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The following is a list of hit Christmas songs recorded by well known and obscure artists, many of which have hit on various charts mostly in the United States (some only released in the artist's home country). A year indicates the ''first'' year of release for that artist's recorded version of the single or track, which may not necessarily be the first year the artist's version charted on one or more popular music charts by various music trade publications. However, many tracks were re-released as singles in subsequent years. __NOTOC__ ==Parodies== * The best-selling parody of all-time in the US is "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" by Elmo 'N Patsy (written by Randy Brooks), which first appeared on radio and as an independent single in 1979. It was re-released for several years following, and grew in popularity each year. It was a best-selling Christmas singles in the US for several years in the 1980s, and reached No. 1 on the Pop charts in 1984.〔 It spawned toys and an animated TV special that remain popular each year. * Radio personality Bob Rivers has written countless Christmas parodies. Some of the most notable include "The Twelve Pains of Christmas" and "The Restroom Door Said Gentlemen". He has also written some original humorous holiday songs, including "The Chimney Song". These have appeared on, as of 2006, five albums: ''Twisted Christmas'', ''I Am Santa Claus'', ''More Twisted Christmas'', ''Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire'' and ''Christmas''. * ''A Twisted Christmas'' is also the name of a popular 2006 parody album by metal band Twisted Sister. * Parody king "Weird Al" Yankovic has also recorded Christmas-related songs: "Christmas at Ground Zero", an original tune from 1986, and "The Night Santa Went Crazy". * The US TV series ''South Park'' discovered their knack for holiday music parodies with an early Christmas episode (and like-named song), "Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo" in 1997. The runaway hit led to annual Christmas episodes, many including brand new songs or parodies of traditional tunes. An all-music sing-along Christmas 'special' was hosted by Mr Hankey and a full-length album of the 'new Christmas classics' from the series was released, along with videos for all the songs. Notably, the 'pilot' episode for the series was an animated short film entitled "The Spirit of Christmas" (albeit without music). * The political satire group The Capitol Steps has released four Christmas albums: ''Danny's First Noel'' (1989), ''All I Want for Christmas Is a Tax Increase'' (1993),''O, Christmas Bush'' (2006), and ''Barackin' Around the Christmas Tree'' (2009). In addition, some of their other albums contain parodies of Christmas songs. The group's first performance in 1981, was a Christmas show. * Many Christmas songs were parodied by the Floridian band, The Monsters in the Morning; they were included on the second disc of the ''Monsters Double Brown'' album. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Christmas hit singles in the United States」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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