Best Christmas Rock Songs: Some Merry and Some Sad

It is hard to get away from the traditional, classic Christmas Carols that represent everything reverent about the birth of Jesus Christ and celebrating what is good in the World. I melt like butter every time I play the Christmas songs from the Noel Christmas album and hear Josh Groban ringing out Noel and Ave Maria like an Angel from Heaven. I cry when I listen to Silent Night while looking at the Salt Lake City Temple Square Christmas Lights in this slideshow. That traditional Christmas Carol was my Mom and Dad's favorite Christmas song and I miss them since they passed. They loved Christmas time.

So, I spin the iPod wheel and pick the Rock N' Roll Christmas Song playlist for a little boost of fun and laughter at the holidays. Just a word of warning, though. Not all of my Rock N' Roll Christmas songs are happy ones, even though they are my favorite ones. Remember the song Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) by Trans-Siberian Orchestra? Wow, those holiday songs about war, suffering, and lonely heartbreak will make you cry, too. Nevertheless, Christmas is a time to remember the less fortunate ones and some of these Rock N' Roll legends don't let us forget that.

You may not remember American Idol favorite, Kimberley Locke, but In 2006, Kimberley Locke had a #1 hit on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart with her recording of the great Christmas Classic Jingle Bells. Oddly enough, Jingle Bells was not written to be a Christmas Song. Most of you are probably too young to remember that Jingle Bells was the first Christmas song broadcast from outer Space and was used in a prank by the Gemini 6 astronauts to Mission Control on December 16, 1965. Of course, I have the barking dogs version of Jingle Bells on my MP3 player. Here is my MP3 playlist of favorite Rock Christmas Songs . Merry Rockin' Christmas!

Top 30 Rock Christmas Songs for Your MP3 Christmas Playlist

Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano
Grandma Got Run Over by A Reindeer by Elmo & Patsy
Christmas All Over Again by Tom Petty
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town by Bruce Springsteen
Run Rudolph Run by Chuck Berry
Jingle Bells by The Singing Dogs
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee
Snoopy's Christmas by The Royal Guardsmen
I Wish Every Day Could Be Like Christmas by Jon Bon Jovi
Santa Claus Is Watching You by Ray Stevens
Must Be Santa by Bob Dylan
Rock and Roll Christmas by George Thorogood
Step Into Christmas by Elton John
Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms
Christmas Song by Dave Matthews Band
A Great Big Sled by The Killers
Happy Xmas by John Lennon
Merry Christmas Baby by Bruce Springsteen
Oh Come All Ye Faithful by Twisted Sister
I Believe in Father Christmas by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You by Billy Squire
Jingle Bells by Kimberley Locke
Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses
I Won't Be Home for Christmas by Blink-182
All I Want For Christmas by My Chemical Romance
Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24 by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
My December by Linkin Park
Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) by U2
Last Christmas by Pink Floyd
Please Come Home for Christmas by The Eagles
Christmas Tears by Eric Clapton
Someday At Christmas by Stevie Wonder
Do They Know It's Christmas from Band Aid