Okay, everybody. Happy 2017 and all that. My New Year's gift to you is a list of the ten Christmas songs without which no holiday season is complete. Basically, it's not Christmas if these don't happen. Period.

10. Dominick the Donkey by Lou Monte. Because nothing says Christmas like an 

Italian Christmas donkey. https://youtu.be/hYlvfX3nwlc

9. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day by Harry Belafonte. I just love it. https://youtu.be/B85s8JfldU0

8. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Judy Garland. Just in case your holidays aren't depressing enough. https://youtu.be/nH9RyySpkU8

7. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer by Elmo and Patsy. It's the part with the pudding made of fig. Cracks me up every time. https://youtu.be/MgIwLeASnkw

6. Silver Bells by Anne Murray. I feel like this is my childhood Christmas remembering song, because I bought my Dad a Stetson soap on a rope in the drugstore while this song was playing. And he loved it, I'm sure, because Stetson. https://youtu.be/joEU172x6vE

5. Love is a Christmas Rose by Perry Como. Perry's the business. https://youtu.be/m-l83nUvMK0

4. Tiny Angels by Roger Whittaker. My mom loves her some Roger Whittaker Christmas songs, and this is the one I remember the most. https://youtu.be/xlM6DBexV0c

3. Christmas in San Francisco by Vic Damone. Weirdest song in the world, but really, nothing says Christmas like lychee nuts and barbecued pork. https://youtu.be/vA_0cvyh3oE

2. It Doesn't Have to be That Way by Jim Croce. Another vague childhood memory. Yes, I was born in the late 70s. https://youtu.be/Sxvd8NEd_C8

1. Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg. See above. LOVE IT. https://youtu.be/cmVXYOJzAJM

So, there you go. Happy 2017.