Artist	Song
Aly & AJ	Greatest Time of Year
from Acoustic Hearts of Winter (2006)
Danity Kane	Home for Christmas (Holiday Version)
from Home for Christmas - Single (2006)
Macy Gray	This Christmas (Hang All the Mistletoe)
from A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 5 (2001)
The Killers	Don't Shoot Me Santa
from Don't Shoot Me Santa - Single (2007)
TLC	Sleigh Ride
from Ultimate Christmas 2 (2004)
Blink-182	I Won't Be Home for Christmas
from I Won't Be Home for Christmas - EP (2001)
Mary J. Blige & Sheryl Crow	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
from A Very Special Christmas - Live from Washington D.C. (1999)
They Might Be Giants	Santa's Beard
from Then: The Earlier Years (1997)
Death Cab for Cutie	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
from Maybe This Christmas Tree (2004)
The Weepies	All That I Want
from A Winter's Night (2005)
Angie Martinez & Mary J. Blige	Christmas In the City
from A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 3 (1997)
Kimberley Locke	Jingle Bells
from Christmas (2007)
Harry Connick, Jr.	(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus
from When My Heart Finds Christmas (1993)
Phantom Planet	Carol of the Bells
from Christmas Calling (2003)
Josh Groban	Believe
from The Polar Express (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) (2004)
Neil Finn	Sweet Secret Peace
from A Winter's Night (2005)
Fountains of Wayne	Valley Winter Song
from Welcome Interstate Managers (2003)
Fiona Apple	Frosty the Snowman
from Winter Songs (2008)
Take 6	Silver Bells
from We Wish You a Merry Christmas (2008)
Ashley Tisdale	Last Christmas (Single Version)
from Last Christmas - Single (2006)
Lisa Loeb	Jingle Bells
from Happy Holiday - Christmas Favorites (2006)
Sufjan Stevens	Put the Lights On the Tree
from Songs for Christmas (2006)
Faith Evans	Mistletoe and Holly
from A Faithful Christmas (2005)
Joss Stone	All I Want for Christmas
from All I Want for Christmas - Single (2007)

Comment:

Blink-182 may not be the first band you think of when it comes to Christmas music, but that doesn't mean their tongue-in-cheek pop-punk rarity "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" is any less worthy of caroling than, say, a classic like "Silver Bells" — here given a haunting a cappella treatment by Take 6. That's the beauty of our [i]Pop Christmas[/i] Essentials — it's as unpredictable as a pair of earrings gift-wrapped in a refrigerator box. Go from the synth-guided shuffle of Christina Aguilera's "This Year" and the choir-kissed snowflake sparkle of Faith Hill's "Joy to the World!" to the smoky lounge ambiance of Norah Jones' "Peace," and an unforgettable superstar summit of Céline Dion and R. Kelly on "I'm Your Angel."

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