North Shore News holiday playlist

If you haven’t heard one already, brace yourselves because you probably will. Stores are gearing up for the holiday season and Christmas songs will soon start filling the airwaves.

If you haven’t heard one already, brace yourselves because you probably will.

Stores are gearing up for the holiday season and Christmas songs will soon start filling the airwaves.

We asked staff at the North Shore News to submit their favourite holiday song and compiled the results into the following list. While most choices weren’t surprising, the quiet person in the office who chose the sultry Eartha Kitt version of “Santa Baby” was. As the debate over the preferred version of Band-Aid’s classic “Do They Know It’s Christmas” rages on, have a look at the videos and maybe you’ll find a new favourite.

We start with an interesting selection not well known to anyone in the newsroom except the person who suggested it.

Augie Rios – Donde Esta Santa Claus?

Mele Kalikimaka - Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters

A Marshmallow World - Dean Martin

Have A Holly Jolly Christmas – Burl Ives

Rockin Around the Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee

Baby, It’s Cold Outside. It’s been covered by many duos but Lee Ann Womack and Harry Connick, Jr.; Steve Tyrell and Jane Monheit; and Idina Menzel and Michael Bublé are among the favourites.