Christmas Music: Punk, Rockabilly, Indie, Emo and Good Ol' Rock Songs

This Christmas season turn off the old classics you hear in every department store. Take out the Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole Christmas albums and pop in some rock!

To give you a heads start, here's a rundown of top Christmas songs from rock, punk, rockabilly, indie and emo genres (in no particular order).

Song: Father Christmas
Artist: The Kinks
Album: Misfits

Song: Christmas Wrapping
Artist: The Waitress
Album: A Christmas Record

Song: Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)
Artist: Ramones
Album: Christmas A Go-Go

Song: Step Into Christmas
Artists: The Business
Album: Bollocks To Christmas
Original is Explicit

Song: Hurray for Santa Claus
Artists: The Fleshtones
Album: Stocking Stuffer (EP)

Song: Santa Bring My Baby
Artists: The Smithereens
Album: Christmas with The Smithereens

Song: Fairytale of New York
Artist: No Use For a Name
Album: More Betterness

Song: My First Christmas (As A Women)
Artist: Vandals
Album: NO HO HO: Alternative Indie Christmas Holiday Anthems, Vol. 1

Song: A Christmas Duel
Artist: Cyndi Lauper and The Hives
Album: A Christmas Duel

Song: Rockabilly Christmas
Artist: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Album: Everything I Want for Christmas

Song: Cry Cry Christmas
Artist: The Sweptaways Featuring Magnus Carlson & The Gray Bridge
Album: Sweptaways Cry Cry Christmas CD Single

Song: Sleigh Ride
Artists: Persephone's Bees
Album: A Foggy Holiday - Carols From The SF Scene, Vol. 1

Song: Melekalikimaka
Artists: The Lovemakers
Album: A Foggy Holiday - Carols From The SF Scene, Vol. 2

Song: Carol of The Bells
Artist: Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra
Album: A Very Ping Pong Christmas: Funky Treats From Santa's Bag

Song: So This is Christmas
Artist: Acceptance
Album: A Santa Cause: It's A Punk Rock Christmas

Song: She Whispers the Winter Snow
Artist: The Autumns
Album: NO HO HO: Alternative Indie Christmas Holiday Anthems, Vol. 1

Song: It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad!
Artist: Sufjan Stevens
Album: Songs for Christmas

Song: O Come All Ye Faithful
Artist: Starfield
Album: Shades of Christmas: Rock

Song: Mele Kelikimaka
Artist: Luke
Album: Mele Kelikimaka

Song: Holly Jolly Christmas
Artist: Marah
Album: A Christmas Kind of Town

Song: It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Artists: Martina Sorbera
Album: Maybe This Christmas, Too

Song: Christmas Lights
Artists: Triangle Park
Album: Kindercore Christmas Two

Song: Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
Artists: The Fly Serville
Album: Viva Noel: A Q Division Christmas

Song: Frosty
Artist: Dim Dim
Album: NO HO HO: Alternative Indie Christmas Holiday Anthems, Vol. 1

Song: Christmas Eve Montage
Artist: RJD2
Album: Nightmare Revisited

Song: Last Christmas
Artists: Minuteman
Album: It's Not Like Christmas

Song: So Much Wine
Artists: The Handsome Family
Album: Blue Christmas

Song: Baby, Please Don't Get Stoned (It's Xmas)
Artists: Je Suis France
Album: Xmas 3: The War on Christmas!

Comments? To add to my list, please leave a comment with your song suggestion(s). Let's keep the tunes rolling in!