Happy Ktwanzachristnukkahmass: For the Good Times, by Kris Kristofferson

You know you’ve written a great holiday song if children & women sing it in unison. “For the Good Times,” written by Kris Kristofferson in 1970, is not that song. It’s devastatingly beautiful. So much so it was originally written for Ray Price who made it a hit; and then many others came knocking on double K’s door to cover it. Al Green, Johnny Cash, Bobby Bare and many many more. You’re not going to catch your little brats rummaging through their gifts under the tree humming this heartbreaker around the… | By Andy Whorehall