“We Should See Other People[‘s Presents]”

Woven in Hiatus says There’s an emptiness I feel when you’re not around. Well, it guess that means–you exist. “Joy” is anything but, rolling around sketchy imagery and partial feelings while turning a fair indie melody into sound.

Alan Jackson pulls out all the tissues with “Merry Christmas to Me“, a country weeper with left behind wedding rings and pretend cards.

Lorrie Morgan employs more cliched tropes to less effect in her “Merry Christmas to Me“. Country leavings.

B2K R+Bs their demands in the pushy “Why’d You Leave Me on Christmas“. Boy band whimpering for the masses.

“Sickly Sweet Holidays” is a cry for comfort from Dallon Weekes. He needs your nurturing, your nursing, your presence. Solid rock.

Creamed Corn aren’t sure who they’re missing. But “Merry Christmas, Carol” is a fine melange of if onlys and wonderments set to almost Hawaiian indie. Cool.

“I Need Space [in My Stocking]”

Surf’s up! “It’s Just Not Christmas Without You” from Malibooz wipes out gently against the breakers of breakups.

Victoria Justice (Tori), Elizabeth Gillies (Jade), Ariana Grande (Cat), Leon Thomas III (André) spritz up cheesy pop for the Disney TV’s “It’s Not Christmas Without You“. You have the right to remain silent.

Dealing with a negligent rat bastard Katherine McPhee self deludes that “It’s Not Christmas Without You.” Soulful, yet clingy pop that may cause cringe.

Bebopping the pop Jorden Milnes · Steven Mcgill set the scene for “Our Fairytale Christmas“. There may be some distance, as well as some allotment of blame.

Dan Dyer wants to know if you’ll forget him gain “This Ex-Mas“. He’s prepared to cry in this percussive rocker.

Prozzak retros the pop with “It’s Just Another Christmas Without You“. They blame the stove, the sidewalk, and the season while floundering in single-tude. The singing cheers them up, so there’s that.

“Sometimes Things Fall Apart [Joyful], So Better Things can Fall Together [Triumphant]”

38 Special does NOT rock and absolutely wants you to take their pop seriously in “It’s Christmas and I Miss You“. Sorry, couldn’t keep a straight upper case.

Gary Roberts sleepwalks through “I Don’t Think She’ll Be Here for Christmas” almost holding onto the long notes like he was singing, not simply kvetching. Country with regrets.

“It Wouldn’t Be Christmas” has Chris Bennett trying her best to vamp some life into wet blanket lyrics about nothing sparkling without you. Lounge morphing into showtune.

J-Wonn (feat. Big Yayo) commiserate with R+B about how “She Left Me for Christmas“. Did Christmas offer something she couldn’t refuse?

AI and Dennis Johnson bring us hopes and dreams of your return “Under the Moonlight Snow“. Elements of brooding ballad, tinted with slow pop.

You want lounge? The Mavericks lean into “It’s Christmas Without You” like a producer’s watching, giving it a gutless go that suggests actual heartache. Yeah, it’s supposed to be country–but it got overproduced. I like the mess that it is now.

“One Day We’ll Look Back on This and [Meeting Smile After] Smile”

Junior Walsh covers Elvis’s “It Won’t Seem Like Christmas (Without You)” with significantly more country and less throaty misery. (It’s nasal here.)

Similarly titled, “It Won’t Seem Like Christmas Without You” tasks Stan Davis and Friends with making a 1920s style bomb. They succeed.

Dissolving all the aspects of Xmas one at a time, like he was wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, Barry Keenan takes us through “It Wouldn’t Be Christmas Without You” with a powered monotone. Disaffected easy listening kinda nails it.

Brooks & Dunn do that shaggy country shinging to convince you of their woe in “It Won’t be Christmas Without You.”

Dr. BLT is antsy looking at you packing a suitcase. “What Have You Got Up Your Sleeve (This Christmas Eve)” he folk/demands. Baby, please don’t go.

Dan + Shay cry over the “Break Up On Christmas” because of all the money already spent on presents. Snide pop country with just a skoosh of reggae.

“There’s Plenty of Frankincense in the Sea”

Leroy Sanchez rolls all over octaves with his R+B lovelorn letter “It Ain’t Christmas Without You“. It’s a mating call of prodigious proportions.

Dr. BLT demonstrates how country can make “It Ain’t Christmas Without You” a real downer. More of a bar howl.

Desi and Cody apply cowboy blues to “It Just Ain’t Christmas Without You“. Now it’s a mopey singalong.

It’s “One Long, Silent Night” without you yowls Mike Bryant with rarefied honky tonk backgrounds. That’s a sad one.

Doug Stone croons country weakly bc he’s missing you so much. Like all the time. But especially “When December Comes Around“. Symphonic.

Retro rock transforms “It Just Can’t Be Christmas Without You” by Kung Fu Monkeys into a dance party game of maybes.

“I Feel Like Our Lives are Moving in Different [Rein]Deer-ections” BLUE ALERT

Jordan leads The Ready Set song “I Don’t Wanna Spend Another Christmas Without You” with a cooking lesson. It’s a messy, spoofy pop take on heartbreak.

That’s a sharp contrast to Nsync’s “I Don’t Wanna Spend One More Chistmas Without You“, an over earnest boyband cheesefest of pop bologna.

At least “I’ll Be Missing You Come Christmas (A Letter To Santa)” by New Kids On The Block is more R+B sad in order to make the tweens sob.

Powerful distress from Tamela Mann asks in nearly fluent English “What is Christmas Without You?” Lots of answers to that question here.

Cute Aesthetics disco R+Bs “Snow Globe“–oddly enough about being without Mr. Melody. Then it starts skipping. And doesn’t stop. Now it’s weird.

One of my fave-o BLUE ALERT dumped songs is Landon Tewers’s “I Hope You Have A Shitty Christmas“. He hopes you’re eaten by a shark. And yes, there’s a last laugh. Rock.

“This Too Shall P[M]ass”

Jerry Lee Lewis is perhaps not so serious when he warbles “I Can’t Have A Merry Christmas Mary (Without You)” in his honkytonk boogie woogie way. But it’s a good time.

Using retro pop to sing the blues, Make Like Monkeys seem not to be “Getting Over Xmas Without U“. Any other holiday….

Saint Etienne covers Claudine Longet’s “I Don’t Intend to Spend Christmas Without You” with slightly less accented English. Sounds like a threat in this punchy pop.

It’s a group effort in GamjaMusic’s “Christmas Without You“. Sultry pop with an uncanny valley of emotion.

Bri Kaye ASMRs “At the Same Time” about the contradictions of a world without you. New Age indie with dynamite vocals.

I enjoyed the hell out of Mark Arnett’s “I Miss You Most at Christmas (Now That You Are Dead)” without sharing the whole skit. It’s not as asskicking as the slow country ballad, but there’s a punk outro i love.

“I Don’t Feel the Spark [to Light the Menorah] Any Longer”

“Hanukkah Without Ya” is Micah E. Wood (feat. Britt Olsen-Ecker & Jon Birkholz) flailing soul all over the shtetl missing you, boychik.

“Eight Nights Without You (On Hanukkah)” starts with a text. But Sheryl Braunstein is running out of folk pop patience after several nights. Be honest, Hebrew.

Olivia Mori goes cowboy for “8 Lonely Nights (A Blue Hanukkah)“. I’m not sure what to feel.

They Might be Giants take on “Feast of Lights” with a callout to the one who avoids. Don’t fight. Light. Toy piano pop.

“What Doesn’t [Kris]K[r]i[ng]ll[e] You, Makes You Stronger”

Jill Johnson is carrying a country torch in her “First Christmas Without You“. It’s slow, thoughtful, though the vocal trill gives it away. She’ll be fine.

“First Christmas Without” by War Pony Dos clashes tinkly xylophone notes with hollowed out vocals for ironic folk pop understatement. They get me.

hiShAndsRmiLk (ft. Hashter) mock their sentiment with “have christmas without me” with movie clips and garage insouciance. If you can’t laugh, boo hoo.

“An Awful Christmas and a Lousy New Year” is the name of the blues from Swamp Dogg with Jerry Williams Jr. and Bob Jones. Without their baby, who will fetch their drink?

Angry Johnny and the Killbillies was once a happy sort, now his “Christmas Cheer” is cussing, drinking, and hoping a flammable Xmas tree will carry his cares away. ‘Cuz you left. Raunchy country rock.

Clever alt rock, “Holiday Without You” has Reindeer Tribe holler out their dissatisfaction to some blue grass-like breakdowning.

“You’re Great, But I Don’t See[H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S] This Working Out”

The “Countdown to Christmas Without You (Remix)” by Naika Oko & Oshy R+Bs the isolation pretty hard, as well as just prettily.

For Linhy “December Without You” is too long, cold, and empty. Sweet R+B-ish pop.

For Amy Grant “December” without you is blurry, trembly, and wrestle-y. Pop country-ish limpness.

“Christmas Without You” pushes Tommy Page to sing louder than the pop music. Guess he’s too broken up about your absence to be heard.

Bruce Smith rallies with “Christmiss“, a jazzy rock number about fighting the wrongs and hoping to pick up her trail.

Make Like Monkeys save the roster (again) with a peppy “Don’t Let Christmas Come Without You“. Boss retro pop ballideering.