If an artist is able to find a way to cut that elusive evergreen Christmas hit, be it his or her own composition, one written by another songwriter, or does a cover of an old favorite, they can consider it made. Their names go down in the common folklore, and they become permanently a part of a beautiful Christmas tradition, sometimes as important t a part of it as the gifts and the snow. Then of course there is the consideration of the millions of dollars each year that they make in royalties. To be able to create an all-time Christmas favorite like The Little Drummer Boy or Deck the Halls, should be something every songwriter on the planet would give his eye-teeth for. There is of course the revenue that the initial recording would bring them; but it could live on too - like Baby Please Come Home has been recorded by such major acts like Mariah Carey, U2 and Jon Bon Jovi. What is it that makes us so irretrievably associate some tunes as our top Christmas songs, and not others?
Christmas is all about tradition, and to a certain degree, whatever songs you grew up with in your childhood, is going to be on your top Christmas songs list certainly. But apart from that, for a song like the Christmas Shoes, the composer of that one was able to appeal to fans of more than one genre - that kind of attraction in a song can help. If we were to look at the stars on the rise in today's music scene, who might be our likeliest vote to come up with the next perennial addition to our top Christmas songs list? We can certainly think of a few. Let's see what you think.
Your Christmas Whiskey is a fun little number by Minus 5. Imaginatively, it is about how Christmas can be the warmest time of the year with a couple of stiff drinks. What with the drinking and all, this might be a bit of a novelty number; it might stick around for a few years, but perhaps it isn't meant to be an all-time feel-good favorite. Consider Vickie Winans' Special Day; this little favorite is not the traditional jangly merry song; there is a groove to it, and above all, romance. This could be quite in the running to be on the top Christmas songs list of the nation, but it might be a little too personal.
Perhaps we should look at old favorites that were overlooked when they first came out; A Mother's Christmas Wish by Olivia Newton-John is a song about a mother who looks at her children on Christmas Day, and dreams beautiful dreams for them. Here is a theme that would speak to anyone, and the beauty of the tune and the words certainly take us there. If we had to pick another for our list of new top Christmas songs, we would have to go with Jim Brickman's My Angel. This beautiful lullaby for Christmas is in the finest traditions of the great blend of sentimental feeling and spiritual strength. The songs already feature on iTunes top downloads; if they could stay that way for a few more years, the nation would have an all-new set of top Christmas songs.
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