Me personally, I want fun, upbeat Christmas songs! However, there are some classics that when you stop and think about it, they’re kind of sad. Songs about not being home for the holidays or ones about poor grandma getting run over by a reindeer. RIP
So, if Christmas songs that bring out a little emotion are your thing, you’ll like this. Ultimate Classic Rock put together a list of the saddest Christmas songs of all-time and you’ll recognize several of these artists!
1. “Blue Christmas” by Elvis Presley
2. “Last Christmas” Wham!
3. “Please Come Home for Christmas” Eagles
4. “Same Old Lang Syne” Dan Fogelberg
5. “I Want to Come Home for Christmas” Marvin Gaye
6. “River” Joni Mitchell
7. “Christmas Eve Can Kill You” The Everly Brothers
8. “Father Christmas, The Kinks
9. “If We Make It Through December” Merle Haggard
10. “Ringing the Bells for Jim” Johnny Cash
11. “Hard Candy Christmas” Dolly Parton
12. “Christmas in Prison” John Prine
13. “Another Lonely Christmas” Prince
14. “7 O’Clock News / Silent Night” Simon & Garfunkel
15. “Someday at Christmas” Stevie Wonder
16. “Just a Lonely Christmas” The Supremes
17. “Christmas Ain’t Christmas, New Years Ain’t New Years Without The One You Love” The O’Jays
18. “Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis” Tom Waits
19. “Snow” Harry Nilsson
20. “Fairytale of New York” The Pogues
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