A Christmas Gift For You: A Very Hipster Christmas

We here at Chinese Ending have worked long and hard to create The Ultimate Hipster Christmas Album. Below is a list of The Chimp’s favorite indie Christmas rock/pop/folk/whatever songs in a carefully selected playlist order. Play these tunes and try in vain to impress your “too-cool-for-Christmas” friends!



Vashti Bunyan – “Winter is Blue”
Sufjan Stevens – “I Saw Three Ships”
Eisley – “The Winter Song”
Kate Bush – “December Will Be Magic Again”
The Raveonettes – “The Christmas Song”
The Smashing Pumpkins – “Christmastime”
Jimmy Eat World – “12.23.95”
The Cocteau Twins – “Winter Wonderland”
Rufus Wainwright – “Spotlight on Christmas”
Tom Waits – “Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis”
Badly Drawn Boy – “Donna and Blitzen”
Jack White – “Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over”
My Morning Jacket – “Christmastime is Here Again”
Death Cab For Cutie – “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”

A Christmas Gift For You: Classic Rock

Well, basically these are just the usual suspects, but they have their charms.

The Band – “Christmas Must Be Tonight”
Few rockers want to actually sing about Jesus. The Band did and made it sound honest and beautiful… never cheesy.

The Pretenders – “2000 Miles”
Another Christmas rock song rarity… it's actually pretty good.

Bruce Springsteen – “Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town”
I affectionately dub this “The ‘Freebird’ of Christmas Rock.” It’s ALWAYS on the radio, but the thing is, I always enjoy it.

Queen – “Thank God It’s Christmas”
The zenith of cheesy Christmastime rock.

John Lennon – “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” Little known fact: Lennon was actually singing about The War of 1812. He was a very confused man.

Tomorrow: "A Very Hipster Christmas!"