Many of the world's best musicians have come from New Jersey and that includes plenty of artists who are mostly known to music fans in the Garden State. Here is a playlist if you're looking for some holiday music that is different from what you'll hear on most radio stations. A few of these are popular tracks, but the majority may be new to you. If you're tired of songs that take place Before Christmas, you can jump to Christmas Day for a few tracks.
The entire playlist is available on YouTube here. There are many more tracks from NJ indie artists we've received over the years, but we decided to create it as a YouTube playlist so users can simply here them all from start to finish (sorry about the commercials!). And, unfortunately, some of the tracks we wanted to include were not available on YouTube or were not shareable due to age restriction blocking. But hopefully you'll give it a listen and maybe discover some artists for the first time and check out the rest of their catalog. Best wishes to everyone this holiday season.
1) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
2) All I Want For Christmas is You - My Chemical Romance
3) Please Come Home For Christmas - Southside Johnny
4) Every Single Christmas - Nicole Atkins
5) Feels Like Christmas - The Wag
6) Let it Snow - Matt O'Ree
7) Santa Baby - Eryn Shewell
8) You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch - The Whirling Dervishes
9) Feels Like Christmas - Foggy Otis
10) It's Not Christmas If I Can't Have You - Mike Dalton
11) Little Drummer Boy - DeSol
12) Coventry Carol - Karen Mansfield
13) Christmas All Over Again - Red Wanting Blue
14) Dear Santa - Every Damn Day
15) Back Door Santa - Bon Jovi
16) The Cookie Song - Amanda Duncan
17) Christmas Wrapping 2020 - Bryan Hansen Band ft. Kim Boyko
18) The Christmas Tree on Salem Street - Arlon Bennett
19) Christmas - Blues Traveler
20) Blue Christmas - Wiser Time
21) The First Noel - Brian Fallon
22) Do You Hear What I Hear? - Whitney Houston
23) Merry Christmas, I Guess - Anthony D'Amato
24) Christmas Time In The City - Mary Chapin Carpenter
25) Ho Ho Ho & A Bottle of Rum - Cucumbers
26) Christmas Vacation - Dan Amato
27) Little Saint Nick - Brian Erickson
28) Under the Mistletow - Thomas Johnston
29) Silent Night - Debra Devi
30) O' Holy Night - Patti Smith
31) Christmas in Jersey City - David W. Jacobsen
32) Christmas Must Be Tonight - Christian Beach
33) Christmas Day - Weeklings
34) Christmas (I Remember) - Smithereens
35) Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight) - Successful Failures
36) I Wish Every Day Could Be Like Xmas - Jersey Syndicate
37) Merry Christmas Santa - Al Holmes
38) Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Lisa Bouchelle
39) Christmas Blessings - Helen O'Shea
40) Christmas in Jersey - Kevin John Allen
41) 8 Days (a Chanukah tune) - Jon Caspi
42) Happy Xmas - Glen Burtnick
43) Another Christmas Song - Stephen Colbert
