Silly Christmas Songs to Enjoy Year Round

If you like your Christmas tidings with a spoon of good humor, then these silly Christmas songs are right up your street. The listings range from cute and innocent to ironic and just plain weird. They are a fun seasonal alternative to Bing Crosby’s Christmas songs.

The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) is written by Ross Bagdasarian in 1958. Although it was sung by Ross in a high-pitched chipmunk voice, the credit was given to The Chipmunks. The song won three Grammy awards in 1958. In this song, it shows how exciting is Christmas.

All I want for Christmas is a Two Front Teeth is written in 1944. The writer of this song, Donald Gardner was a teacher in a public school; he wrote the song in 30 minutes when he asked his students what they want for Christmas and noticed that almost all of his students had at least one front missing. In the song, the wish is to have two front teeth so he can greet a merry Christmas.

Twelve Days of Christmas is an English Christmas carol that enumerates the grand gifts given on each twelve days of Christmas. The twelve days of Christmas starts on Christmas day to the day before Epiphany.

I Want a Hippopotamus on Christmas is written by John Rox in 1950 and performed by a 10 year old girl, Gayla Peevey in 1953. It is a way to raise money for the Oklahoma City zoo’s first hippopotamus although the song was not written specifically for that. It just fitted in and became a nationwide hit.

Nuttin’ for Christmas is written by Sid Tepper and Roy Bennett. It became a hit when the song showed up in Billboard’s pop chart by five different artists. The top of the five was released by Art Mooney and His Orchestra with seven-year old Barry Gordon as lead vocalist. The song tells children to be good because if they’re bad they’ll get nuttin’ for Christmas.