Forget the preps — this holiday season, get in touch with your inner emo kid and jam out to some sad Christmas songs. What’s more festive than mourning a lost love or getting angry over not going home to spend time with family?
Here are 11 angsty Christmas songs for you to mope over.
1. Blink-182 — “I Won’t Be Home For Christmas”
2. Wham! — “Last Christmas”
3. Coldplay — “Christmas Lights”
4. Prince — “Another Lonely Christmas “
5. All Time Low — “Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass”
6. NewSong — “Christmas Shoes”
7. Fall Out Boy — “Yule Shoot Your Eye Out”
8. Boys II Men — “Cold December Nights”
9. Capital Lights — “His Favorite Christmas Story”
10. Neck Deep — “December”
11. Breathe Carolina — “Mile High Christmas”
12. Death Cab for Cutie — “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
Happy holidays!
UPDATE: Dec. 11, 2023, 12:52 p.m. AEDT This article was originally published in Dec. 2018, and has since been updated in Dec. 2023.
