A selection of stars featured on HuffPost UK's alternative Christmas playlist Mediapunch/Shutterstock/Netflix/Photofab/Amazon/Vevo/NetflixThere comes a point every festive season when it suddenly dawns on you that if you hear the same old Christmas songs one more time you are going to run for the hills. Dragonette – Merry Xmas (Says Your Text Message)AdvertisementPotentially the only Christmas song you’re likely to listen to with the lyric “thanks a lot, but fuck you”. In 2015, shortly before unveiling her Dangerous Woman album, Ariana released an entire Christmas EP, titled Christmas & Chill, latterly described by Vulture as a “surreal six-song compendium detailing the specific ways in which Christmas sexually arouses her”. Cher and Tyga – Drop Top Sleigh RideListen, we all love Cher’s modern-day Christmas classic DJ Play A Christmas Song, but it’s time to give her full festive album the props it deserves. And to take things up about 20 additional festive notches, check out the 2020 remix featuring Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson.
