

Stacker believes in making the world’s data more accessible through You may also like: Holiday gift crazes and fads of the past century Keep reading to learn more about these highly unusual holiday albums. Even Arcade Fire put together a secret DIY Christmas album.

Afroman has a quirky Christmas album with lyrics tailored to his image and some of his favorite pastimes. Sufjan Stevens took it to another level and released 100 songs in two installments six years apart. Many famous musicians have released some pretty unique versions of holiday songs. To curate this list, Stacker didn't look at singles just LPs and EPs were considered. These original albums represent some of the most unique holiday songs out there. Stacker dug into the recesses of Christmas or holiday-themed albums to find 15 unconventional holiday albums that stand out as cultural and musical anomalies within the much-beloved subgenre of music. But don't be fooled-The Singing Dogs' Christmas album is far from the quirkiest piece of holiday music out there. The group's Christmas song, "Jingle Bells," hit the top of Billboard's Christmas Singles chart in 1972.

Remember The Singing Dogs? It was a band made up of dogs, and all the songs were spliced-together dog barks.
