Written in 1950 by Walter “Jack” Rollins and Steve Nelson, “Frosty the Snowman” is a holiday classic because it captures the fun of imagining new worlds while playing around in the snow. There are Christmas songs for grown-ups and there are Christmas songs for kids, and this is, to be clear, one of the finest of the children’s songs. You may disagree with some of our rankings, but you likely won’t have any trouble recalling these songs. They are presented to you here for your merriment (or for your bah humbug-ness). From there, we whittled the list to 50 and counted them down using our highly scientific method. Our staff got in the holiday spirit and voted on our favorites. As we inch closer to Christmas, they’re in every department store and in most of the movies on basic cable. Holiday songs are inescapable this time of year. When I say “Jingle Bells,” the baritone chorus instantly materializes in your brain, right? How about Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime”? Do you instantly hear those synths and that children’s choir? (Some-not this writer, but some-would argue that having that particular song imprinted in your brain is not necessarily a good thing.) Here’s the thing about holiday songs: Only the most depraved among us would cop to them being our favorite type of music, but nearly everyone knows at least some of the words to the most famous tunes.
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