We’ve rounded up the 10 best rock Christmas songs that you wont hear on the radio this year. It includes Corey Taylor, The Vandals, From First to Last and many more (well 7 more to be precise)

Turn it up and enjoy, after all it’s not Christmas everyday, thank god!

Corey Taylor -- X-M@$

The proceeds from the sales of the Slipknots singers Christmas song go to the Teenage Cancer Trust http://www.teenagecancertrust.org/

Motionless in White -- Santas Pissed

The Kinks  -- Father Christmas

August Burns Red -- Carol of the Bells

Ramones -- Merry Christmas/I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight

Merry Christmas, I don’t want to fight tonight with
Merry Christmas, I don’t want to fight tonight
Merry Christmas, I don’t want to fight tonight
Merry Christmas, I don’t want to fight tonight with you

Where is Santa? At his sleigh?
Tell me why is it always this way?
Where is Rudolph? Where is Blitzen, baby?
Merry Christmas, merry merry merry Christmas

All the children are tucked in their beds
Sugar-plum fairies dancing in their heads
Snowball fighting, it’s so exciting baby

I love you and you love me
And that’s the way it’s got to be
I loved you from the start
‘Cause Christmas ain’t the time for breaking each other’s heart

Where is Santa? At his sleigh?
Tell me why is it always this way?
Where is Rudolph? Where is Blitzen, baby?
Merry Christmas, merry merry merry Christmas

All the children are tucked in their beds
Sugar-plum fairies dancing in their heads
Snowball fighting, it’s so exciting baby

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I love you and you love me
And that’s the way it’s got to be
I loved you from the start
‘Cause Christmas ain’t the time for breaking each other’s heart

Merry Christmas, I don’t want to fight tonight with
Merry Christmas, I don’t want to fight tonight with
Merry Christmas, I don’t want to fight tonight with you

The Vandals -- Oi to the world

The Almost -- Little Drummer Boy

Relient K – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Let It Snow, Baby… Let It Reindeer is the second Christmas album by Christian rock band Relient K. The album is a re-release of the band’s first Christmas album, Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand, but with seven new songs and some other changes, such as track listing and a new ending to one song.  “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” played during the December episode of Ghost Whisperer. A re-issue of the album was released on iTunes late in 2008. It includes renditions of “Silver Bells,” “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” and “O Holy Night,” as well as a music video for their version of “Sleigh Ride.”

From First to Last -- X12 days of XXXMAS

Simple Plan -- My Christmas List (Jingle Ball Rock)

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Yep you heard it right Bob Dylan has released a Christmas album, his first and only Christmas album in a 45+ year career.

‘Christmas in the Heart’ (Columbia) follows ‘Together Through Life’ making it the second Dylan album in the same year, so maybe everyday is Christmas for Dylan’s fans.  Christmas in the Heart is a collection of 15 songs none of which are original Dylan compositions.

The Christmas album comes in at 42 minutes long and includes standards such as Winter Wonderland, The First Noel and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.

The album cover depicts a 19^th century two horse and open sleigh theme. Dylan generally divides and this Christmas album will be loved or hated by Dylan fans in equal measure. Only time will tell if it will make it to a more mainstream Christmas album rotations alongside Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and Elvis by a wider audience or will be listened to be those with a more alternative and eclectic tastes.

It’s Christmas and a time of charity so it’s worth noting that all present and future sales of Christmas in the Heart will be shared equally by three charities that seek to feed the hungry.

The full track listing for Christmas in the Heat is:

Here Comes Santa Claus
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Winter Wonderland
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Little Drummer Boy
The Christmas Blues
O’ Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Must Be Santa
Silver Bells
The First Noel
Christmas Island
The Christmas Song
O’ Little Town Of Bethlehem

More reviews of Bob Dylan ‘Christmas in the Heart’ online

Christmas in the Heart Review

Bob Dylan Christmas Album Review

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Collecting the videos and listening to the songs for an alternative Christmas with Jonny Cash v Elvis Presley got me thinking about how the world has changed in just a few short years.

Watching these videos and listening to these songs reminds me of what is important in life, not just Christmas -- family, friends and those less fortunate then ourselves.

I don’t want to preach but, these innocent times depicted in these videos were not that long ago but seem an age away from the rampant consumerism, me me me culture we live in today. No wonder the world is the mess it is.

Enjoy the songs and have a beautiful Christmas.

Elvis Presley -- Merry Christmas Baby / Blue Christmas -- The King looking the best he ever did and havin’ a whole lotta fun doing what he did best TCOB.

Jonny Cash -- Christmas Guest

Elvis Prseley -- It Wont seem Like Christmas Without You

Jonny Cash -- Silent Night / Little Drummer Boy

Elvis Presley -- Holly Leaves And Christmas Trees

Jonny Cash -- Christmas As I Knew It

Elvis  Presley -- Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me

Jonny Cash - I Believe

Elvis Presley and Martina McBride -- Blue Christmas  from the album Blue Christmas 2008

Jonny Cash - 12 Days Of Christmas

Find you favourite alternative Christmas songs to download here .

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To get me into the holiday mood this Christmas I thought I’d compile a alternative surf Christmas songs list. Surfs up!

It’s Gonna be a Surfer’s Christmas  -- Morning Glass

Surf Rock Christmas Song -- Ventures

Christmas Time in Bagdad

Captain Santa Clause -- Bobby Helms

Lord’s Prayer -- Beach Boys

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree -- Brenda Lee

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer -- Gene Autry

We Three Kings of Orient Are -- Marvin Gaye & the BeachBoys

A holly Jolly Christmas -- Burl Ives

Our Christmas Wish to  You -- Malibooz

It’s Just Not Christmas Without You -- Malibooz

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Here is our Top Ten 10 Alternative Christmas Videos and a few surprise songs are in the too.

Here is the Boss, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform Santa Claus is Coming to Town. What a Christmas party!

Gabba Hey! The Ramones -- Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight) Pure punk pop genius.

The Killers recorded A Great Big Sled for the Red Charity. Well it’s a very charitable time of year!

St Etienne featuring Tim Burgess of Charlatans fame perform I was Born on Christmas Day on Channel 4’s The Word.

Sujan Stevens -- That Was the Worst Christmas Ever. Where to start with Stevens? He’s made so many indie rock alternative Christmas albums of late picking one track is bound to cause debate. He could have a whole Top Ten of his own!

The Kinks -- Father Christmas. Londons finest Ray Davies and The Kinks get into the festive spirit on the Old Grey Whistle Test

Malcolm Middleton featuring Kim Noble -- We are All Going to Die. The amiable Scot forgot to mention paying taxes!

U2 -- Baby Please Come Home -- Bono give The Edge a run for his money in the hat stakes in this video.

St. Etienne -- My Christmas Prayer. The second video by St. Etienne to feature in our alternative Christmas videos. Sarah come and sing to us on Christmas day!! The track is from the 1993 Lovers Unite Christmas single

Black Box Recorder

Black Box Recorder and Art Brut - Christmas Number One. A sideways swipe at all those cliched Christmas videos!

More alternative Christmas Lists on the web…

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