The vast vast majority of Christmas music was current during the Eisenhower administration and on the whole, there hasn't been much innovation since then. So, I come to you Talking Time, with a question: What's the best (or your favorite) original Christmas song that was written no later than 2000? No covers, no remixes. Purely original stuff. You would figure two decades would be plenty of time for something new to take hold right? Right???
Before you go looking them up I'll save you the trouble: Christmas at Ground Zero came out in '86, and The Night Santa Went Crazy came out in '96.
I'll toss out Jonathan Coulton's Chiron Beta Prime (2006) and Barenaked Ladies' Green Christmas (2000) to start off:
Before you go looking them up I'll save you the trouble: Christmas at Ground Zero came out in '86, and The Night Santa Went Crazy came out in '96.
I'll toss out Jonathan Coulton's Chiron Beta Prime (2006) and Barenaked Ladies' Green Christmas (2000) to start off: