Why do so many Christmas rols e the word “gay”?

Contents:

• THE 21 GAYT CHRISTMAS SONGS
• 25 CHRISTMAS SONGS ONLY GAY PEOPLE AND (INTELLIGENT) STRAIGHT PEOPLE KNOW ARE TLY GAY BOPS
• 10 QUEER CHRISTMAS SONGS TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY AF
• 25 CHRISTMAS SONGS ONLY GAY PEOPLE AND (INTELLIGENT) STRAIGHT PEOPLE KNOW ARE TLY GAY BOPS
• CHRISTMAS WH THE GAYS: TEN CLASSIC QUEER-THEMED HOLIDAY TV MOMENTS
• TOM GOSS’ NEW HOLIDAY EP – BIG FAT GAY ASS CHRISTMAS

THE 21 GAYT CHRISTMAS SONGS

They say Christmas is jt 'Straight Halloween, ' but the gays also do our fair share of celebratg! From classics to brand new songs, om tradnal vers to the gayt lyrics you n thk of, here are 23 of our favore Christmas songs by LGBTQ+ artists to get you the spir this holiday season!

25 CHRISTMAS SONGS ONLY GAY PEOPLE AND (INTELLIGENT) STRAIGHT PEOPLE KNOW ARE TLY GAY BOPS

The ultimate gay Christmas classic.

Last week an elementary school teacher Michigan me unr fire when she cid to remove the word "gay" om the classic Christmas rol "Deck The Halls.

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10 QUEER CHRISTMAS SONGS TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY AF

Have yourself a merry ltle Christmas, make the Yuleti gay. Time to make the yuleti (and your playlist) gay. We’ve lost track of how many tim we’ve heard this song the GAY TIMES office.

Big Freedia – Santa Is A Gay Man. This recent entry onto our ftive playlists om sex-posive bisexual hyperpop star Slayyyter, who’s bee a favoure of the gays over the past year.

25 CHRISTMAS SONGS ONLY GAY PEOPLE AND (INTELLIGENT) STRAIGHT PEOPLE KNOW ARE TLY GAY BOPS

It n be clever and morn and tchy and even a ltle rnchy (a sample le om Big Freedia's "Santa Is a Gay Man": "I'd love to grab ahold of that belly / And make jiggle like a bowl of K-Y Jelly") bt Christmas jams rejigger tired old standards to somethg marveloly origal, or they go back to the drawg board and dream up somethg entirely new--a h yuleti tune that be s own light of that, we've stng together some of our ftive favor. In this massive 70-track playlist, you'll fd mic om the past seven s--om the ridiculo (Pansy Divisn's "Homo Christmas, " an o to gay sex unr the tree) to the sublime (Joni Mchell's "Blue, " perhaps the greatt untentnal Christmas song of all time). Christmas is a gay holiday, facts are facts.

Sounds gay to me!

And while the yuleti is herently queer, the gayt part has to be the mic. It don't really feel like Christmas until you start hearg your favore holiday bops on the rad -- but not all Christmas songs are created 's our official rankg of the gayt Christmas songs...

CHRISTMAS WH THE GAYS: TEN CLASSIC QUEER-THEMED HOLIDAY TV MOMENTS

What is gayer than a Dolly Parton Christmas song om a movie mil about big-haired sex workers? People always fet that this is a Christmas song and that is homophobia!

The only way this inic ver uld be gayer is if there was a hoe remix of playg at a GHB-soaked circu party, and you know what? ALL IS MERRY AND GAY.

TOM GOSS’ NEW HOLIDAY EP – BIG FAT GAY ASS CHRISTMAS

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Kylie Mogue, "Every Day's Like Christmas"The queer in os this Christmas tune as she olics and out of the snow wh a gang of credibly attractive Parton, From "A Smoky Mounta Christmas"A gay in if there ever was one, Parton gets the spir wh the help of some male back up dancers and -- and acrdg to IMDB -- some choreography urty of Pla Crosby And David Bowie, "The Ltle Dmmer Boy / Peace On Earth"Our favore Space Oddy teams up wh Bg Crosby and all we n say is this is one betiful Christmas Garland, "Have Yourself A Merry Ltle Christmas"She may have won our hearts arguably the most beloved fantasy film of all time, but few gay ins really lived out the emotnal turmoil they sang about as much as Judy Garland. Sounds pretty gay to Rivers, "The Twelve Pas Of Christmas"This spired, yet oh-so-te, parody of "The Twelve Days Of Christmas" is chock-full of not-so-subtle gay Streisand, "I'll Be Home For Christmas"Simply put, Babs' goln vols are ma for the Chapman, "O Holy Night"The lovely Tracy Chapman offers a sweet, folky versn of this holiday lang, "You're A Mean One, Mr.