I found my holiday favorites for 2008 (not including my own humble attempt at mash-up, from 2007.)

Sleigh Ride – Chandicious mix
For two weeks now, I’ve had a decade’s old Gap ad stuck in my head, and this is the closest thing to a full version (minus the pop non-sequiturs.) Here, have the Gap audio as well.

Donny Hathaway – This Christmas
Donny’s death is a bit of a downer, but his music is fantastic, particularly this fantastic Xmas tune (which beats Stevie Wonder’s What Christmas Means To Me, hands down.)

The Darkness – Christmas Time
Most rock acts that pump out an Xmas tune go all ballady – this is much the same, but the hair/glam/metal still rocks.

I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas
I dug this one up for mom (and it did take some digging), because she used to sing this non-stop at Christmas. I knew it must have been a real song, but having never encountered it, it always seemed a little unreal, or made up. But here you have it. Christmas Kitch of the highest order.