In lieu of my normal Christmas activities (baking a cake for Jesus, crying a lot), this year I’ve decided to post my favorite Christmas songs—one a day, all the way until the 25th. While you might not get music as great as this, these songs sure beat all the lousy gifts you’ll have to pretend to like.

Ah, the best of the best. No Christmas song is as warm and fuzzy, and yet so damn bizarre, as the paring of David Bowie and Bing Crosby. The Washington Post ran an excellent piece on how the song almost never happened, turns out Bowie isn’t a fan of “Little Drummer Boy,” which you can read here.

MP3:
David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy