Because you didn’t realise your life was missing an emo-rock version of ‘Little Drummer Boy.’

Before Jack Antonoff achieved world domination by producing Taylor Swift his first band ‘Fun’ made this corking version of ‘Sleigh Ride.’

Never one to do anything by half, Sufjan Stevens has now released about 100 Christmas songs in EPs and several collected volumes. Lots of it is worthy of inclusion on this or the Very Indie Christmas list – but this is a gorgeous version of the kids favourite.

Rudolph goes through the laid-back Jack Johnson filter and the result is, of course, a winner.

If you are old enough then you will remember ‘Kiss Me’ being on every soundtrack going for a while. This is a sublime version of an old hymn.

Yes, it is Weezer playing ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’, you can thank me later.

Jimmy Eat World give it their up-tempo whole…

Tidings of comfort and joy never rocked so hard.

Poppy eases off on the screamo to make a rather subtle cover of this classic

Christian rockers Relient K make this a huge amount of fun

Zooey Deschanel’s musical side project keeps this cover fairly faithful to the original.

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