You know, you'd think that there would be a lot more Broadway Christmas songs than there are. People periodically ask me for recommendations, for cabaret performances and choral concerts and whatnot. But there really aren't that many.
Try thinking of ten off the top of your head. Unless you're my friend Kevin at Theater Aficionado at Large, you'll probably have difficulty getting beyond five.
So, below I've provided a decidedly biased sampling of Broadway (or Broadway-related) Christmas songs, along with some links for you to listen to the songs in question. Feel free to share your own personal favorites as well.
A very happy Christmas to all of my friends, old and new, out there in EIKILFM Land.
Warmest regards,
~ Chris ~
"Be a Santa," from Subways Are for Sleeping
"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas/Pine Cones and Holly Berries," from Here's Love
"Christmas Child," from Irma La Douce
"I Don't Remember Christmas," from Starting Here, Starting Now
"We Need a Little Christmas," from Mame
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," from Meet Me in St. Louis
"Christmas Bells," from Rent
"The Best Christmas of All," from Mrs. Santa Claus
"Lovers on Christmas Eve," from I Love My Wife
"Snow," from White Christmas
"Turkey Lurkey Time," from Promise, Promises
"Twelve Days to Christmas," from She Loves Me
"Winter Was Warm," from Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
"Christmas Together," from A Christmas Carol
"Surabaya Santa," from Songs for a New World
"My Simple Christmas Wish," by David Friedman
[N.B.: I haven't included "Hard Candy Christmas" because, other than the title, it has absolutely nothing to do with Christmas.]
