "Carol of the Swells.") -- don't have that.
Oh Holy Night (You'd think an opera diva could save this one. Nope. Still feels like 15 minutes.) -- ha, ha, that's probably my most favoried song to sing. Oh well.
We Three Kings (something about drawing out the Oh before Star of Wonder.) Do You Hear What I Hear? (yes, but I wish I didn't) -- agree.
Christmas Time Is Here (The Peanuts song. A melancholy tune. Jazz singers pick up on it. But isn't Peanuts always kind of a bummer?) -- Well, this one is up in my top ten.
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (Still makes me want to throw iceballs at Andy Williams & his whole damned family.) -- we disagree, I see!
My fave top ten Christmas songs:

1. Oh Holy Night
2. White Christmas
3. Nat Cole's version ONLY of The Christmas Song.
4. Andy Williams' It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The year.
5. Cheech & Chong's Santa Claus.
6. Mariah Carey singing All I Want For Christmas
7. Pointer Sisters' Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
8. RuPaul - Santa Baby!
9. Tractors - Santa Claus Is Coming In A Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train
10. U2- Baby Please Come Home
Ok, more than top ten:
11. Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
12. John Lennon - So This Is Christmas
13. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
Top Ten Christmas Songs I hate:
NONE!