Indie & Alternative Christmas
A curated collection of indie and alternative holiday tracks that favors melancholic warmth and character over radio-pop tradition. This playlist captures the bittersweet essence of the season with contributions from artists like Sufjan Stevens, Phoebe Bridgers, and The Pogues.
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Tracks
- Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis · Tom Waits
- Fairytale of New York · The Pogues
- Christmas Song · Phoebe Bridgers
- Just Like Christmas · Low
- That Was the Worst Christmas Ever! · Sufjan Stevens
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas · She & Him
- Maybe This Christmas · Ron Sexsmith
- 2000 Miles · The Pretenders
- The Christmas Song · The Ravonettes
- Cold December Night · Michael Bublé
- I Wish It Was Christmas Today · Julian Casablancas
- Christmas Time Is Here · Khruangbin
- Happy Xmas (War Is Over) · John Lennon
- River · Joni Mitchell
- Blue Christmas · Bright Eyes
- Silver Bells · Yo La Tengo
- Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas · Eels
- Christmas Must Be Tonight · The Band
- Father Christmas · The Kinks
- Back Door Santa · Clarence Carter
- Gee Whiz, It's Christmas · Carla Thomas
- If We Make It Through December · Merle Haggard
- Xmas Time Is Here Again · My Morning Jacket
- The Man Who Invented Christmas · The Polyphonic Spree
- Walking in the Air · Aled Jones
- Christmastime · Smashing Pumpkins
- Wonderful Christmastime · The Shins
- A Great Big Sled · The Killers
- I'll Be Home for Christmas · Fleet Foxes
- White Christmas · Otis Redding
- Winter Wonderland · Cocteau Twins
- In the Bleak Midwinter · Bert Jansch
- O Holy Night · Sufjan Stevens
- Silent Night · Low
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing · Andrew Bird
- Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence · Ryuichi Sakamoto
- This Gift · The Pernice Brothers
- Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) · Death Cab for Cutie
- Snow Is Falling · Yoko Ono
- Auld Lang Syne · Andrew Bird
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Based on the prompt: An indie and alternative Christmas playlist — Sufjan Stevens, Low, Phoebe Bridgers, She & Him, The Pogues. Anti-Mariah but still warm.