8 Alternative Christmas Songs For Alternative Folk

8. Tom Waits - Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis

This jazzy little number offers exactly what it suggests from the earlier years of the gravel-voiced crooner, in that it sings the hopes and laments of a down-and-out prostitute from Minneapolis reaching out to an old friend in the form of a penned letter.

Not exactly the ideal soundtrack for exchanging gifts beneath the warming glow of the glitzy, glittery Christmas tree, but hey, that's not quite what we're looking for today now is it?