https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxVo5mjK4eg Sample lyric: "Hey Charlie, for Christ's sake if you want to know the truth of it, I don't have a husband, he don't play the trombone. And I need to borrow money to pay for this lawyer. And Charlie, hey, I'll be eligible for parole come Valentine's Day." Never one for joyful cheer, gravelly voiced Tom Waits inevitably brought his brand of bluesy bruised romanticism and damaged soul to his Christmas record, released as part of his 1978 Blue Valentine album. Just Waits, a piano and a "laconic first-person sketch", Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis weaves a story in the words of the eponynous hooker writing to a former john. Initially the story seems upbeat, she writes of having kicked the drink and drugs and of how she is pregnant and living with a new man, a trombone player. "Hey Charlie," she says, "I think I'm happy for the first time since my accident". It is all a deception, though, which only goes to make the truth seem more tragic. The final verse reveals that the unnamed hooker will be spending Christmas alone and in prison. All she really wants for Christmas is the money to pay for a lawyer. So, that's ten Christmas songs to bring you down this holiday season, but what will you be listening to in antidote to festive cheer this year? Fill the comments below with the gift of depressing Christmas tunes.