I remember this being pretty ubiquitous around the holidays when I was younger, then it seemed to evaporate as time went on. They played it a lot on WMMR (local Greater Philadelphia region station) back in the day. I can't really confirm whether it's still getting any current air time, as I don't listen to the radio anymore, lol.
This sums it all up: "Have yourself a Merry Merry Christmas, have yourself a good time, but remember the kids who got nothing, while you're drinking down your wine". Thank you Ray for writing one of the best Christmas songs EVER!
And for actually being the band who would, could and did ''beat you up if you made them annoyed" and called that a punch up, as if it was fun, but didn't hit Women!
It really is the pinnacle moment of the song and sums up the message beautifully! That and “give all the toys to the little rich boys”! What good are toys when you can’t even afford food!?
@@dukecraig2402 Wow somehow I forgot this song and it just popped up on my recommendations. I'm glad it did and you're absolutely right. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Somebody told my friend that I sounded like the Kinks. We were not friends after that. I guess he thought I sounded like the Kinks and didn't like my music anymore.
When this was released in 1977, unemployment was rampant in Britain. The pound was shit. They were in the middle of "The Troubles," and punk was just getting off the ground. This Xmas masterpiece captures all of that in 3+ minutes! GENIUS!!
In 1967 when psychedelia and flower-power was in full-swing, the Kinks were singing about kitchen sinks leaking and general working class struggles -- very much the stuff that the British punk groups would be on about in 1977. Here we are in '77 and the Kinks release a Christmas single that has all the energy and fire of the Pistols, Clash, Jam and it's that same real world concern. Ray Davies never wrote songs about purple unicorns, pinball playing messiahs or tales from topographic oceans, he kept it real from the very beginning and always stayed relevant. (Well, mostly.. some of the KInks' concept albums of the early '70s were more than a bit bloated and self-indulgent, but other than that..)
@@therespectedlex9794 The limey pricks had already done psychedelia back in 1965 with 'See My Friends' -- one of the earliest uses of an Indian drone type feel. So they'd already been there and done that. Also, 'Lazy Old Sun' off the 'Something Else' album has a great dreamy, trippy feel. Not unlike Syd's Pink Floyd.
Because Christmas Wrapping is!!! LOL I like this song! And Christmas Wrapping! Just found JD McPherson’s Hey Skinny Santa!! Incredibly awesome Christmas songs!!
@@davidthune2414 Yes indeed it is. Now, I'm not quite old enough to remember watching him play. But ever since I saw a picture of him in his mask in an old hockey book I used to read as a kid, I've always thought that it was a cool looking mask. One of the coolest designs I've ever seen imho...
@@davidthune2414 Nope. You were right the first time. It's Gilles Gratton's. Luongo had a real cool mask when he played with the Panthers too, though...
My father had the best taste in music of anyone I ever knew. This was played especially for me & my little brother every Xmas morning after gifts. We loved it! Made us both rowdy as hell! Thanks, Dad, it was & still remains my favorite Christmas "carol".
That's awesome, What year was that? I always played it for my boy around the holiday season , Never thought about playing it Christmas morning ,lol To late now he's 20
I once mistook the 1 on the clock for the 7 and woke up my dad ... it was the longest Christmas morning ever. I was 6 or 7 years old. Now 57 it's one of my fondest memories.💖
My dad brought this home in 45rpm and excitedly told us to crank it up, we heard the intro and rolled our eyes, as teens usually do. Then it kicked in, he got the biggest joy outa that, especially the Give us your Money$$$. Good Christmas memory, thanks Dad.
"Have yourself a merry merry Christmas...have yourself a good time... "But remember the kids who got nothin'.. While you're drinkin' down your wine..."
Saw the Kinks live countless times late 70s through their last American concert in NY in 1995. One of a kind band. Ray was in the same class with Lennon/McCartney for his songwriting...maybe even better. This song is has been a part of every Xmas for me since it came out. Who would have thought of a punk Xmas song? The Kinks, that's who.....
Really Kool insight love kinks never saw them..give the people what they want..destroyer art lovers. Yes I Jah herb Jah love Jah Jerry Jah rastafari Jah everything Jah women Jah Duane Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜🌍
As a kid we were poor, no Mom, at a flea market Dad gave me 5 dollars & I bought some old albums, The Kinks you really got me, the Dave Clarke Five, Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, so even though I had heard the Beatles more on the radio, the kinks was the first album I bought, guess I was about 10 or 11 yrs old. This is a great Christmas song for those who adore the Kinks & their brand of music. A Classic!
@Dominic Brady oh, don't worry, he'll hear all the singing (or maybe the one-of-a-kind pops and scratches on this impressive 5 dollar album list), his heart will grow 3 sizes and he'll have the strength of 10 trolls plus 2, and he'll spring for the biggest goose on display and send it over to Bob Cratchit's house. Trust me, it happens every year right around this time...
Ashamed to say I’m a massive kinks fan and never heard this. How is this never played on the radio one of the best christmas songs i’ve ever heard. Merry Christmas everyone. God Bless the Kinks
The radios recycle the same three or four kink songs, that’s it. All day and all night, you really got me, and Lola…… very under appreciated band compared to some of their contemporaries
@@QueenetBowie I don’t know the audience of Kinks fans as far as young people are concerned but i’m 21 and they are one of my favourite bands. I was talking to a record shop owner for about an hour on the kinks and his eyes lit up, we were talking about Village green, Wonderboy/Days all their gems. The good thing about the kinks for me is that not alot of people I know listen to them so they are like my own secret. They don’t know what they’re missing!
This song will forever be in my heart and put me in that Christmas spirit because of my dad. Since I was little, he would play hard rock all the time and this is just one of those Christmas songs that is timeless, nostalgic, hard, has an attitude, just pure badass and at the same time manages to be light hearted. Thank you dad for being such a cool and loving father and for all the great Christmas memories. RIP pops. For all those out there, Share this song and play it for your kids around the Holidays.
I'm with you, almost. To me, the Who are the greatest live band (and the Kinks second) but the Kinks are the greatest recording band (and the Who second)!
@@derekhayward167 Yes, it used to be a holiday staple on the Rock radio stations in the US. If you're going to be country/nation specific, it might be a good idea to state that in your post. Merry Christmas to you, too.
@@DeanMk1 yeah, guess you're right, I live in the Northwest of the UK, been s KINK's fan forever, never fully appreciated here, but a different story in the USA. You know a good band when you hear it, cheers from England....
Ray Davies was just a freaken genius the way he could get a message across, but still not lose the quality of the song. This great tune & John Lennon's Happy Xmas(War is Over) are my 2 favorite Xmas songs. I love the way they remind us that there are many suffering in this big world who aren't blessed materially even with the least bit during the Holidays. I can relate because I come from humble beginnings, but always appreciate my parents for giving myself & all my brothers the love that was better than any gift money could buy.
Heard this song yesterday for the very first time. I have never it on the radio, where the same old boring Xmas songs are played ad nauseum. It is my new favourite Christmas song.
@@michaelantonio2762 When I saw them I Almost wished they would fight, after hearing about it for years--but I didn't want the music to stop, so I was glad there was no fighting on stage that night!
I saw Thew Kinks perform this when they played a few NYC-area gigs to promote the single. Ray gave me one of thew most gracious phone interviews I ever had in my radio days. And he and Dave had to be separated by security during the show, so it was win-win-win!
Heard this song for the first time on a cool retro radio station while driving in my car in Pgh (Pittsburgh) a few year ago. It instantly became a favourite. How brilliant are The Kinks!
It's criminal this isn't played more during the holidays. One of the best rock Christmas songs ever.
I remember this being pretty ubiquitous around the holidays when I was younger, then it seemed to evaporate as time went on. They played it a lot on WMMR (local Greater Philadelphia region station) back in the day. I can't really confirm whether it's still getting any current air time, as I don't listen to the radio anymore, lol.
One of??? THE BEST!!!
I hear each year here in the USA
Merry Christmas to all listening in 2024! 🎄🎁🎅🏻
Back at ya;🧑🎄
Merry Christmas 2024! This song is never played anywhere but I'll always bring it back
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas @missbee1968
Happy Christmas everyone!
Greatest Christmas song ever. "Give my daddy a job 'cause he needs one!" Now more than ever...
Best fucking Christmas song ever
Not Christmas till I hear this song.
Merry Christmas to everyone listening to this classic in 2023. This song is just as revelant today as it was when it was released back in the 70s.
The Kniks
Thank you
And how. Bidenomics has us all learning how to survive from the folks who survived being under class in the 60’s.
Not Christmas without hearing this and Christmas wrapping by the waitresses
@@danneilson7768 Agreed, I also add, Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC and The seasons upon us by the Dropkick Murphys
Merry Christmas to all listening in 2024🎉🎈❄️🎄⛄️
Thanks Batgurrl, same to you! 🎄🎅❤
@@practicallyunconscious8043merry Christmas 🎄
MeRrY ChRiStMaS 🎁🎄 🎸
@@bry-i-am
Thanks, Bry.
Have a good one!
🎄🎅🙏❤️
I LOVE this song!
No matter what era, the Kinks are stone cold badass.
Right on!!
I saw them 3 times live!
Better than the Beatles!!
Yep
All Christmas music is bollocks, except this.
This sums it all up: "Have yourself a Merry Merry Christmas, have yourself a good time, but remember the kids who got nothing, while you're drinking down your wine".
Thank you Ray for writing one of the best Christmas songs EVER!
Allen Montgomery WOW! What a classic I LOVE this song and have yourself a MERRY CHRISTMAS too..
And for actually being the band who would, could and did ''beat you up if you made them annoyed" and called that a punch up, as if it was fun, but didn't hit Women!
It really is the pinnacle moment of the song and sums up the message beautifully! That and “give all the toys to the little rich
boys”! What good are toys when you can’t even afford food!?
I think that you mean: The Greatest Christmas Song Ever.
Thank you Ray, best Christmas song ever. Merry Christmas in splendid isolation.
It's Not Christmas until I play Father Christmas by the Kinks.
Amen.. I walk around work singing it and everyone looks at me funny when I sing the chorus. "... Ain't got no time for your silly toys...."
One of the few christmas songs that is actually good, not overplayed, or super sappy.
The Kniks
"Good"? It's _great._
FR! One of a few Xmas songs that truly matters!
@@RyanMcKennaGoslingfor real!!!!
Happy Christmas 2023
a very kinky xmas to all❤🎉
I have never heard of this,,,, 2023,,, and found this gem,,, better late than never.
God Save The Kinks!
Been listening to this since 1970s. Its most amazing and scary song and opens our hearts to the poor kids in America still to this day.
Heard it first in about 2010. Has been a Christmas Classic since
Well, you found it a year earlier then myself. This is my first year hearing it and it has been added to all Christmas playlist!
Merry Christmas listening in 2022! ❤🎅
and to you from 2024
Punky Christmas 2024 to all Kinks fans.
Merry Christmas to everyone listening in 2021 😊
The greatest Christmas song ever. Not only is it punk but it's actually got a really nice meaning behind it.
I agree! Little Saint Nick by The Beach Boys is another great Christmas song!
it's the second best for me behind making Christmas from Nightmare before Christmas
Problem with that is The Kinks were too good to be considered Punk, they all knew how to play their instruments.
@@dukecraig2402
Wow somehow I forgot this song and it just popped up on my recommendations.
I'm glad it did and you're absolutely right.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
@@nickhill8612
Merry Christmas there St. Nick🎅🎅🎅
The Kinks made a punk song about Christmas.
Wow, I love them even more now.
They're the band with a song about virtually everything!
@@mollyfrom5556
Yes that's true.
I just subscribed to you for your comment. I Love when younger music lovers find great songs. Have a great holiday.
The Fairytale of New York is probably tied with this as far as punk Christmas songs go
@@commentingisawasteoftime7195
I'll have to check it out and thank you for the recommendation
The xylophone makes me think, pleasantly, of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Must have been something about the era! Great Christmas song!
Played this song for my 8th grade class today, didn’t know how they’d react. They loved it. Faith in humanity restored.
LoL 😆
Haha I played it for my 8th grade class on Friday. I have been playing this for them every year near Christmas since the fifth grade.
Unfortunately, the loved it "ironically"
Im in 8th grade yet I love this song along with other classics.
MY new Christmas song (2020) ruclips.net/video/i25f4gz2UO0/видео.html
Be kindsubscribe
Merry Christmas and happy 80th birthday to my grandpa
Happy birthday, Grandpa!
TY and Merry Christmas
@@hankmorrison269 💖
This song always lifted my Christmas spirit when I was a dirt poor single mother at Christmas time.
OMG me too!
Merry Christmas to everyone listening in 2020.
Merry Christmas
Your the best
Happy holidays mate
Merry Christmas to you, Donnie.
to you as well friend
Only The Kinks can make a Christmas song badass
And still make it sound sweet and innocent in between.
Keith Richards did a pretty badass version of Run Run Rudolph around the same time
You got that right 😂
And still give it genuine Christmas spirit. Ray Davies is a genius.
And Weird All Yankovic with his "The Night Santa Went Crazy song.
"but remember the kids that got nothing, while you're drinking down your wine..." hits harder and harder EVERY TIME
So does the fourth stanza, where it comes out they're mugging department store Santas to take care of their family.
Merry Christmas to those listening in 2021
Somebody told my friend that I sounded like the Kinks. We were not friends after that. I guess he thought I sounded like the Kinks and didn't like my music anymore.
I nominate this for the #1 Christmas song this year. Do I have a second?
Essentially I'd go with that sentiment but I'll always have a spot in my heart for "Christmas Wrapping" by the Waitresses
Hang Myself from the Tree by The Vandals is always #1.
@@waderidsdale7853
Just listened to it, right before I put this one on👍👍👍
GIVE US SOME MONEY!! THIRDS!
Matt
The Pogues - The Fairytale of New York.
And of course No Presents for Christmas by the Danish singer King Diamond✌👍
When this was released in 1977, unemployment was rampant in Britain. The pound was shit. They were in the middle of "The Troubles," and punk was just getting off the ground.
This Xmas masterpiece captures all of that in 3+ minutes! GENIUS!!
And, in hindsight, it's been all downhill since. The idea that things were bad was simply right wing propaganda to weaken labour unions.
Marry Christ Mass!!!!
The Kinks are the best band to ever come out of the UK 🇬🇧 ❤️
We made it to another Christmas 🎄🎁🤶🫶🥂
In 1967 when psychedelia and flower-power was in full-swing, the Kinks were singing about kitchen sinks leaking and general working class struggles -- very much the stuff that the British punk groups would be on about in 1977. Here we are in '77 and the Kinks release a Christmas single that has all the energy and fire of the Pistols, Clash, Jam and it's that same real world concern. Ray Davies never wrote songs about purple unicorns, pinball playing messiahs or tales from topographic oceans, he kept it real from the very beginning and always stayed relevant. (Well, mostly.. some of the KInks' concept albums of the early '70s were more than a bit bloated and self-indulgent, but other than that..)
Covered it CHRISTMAS CRACKERS THE KINKS !
Why was psychedelia too good for the limey pricks?
@@therespectedlex9794 The limey pricks had already done psychedelia back in 1965 with 'See My Friends' -- one of the earliest uses of an Indian drone type feel. So they'd already been there and done that. Also, 'Lazy Old Sun' off the 'Something Else' album has a great dreamy, trippy feel. Not unlike Syd's Pink Floyd.
@@NewFalconerRecords Good! But how about doing some more.
I loved the concept albums - 700 songs in their catalog- GSTK….
how is this not a Christmas classic
Because Christmas Wrapping is!!! LOL I like this song! And Christmas Wrapping! Just found JD McPherson’s Hey Skinny Santa!! Incredibly awesome Christmas songs!!
It certainly is!
It IS a Christmas classic! For decades. Thanks for posting this gem.
It's not played more because of its messaging and class consciousness, that's the only reason. It's an awesome song
Merry Christmas to all out there 2024!! Good tidings to all!
Happy holidays, see yall next year. Missed the deadline
2024 and we are listening to the Kinks. WOO HOO! never heard this , but can understand why it isn’t a regular play. Bummox to big business. Go Ray!
I heard last Tuesday in a Food Lion for the First Time. I believe these hard times have made this song more relevant.
Listening to this in 2024 great memories with ones who are here and ones who havnt made it for this holiday . Merry Christmas to alll
Christmas 2024... Greatest Christmas Song EVER
CJ Ramone does his own remake of this. perfection!
Best thing. This ain't a gimmick. Not a novelty song, or even a Christmas song. A pure kinks song.
The only Christmas song I'd listen to all year round..
Me as well
Is that Gilles Gratton's mask
My mistake, Luongo right?
@@davidthune2414 Yes indeed it is. Now, I'm not quite old enough to remember watching him play. But ever since I saw a picture of him in his mask in an old hockey book I used to read as a kid, I've always thought that it was a cool looking mask. One of the coolest designs I've ever seen imho...
@@davidthune2414 Nope. You were right the first time. It's Gilles Gratton's. Luongo had a real cool mask when he played with the Panthers too, though...
Listening in September 2020, best xmas song to listen to all year!
How can one band do "Waterloo Sunset" and then this? God Bless the Kinks!
And God Bless the Village Green Preservation Society! God save Donald Duck, vaudeville and variety!
No one says Merry Christmas like The Kinks!
Christmas Eve 24
Merry Christmas All!!!
Maybe the best Christmas song ever
I had no idea The Kinks went punk with zero friction.
Truly Britain's most versatile band.
The Kinks certainly jumped on the Punk bandwagon with this one.
They went punk in the 60s. Not a punk band, but they help usher it in.
@@umfjim69 This is definitely the most Punk I have heard them sound. Come across like Sham 69.
Want to thank my 10th grade Biology teacher for playing this as we walked into class in 1983! Classic memory! RIP Mr. Twilley!
My father had the best taste in music of anyone I ever knew. This was played especially for me & my little brother every Xmas morning after gifts. We loved it! Made us both rowdy as hell! Thanks, Dad, it was & still remains my favorite Christmas "carol".
That's awesome,
What year was that?
I always played it for my boy around the holiday season ,
Never thought about playing it Christmas morning ,lol
To late now he's 20
I once mistook the 1 on the clock for the 7 and woke up my dad ... it was the longest Christmas morning ever. I was 6 or 7 years old. Now 57 it's one of my fondest memories.💖
@@johncarlson8029 always rum o clock somewhere
My dad plays this every year 🖤
@@johncarlson8029 That is so cute! What a great memory!! 😂🥰🎄
HAVE A MERRY GOOD ROCKIN’ CHRISTMAS 🎄❤️💚🤍🎅
This may be the only genuine Christmas song that genuinely rocks.
My dad brought this home in 45rpm and excitedly told us to crank it up, we heard the intro and rolled our eyes, as teens usually do. Then it kicked in, he got the biggest joy outa that, especially the Give us your Money$$$.
Good Christmas memory, thanks Dad.
Let's round this out to a nice 50 likes. Here ya go man.
what a good dad
It ain't Christmas until I hear this one! One of the best secular holiday songs ever!
You are absolutely right.
I agree.
@@georgearensman6868
You are right.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Merry Christmas from Santa Claus.
@@GREG62944
Merry Christmas Santa..
Stands the test of time
Indeed...
2024
It's not Christmas without this song at maximum volume!...Thank you Kinks, and Merry Christmas 2021!
crank up the distortion for Santa.
A very merry Christmas to everyone listening to this ageless classic
Christmas is just around the corner....happy Halloween today! Love this song though!!!
The Kinks are never irrelevant. It was brilliant when it was made and it is still brilliant.
But remember the kids who got nothing
While you're drinking down your wine
Merry Christmas to everyone that made it through 2021.
Just found this can’t believe it. “ Remember the kids that got nothing while your drinking down you wine.” Love it 🤘🏾!!!
The Kinks.....in the top ten rock bands of all time.....the truth will set you free.....
Walter Mameli I will said top five
I'm soooo burnt on Paul , Ringo and John's Christmas songs. This is a breath of fresh air.
Try 2000 miles by the Pretenders
How am I almost 50 and never heard this before???
This might be the MOST IMPORTANT Christmas song EVER!
63 and same here
"Have yourself a merry merry Christmas...have yourself a good time...
"But remember the kids who got nothin'..
While you're drinkin' down your wine..."
Saw the Kinks live countless times late 70s through their last American concert in NY in 1995. One of a kind band. Ray was in the same class with Lennon/McCartney for his songwriting...maybe even better. This song is has been a part of every Xmas for me since it came out. Who would have thought of a punk Xmas song? The Kinks, that's who.....
Really Kool insight love kinks never saw them..give the people what they want..destroyer art lovers. Yes I Jah herb Jah love Jah Jerry Jah rastafari Jah everything Jah women Jah Duane Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜🌍
As a kid we were poor, no Mom, at a flea market Dad gave me 5 dollars & I bought some old albums, The Kinks you really got me, the Dave Clarke Five, Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, so even though I had heard the Beatles more on the radio, the kinks was the first album I bought, guess I was about 10 or 11 yrs old. This is a great Christmas song for those who adore the Kinks & their brand of music. A Classic!
Tchaikovsky?! Damn, even at young age you had great taste in music. You rock!
@Big Bubba ok boomer
@Big Bubba 47 likes, one Asshole response.
@Dominic Brady oh, don't worry, he'll hear all the singing (or maybe the one-of-a-kind pops and scratches on this impressive 5 dollar album list), his heart will grow 3 sizes and he'll have the strength of 10 trolls plus 2, and he'll spring for the biggest goose on display and send it over to Bob Cratchit's house. Trust me, it happens every year right around this time...
@Big Bubba can you say insensitive? Dimwit.
It's 2021 and this is still the most brilliant Christmas song ever
The same goes for 2023.
This song is timeless.
Ashamed to say I’m a massive kinks fan and never heard this. How is this never played on the radio one of the best christmas songs i’ve ever heard.
Merry Christmas everyone. God Bless the Kinks
The radios recycle the same three or four kink songs, that’s it. All day and all night, you really got me, and Lola…… very under appreciated band compared to some of their contemporaries
@@QueenetBowie I don’t know the audience of Kinks fans as far as young people are concerned but i’m 21 and they are one of my favourite bands. I was talking to a record shop owner for about an hour on the kinks and his eyes lit up, we were talking about Village green, Wonderboy/Days all their gems. The good thing about the kinks for me is that not alot of people I know listen to them so they are like my own secret. They don’t know what they’re missing!
How could you be a massive Kinks fan and not know Father Christmas was out there?! No excuse
@@newdawnfades5725 if I could double-like this post I would. Exactly how I feel!
When this song was relatively new, it was played on the rock stations during Christmas season!
This song will forever be in my heart and put me in that Christmas spirit because of my dad.
Since I was little, he would play hard rock all the time and this is just one of those Christmas songs that is timeless, nostalgic, hard, has an attitude, just pure badass and at the same time manages to be light hearted.
Thank you dad for being such a cool and loving father and for all the great Christmas memories. RIP pops.
For all those out there, Share this song and play it for your kids around the Holidays.
Rock and roll!
Merry Christmas to everyone who listened to this in 2022! 🎄
The Kinks are the greatest rock and roll band of all time. HANDS DOWN.
I'm with you, almost. To me, the Who are the greatest live band (and the Kinks second) but the Kinks are the greatest recording band (and the Who second)!
Merry f’ing Christmas everybody.
My boys love this song -5 and 8!
Merry Chhrismas world from San Diego, California. Wishes of peace.
Hands down my favorite Christmas song
This and the Cheech & Chong Christmas Song
Christmas in Hollis is a close second for me.
i love christmas songs but not remakes of them or anything
Wrapping Christmas by the Waitresses is another of my holiday favorites .
Number three on my list. Right behind The Waitresses, Christmas Wrapping and The Royal Guardsman, Snoopy's Christmas.
the only Christmas song my father approved of."Give all the toys,to the little rich boys." great line.
The greatest Christmas song of all time. There is no other answer.
Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses is a close second >_
The song Christmas by THE WHO is up there as well !
@@johnhinz4185 and greg lake
@@johnhinz4185 yeah for sure, Keith Moon's drumming was legendary on those songs during live shows
Merry Christmas to everyone listening in 2021!
This is probably the best rockin' Christmas song there is. It even sounds good when it isn't Christmas.
Literally one of my most favorite Christmas songs of all-time! I love coming back to it every year. Merry Christmas everyone!
How is this never played running up to Christmas, absolute brilliance......
It used to be.
@@DeanMk1 Hi Dean, yes but was this in the USA. Kinks were always thought more of in America than the UK, anyhow merry Christmas
@@derekhayward167 Yes, it used to be a holiday staple on the Rock radio stations in the US.
If you're going to be country/nation specific, it might be a good idea to state that in your post.
Merry Christmas to you, too.
@@DeanMk1 yeah, guess you're right, I live in the Northwest of the UK, been s KINK's fan forever, never fully appreciated here, but a different story in the USA. You know a good band when you hear it, cheers from England....
Ray Davies was just a freaken genius the way he could get a message across, but still not lose the quality of the song.
This great tune & John Lennon's Happy Xmas(War is Over) are my 2 favorite Xmas songs. I love the way they remind us that there are many suffering in this big world who aren't blessed materially even with the least bit during the Holidays.
I can relate because I come from humble beginnings, but always appreciate my parents for giving myself & all my brothers the love that was better than any gift money could buy.
Dear Jesus, This Christmas Song ROCKS!!!!!!!
Listening to this today on what would’ve been my Uncle John’s 70th birthday! He loved this song. Xo
Heard this song yesterday for the very first time. I have never it on the radio, where the same old boring Xmas songs are played ad nauseum.
It is my new favourite Christmas song.
Dang, The Kinks could really write a good melody and have fun doing it.
An fight often on stage. Great show!
Ben Aaron Right on dude
we drank champagne and danced all night under electric candlelight
@@michaelantonio2762 When I saw them I Almost wished they would fight, after hearing about it for years--but I didn't want the music to stop, so I was glad there was no fighting on stage that night!
@dkress38 I wish so much that we had tried harder to see them again in the 70s and 80s. So many concerts to see, so little time and $.
Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄!
Merry Christmas to all who are listening to this in 2022 ✌️🎄☃️
I actually loathe most Xmas songs, this is one of my favorites because it's great! Doesn't matter how many time I've heard it...
One of the greatest Christmas songs ever recorded. Would have loved to see The Kinks live.
Merry Christmas 2021.
It's not Christmas until my neighbor's hear The Kinks take on it!
this is the music we grew up with.. NO RAP CRAP, The kinks are pure talent and the music is fun to listen too
I saw Thew Kinks perform this when they played a few NYC-area gigs to promote the single. Ray gave me one of thew most gracious phone interviews I ever had in my radio days. And he and Dave had to be separated by security during the show, so it was win-win-win!
That's fantastic!!. Lolz.
;o)
Merry Christmas 2021!!
Underrated Christmas song.
Underrated Christmas song given to us by an underrated band.
@@dscharlesworth1 I love The Kinks to death and I like this song. But i can understand why some people wouldn't be drawn to it
So true 😢
I'm french and about the lyrics, it's f... great !!! A fantastic rock Band !!! Merry christmas to all Kinks fans !!!
Heard this song for the first time on a cool retro radio station while driving in my car in Pgh (Pittsburgh) a few year ago. It instantly became a favourite. How brilliant are The Kinks!
Was it on DVE? They've played this song for years & that's where l heard it for the first time too back in the 90's.
@@EnemyKnown I think so. Great station, wonderful city.
WDVE? Brings back great memories
Thx a buch to The Kinks for this masterpiece.
Dave Daves showed me that even I could thrash an electric guitar! God save the Kinks!
Happy Christmas 2022. This tune is from 1977. Still sounds amazing today👏
Best. Christmas. Song. Ever. End of story. Absolutely timeless. 🎸🤘❄️