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The 25 Best Christmas Songs of the 21st Century (So Far): Staff Picks


Best new Christmas songs of the 21st Century, from Ariana Grande's "Santa Tell Me" to Taylor Swift's "Christmas Tree Farm." See the list.

From uptempo bangers from Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber that shoot holiday adrenaline through shopping-mall speakers each year to more understated tracks from Sufjan Stevens, Norah Jones and Colbie Caillat that capture the versatile beauty of the season, the past quarter-century or so has tied bows on numerous Christmas stand-outs. Best lyric: “Baby, won’t you take me home for Christmas, show me ’round your town?/ Take me where you used to watch the snow come down/ All of your traditions, I wanna know ’em all.” Best lyric: “I’ve been down this road before/ Fell in love on Christmas night/ But on New Year’s Day, I woke up and he wasn’t by my side.”

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