WASHINGTON — This playlist was inspired by a series of tweets from ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ Digital Sports Editor Noah Frank, who first posited that there weren’t many experiences more miserable than being stuck in an Uber car in traffic with Christmas music playing seemingly forever — with the possible exception of being the driver.
Well, I thought, that’s a little harsh.
For nine years I covered pop music for The Providence Journal, and every year I went maximal on Christmas music, reviewing literally every holiday disc I got. And yes — some of it was terrible. OK; quite a bit of it was very terrible. But there were some serious gems among the crowd — lesser-known songs and more creative versions of some classics.
So herewith, a rebuttal: Christmas songs that you haven’t heard a thousand times, and that are actually – gulp – good.
