"Run Run Rudolph" is another great one not played enough in these modern times - this song has a depth of meaning that certainly beats "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" or whatever it's called.
Bobby Helms, of Helmsburg, Indiana, just outside of Nashville, Indiana, came up with "Jingle Bell Rock" as a positive response to the cloying and sickeningly sweet "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", and unless they ban that one, the "Jingle" has got to stay! Obeying the law of unintended consequences, Bobby's recording of "Rudolph" has achieved vast playtime as well.
And finally, my all time favorite, which has been performed by more artists than just about any other song, is "Merry Christmas Baby". If they can't sing something else, every Elvis impersonator in the world has this one down pat.
I agree there. There was a rock(blues based) version of it as well, I think by a Detroit band. That was a good version as well.