Jolly Christmas playlist

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From October 15 through December 29, SiriusXM online channel 786 is Jolly Christmas, "Upbeat, feel-good holiday hits." "Feel-good" must be a synonym for "secular." Here is a sample of the playlist. Chart positions are from the Billboard Christmas chart.

SiriusXM 786 – Jolly Christmas

A Marshmallow World - Francesca Battistelli (LP/2012)
A Swingin' Little Christmas Time - Jane Lynch (LP/2016)
All I Want For Christmas - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (LP/2013)
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (1/1994)
Another Rock & Roll Christmas - Gary Glitter (--/1984)
Are You Ready For Christmas - Carla Williams (15/2014)
Baby It's Cold Outside - Martina McBride/Dean Martin (LP/2007)
Caroling Caroling - Natalie Cole (LP/1994)
Caroling Caroling - Manhattan Transfer (LP/1992)
Celebrate Me Home - Josh Groban (14/2020)
Celebrate Me Home - Kenny Loggins (LP/1977)
Christmas All Over Again - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (LP/1992)
Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You - Billy Squier (9/1984)
Christmas Island - Leon Redbone (LP/1988)
Christmas Time - Bryan Adams (--/1985)
Christmas Vacation - Mavis Staples (--/1989)
Come On Christmas, Christmas Come - Ringo Starr (LP/1999)
Deck The Halls - Nat "King" Cole (LP/1960)
Deck The Halls - Bobby Vinton & Chorus (LP/1987)
Disco Santa - Holiday Express (LP/2000)
Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano (12/1970)
Frosty The Snowman - Gene Autry & The Cass County Boys (2/1950)
Frosty The Snowman - Jackson 5 (LP/1970)
Frosty The Snowman - Ronettes (LP/1963)
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy (1/1979)
Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season - Manhattan Transfer (LP/1992)
Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season - Andy Williams (LP/1963)
Happy Holiday/White Christmas - Barry Manilow (LP/2002)
Here Comes Santa Claus - Gene Autry (1/1947)
Here Comes Santa Claus - Elvis Presley (LP/1957)
Here Comes Santa Claus - Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans (LP/1963)
Hey Santa! - Carnie & Wendy Wilson (LP/1993)
Home For The Holidays - Barry Manilow (LP/2002)
I Love Christmas - Tommy James (LP/2008)
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jackson 5 (LP/1970)
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - John Mellencamp (LP/1987)
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Ronettes (LP/1963)
I Want You For Christmas - Cheap Trick (LP/2012)
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Johnny Mathis (LP/1986)
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Andy Williams (LP/1963)
Jingle Bell Rock - Hall & Oates (LP/2006)
Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms/Anita Kerr Singers (1/1957)
Jingle Bells - Elizabeth Chan (LP/2016)

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Last Christmas - George Michael (12/1985)
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Michael Bublé (LP/2003)
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Aaron Neville (LP/1993)
Linus & Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Trio (LP/1965)
Little Saint Nick - Beach Boys (3/1963)
Mele Kalikimaka - Jimmy Buffett (LP/1996)
Merry Christmas Baby - Bruce Springsteen (UR/1980, LP/1987)
Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday - *NSYNC (13/1998)
My Favorite Things - Patrice Covington (--/2020)
Nutcracker Medley - Joshua Bell/Straight No Chaser (LP/2013)
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Justin Bieber (LP/2020)
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (--/1958, 1/1960)
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - LeAnn Rimes (30/2004)
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry & The Pinafores (1/1949)
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Harry Connick Jr. (LP/1993)
Run Rudolph Run - Bryan Adams (LP/1987)
Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (5/1958)
Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me - Elvis Presley (LP/1957)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Mary J. Blige/Sheryl Crow (LP/1999)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Crystals (LP/1963)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Jackson 5 (1/1970)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Frank Sinatra/Cyndi Lauper (LP/1992)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen (UR/1975, 1/1985)
Silver Bells - Whitney Wolanin (1/2013)
Sleigh Ride - Debbie Gibson (LP/1992)
Sleigh Ride - Salsoul Orchestra (LP/1976)
Snoopy's Christmas - Royal Guardsmen (1/1967)
Step Into Christmas - Elton John (1/1973)
Takin' Care Of Christmas - Randy Bachman/Beverly Mahood (LP/1996)
The Chipmunk Song - David Seville & The Chipmunks (1/1958)
The Little Drummer Boy - Salsoul Orchestra (LP/1976)
The Man With All The Toys - Beach Boys (3/1964)
The Man With The Bag - Kellie Pickler (LP/2013)
This Christmas - Train (1/2015)
Underneath The Tree - Kelly Clarkson (8/2013)
Up On The House Top - Jackson 5 (LP/1970)
Up On The House Top - Jane Lynch (LP/2016)
We Need A Little Christmas - Glee Cast (LP/2010)
We Need A Little Christmas - Kimberley Locke (LP/2007)
We Wish You A Merry Christmas - John Denver & The Muppets (LP/1979)
What Christmas Means To Me - Stevie Wonder (LP/1967)
Winter Wonderland - Air Supply & Children's Chorus (LP/1987)
Winter Wonderland - Darlene Love (LP/1963)
Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney (1/1979)
You Make It Feel Like Christmas - Gwen Stefani/Blake Shelton (5/2017)
You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch - Thurl Ravenscroft (LP/1966)

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Not all the songs are secular. I heard a version of "Joy To The World."

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This year, Jolly Christmas is on SiriusXM channel 105 and on the SiriusXM app from November 8 through December 26.

Brenda Lee's Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree jumped from #8 to number one on this week's Billboard Hot 100, sixty-five years after it was first released! It features saxophonist Boots Randolph and the Anita Kerr Singers and becomes her third number-one hit, after I'm Sorry and I Want To Be Wanted, both in 1960.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1x-hOOrl5E