Mine is the 'Little Drummer Boy' version by Bing and David. I never get tired of listening it, especially the lyrics sung by David.
Peace on Earth can it be?
Years from now, perhaps we'll see?
See the day of glory
See the day, when men of good will
Live in peace, live in peace again
Peace on Earth
Can it be
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 269 | December 26, 2022 12:55 AM |
[quote]Mine is the 'Little Drummer Boy'
I would rather have a power drill through my eardrums than hear that repetitive, annoying shit ever again.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 27, 2021 3:51 PM |
OP, I love the Little Drummer Boy as well. Bob Seeger's rendition is pretty awesome. Also, I like "O, Holy Night". Apart from those, I detest secular Christmas songs.
Oddly enough, for someone who is not religious or even Christian, I do like Christmas hymns.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 27, 2021 3:57 PM |
Obviously O Holy Night, the only Christmas carol that bids you 'fall on your knees.'
Obviously started life in the Catholic church.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 27, 2021 3:58 PM |
R3 God will get you for that, Walter! LOL
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 27, 2021 3:59 PM |
My favourite is O Little Town of Bethlehem as I find the words quite moving....
The hopes and fears of all the years / Are met in thee tonight.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 27, 2021 3:59 PM |
My favorite non-hymn Christmas song is Jethro Tull's well, [italic]Christmas Song."[/italic]
Once in Royal David's City stood a lonely cattle shed, Where a mother held her baby.
You'd do well to remember the things He later said. When you're stuffing yourselves at the Christmas parties,
You'll just laugh when I tell you to take a running jump. You're missing the point I'm sure does not need making That Christmas spirit is not what you drink.
So how can you laugh when your own mother's hungry, And how can you smile when the reasons for smiling are wrong?
And if I just messed up your thoughtless pleasures, Remember, if you wish, this is just a Christmas song.
(Hey! Santa! Pass us that bottle, will you?)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 27, 2021 4:09 PM |
Little drummer boy and hark the herald angels sing
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 27, 2021 4:09 PM |
At 2:30, the beautiful " Hymne des Fraternises" from the film " Joyeux Noel," about the WW1 cease fire. " I'm Dreaming of Home." For anyone who is away from home over Christmas.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 27, 2021 4:15 PM |
Another vote for Merry Little Christmas, it's a brilliant song and so satisfying to sing, although tricky.
Fun Fact: the original lyrics were deemed too depressing by Judy:
Some of the original lyrics penned by Martin were rejected before filming began.[9][10] When presented with the original draft lyric, Garland, her co-star Tom Drake and director Vincente Minnelli criticized the song as depressing, and asked Martin to change the lyrics. Though he initially resisted, Martin made several changes to make the song more upbeat. For example, the lines "It may be your last / Next year we may all be living in the past" became "Let your heart be light / Next year all our troubles will be out of sight". Garland's version of the song, which was also released as a single by Decca Records, became popular among United States troops serving in World War II; her performance at the Hollywood Canteen brought many soldiers to tears.[11]
In 1957, Frank Sinatra asked Martin to revise the line "Until then we'll have to muddle through somehow." He told Martin, "The name of my album is A Jolly Christmas. Do you think you could jolly up that line for me?"[10] Martin's new line was "Hang a shining star upon the highest bough." Martin made several other alterations, changing from the future tense to the present, so that the song's focus is a celebration of present happiness, rather than anticipation of a better future.[12]
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 27, 2021 4:18 PM |
At the risk of exposing my deep seated Scrooge, there are only two Christmas songs I like: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Judy Garland and Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song". I can stand Elvis' "Blue Christmas" simply because of the strange and enchanting sound of the background vocals.
There are several I despise, most notably McCartney's "Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time" and that lonesome and blue sounding song from "A Charlie Brown Christmas".
At work, I have been hearing Streisand belting out "My Favorite Things". If I didn't already despise her singing, that song would have done it by itself.
Bah, humbug.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 27, 2021 4:18 PM |
One Little Christmas Tree by Stevie Wonder. I'm also a sucker for Faith Hill's Where Are You Christmas, even those it's a very cheesy song.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 27, 2021 4:20 PM |
Why Mariah Carey All I Want For Christmas Is You of course! It's the bestest song there is!
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 27, 2021 4:20 PM |
R1, you've obviously never heard Gene Autry's rendition of "Here comes Santa Claus". Put that on a loop and by the third time through I'd confess to flying an airplane into the World Trade Center, being the lone gunman on the grassy knoll as well as at Ford's Theater, and the guy who convinced Hitler's mother to not have an abortion... anything to make it stop.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 27, 2021 4:21 PM |
They are all abhorrent!! Every single one. If I had to choose the most tolerable, it’s Christmas wrapping.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 27, 2021 4:22 PM |
My favorites are "It's beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" because my grandmother loved it and sang it to me often, and the Eagles' "Please Come Home for Christmas".
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 27, 2021 4:25 PM |
I couldn't sing Christmas songs growing up so we sang this:
I have a little dreidel, I made it out of clay And when it's dry and ready, with dreidel I shall play. Oh, Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel, I made you out of clay Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel, with Dreidel I shall play.
Here's a little dreidel That's small and made of clay But i'm not gonna play with it 'Cos dreidel's fuckin' gay.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 27, 2021 4:35 PM |
That was beautiful, OP. I cried.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | November 27, 2021 4:51 PM |
Happy XMas (War is Over). I like the contrast of the children’s choir and the message of peace. Not a Christmas song about gifts or mistletoe or kissing Santa.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 27, 2021 5:25 PM |
Sinead and Peter Gabriel... Sinead says she was his "side pussy."
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 21 | November 27, 2021 5:29 PM |
I judge people based on their favorite Christmas song.
In OPs case, I judge him to be a moron.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | November 27, 2021 5:44 PM |
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 24 | November 27, 2021 5:56 PM |
Actually anything on this album is great
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 25 | November 27, 2021 6:00 PM |
I like quite a few. Carol of the Bells (especially sung by a choir) is my all time favorite. But I also like What Child Is This?, O Come All Ye Faithful, O Holy Night, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas?, and I'll Be Home For Christmas.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | November 27, 2021 6:05 PM |
Miss Eartha owns this song.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 27 | November 27, 2021 6:22 PM |
O Holly night by Celine Dion.
Other Spanish songs that remind me of xmast past.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | November 27, 2021 6:25 PM |
U2 - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 29 | November 27, 2021 6:29 PM |
Boney M - Mary's Boy Child. I threw a Christmas party one year and this song came on later in the evening when everyone was drunk. The whole place was up and dancing. They asked me to put it on repeat. It must have played 4 or 5 times. Many of them were unfamiliar with the song I guess because I remember several asking me who sang it.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 30 | November 27, 2021 6:34 PM |
I was a Seventies child. This sums it up perfectly for me.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 31 | November 27, 2021 6:44 PM |
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | November 27, 2021 6:48 PM |
The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 34 | November 27, 2021 7:17 PM |
All holidays, no matter the stated theme, are, to me, about one thing-the relentlessness of passing time which makes them poignant, melancholy, sad and fun,too.
I’ll quit beating around the bush- I’m with r6. Garland’s version of HYAMC is my favorite because it’s all that holidays are to me. Obviously, I prefer “Until then, we’ll have to muddle through somehow”.
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | November 27, 2021 7:19 PM |
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Canon
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 36 | November 27, 2021 7:23 PM |
As sung by Miss Karen. 🎄 ❄️
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 37 | November 27, 2021 7:23 PM |
A lot of songs we thing of as Christmas songs have nothing to do with Christmas. For example:
Jingle Bells
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
My Favorite Things
Let It Snow
Frosty the Snowman
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Sleigh Ride
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | November 27, 2021 7:24 PM |
Mamacita, ¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 40 | November 27, 2021 7:26 PM |
Sweet Secret Peace - Neil Finn
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 41 | November 27, 2021 7:26 PM |
For me, the Christmas season doesn't start until I hear The Waitresses
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 42 | November 27, 2021 7:31 PM |
I really enjoyed that, R19!
[quote] "All holidays, no matter the stated theme, are, to me, about one thing-the relentlessness of passing time which makes them poignant, melancholy, sad and fun,too."
Indeed, R35. Which is why I was thrilled to see Joni's powerful 2000 version of "Both Sides Now" (which I already loved) included in "Love, Actually". I don't think I've ever had a Christmas that wasn't at least somewhat melancholy. But I'm a melancholy person, anyway. This has been on my holiday playlist since 2003.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 43 | November 27, 2021 7:47 PM |
I'll add George Winston's arrangement of "The Holly and the Ivy" (and everything else from his album "December", which I always start playing the day after Thanksgiving).
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 46 | November 27, 2021 7:54 PM |
Yup, r43 and r46, those more than do. Thanks.
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | November 27, 2021 8:02 PM |
Judy fucks up the lyrics a couple of times, most notably at the 3:10 mark, but singing The Christmas Song with Mel Torme on her show is iconic.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 49 | November 27, 2021 9:45 PM |
I like the ancient sound of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | November 27, 2021 10:09 PM |
“Merry Christmas Baby”. Etta James
BTW what makes “My Favorite Things” a Christmas song. I’ve never understood the connection.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 51 | November 27, 2021 10:23 PM |
Amy Grant’s version of “Most Wonderful Time of the Year”
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 52 | November 27, 2021 10:44 PM |
My favorite is "Oh, Holy Night" followed by "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (for some reason I loved Bobby Vinton's version)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 53 | November 27, 2021 10:46 PM |
A West Virginian performing Jingle Bell Rock
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 54 | November 27, 2021 10:51 PM |
Where are all the playlist trolls who should be making a 'DL Holiday Album'?
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | November 27, 2021 11:26 PM |
This isn't an actual Christmas song, but it is a seasonal song I love (but only when sung by Darlene Love):
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 57 | November 28, 2021 12:32 AM |
In The Bleak Midwinter by Sheila Walsh
| by Anonymous | reply 58 | November 28, 2021 1:03 AM |
Although not truly a Christmas song, My Favorite Things, as sung by The Supremes, is my Christmas favorite.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 59 | November 28, 2021 1:25 AM |
It's a tie between Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle and The Christmas Waltz. I like Frank Sinatra's version best.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 60 | November 28, 2021 1:27 AM |
Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride IS Christmas to me. When I learned in middle school he lived in my small town? Permanently cemented favored status.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 61 | November 28, 2021 1:36 AM |
Carol of the Bells.
I also really like O Holy Night, but it has to be sung properly. It's all about how the singer hits the "fall on your knees" part.
| by Anonymous | reply 62 | November 28, 2021 1:39 AM |
Handel 's "For Unto Us a Child Is Born" - Stephen Cleobury conducting the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, and Brandenburg Consort.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 63 | November 28, 2021 1:41 AM |
Anyone ever hear Nancy Wilson's version of "The Christmas Waltz"? I never particularly liked the song until I heard Nancy's version... it's definitive.
Also, it's not Christmas until Karen sings "Merry Christmas, Darling".
| by Anonymous | reply 64 | November 28, 2021 1:44 AM |
Recent: Last Christmas (George Michael)
Modern: Merry LIttle Christmas (Karen Carpenter tied with Rosemary Clooney when guest-starring on ER)
Traditional: Minuit chrétien (Ginette Reno), later became O Holy Night and O Night Divine
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 65 | November 28, 2021 1:46 AM |
David Archuleta's "Oh, Holy Night" is the best version (or best live version) I've ever heard.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 66 | November 28, 2021 1:48 AM |
Linda Eder takes it up a notch with this "Do You Hear What I Hear" classic.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 67 | November 28, 2021 1:50 AM |
I guess I'm in the minority but I can't stand Merry Christmas, Darling. Such a bore.
| by Anonymous | reply 68 | November 28, 2021 1:56 AM |
Do You Hear What I Hear is my favorite Christmas song. I’m amazed no one mentioned it before now.
| by Anonymous | reply 69 | November 28, 2021 1:56 AM |
I Saw Mommy Fucking Santa Claus
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 70 | November 28, 2021 2:15 AM |
It would have to be something from the Dusty Towne Sexy Holiday Special.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 71 | November 28, 2021 2:16 AM |
My favorites are Silent Night and O Holy Night, for the Jesus. I don't have a favorite "Silent Night," but Aaron Neville does my favorite "O Holy Night."
I also love the Phil Spector Christmas Gift for You album, especially the Ronettes' "Frawsty the Snowman" and the Crystals' "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer".
And the Roches' Christmas album, on which they sing "Adeste Fideles."
I hate "River," no matter who performs it. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," and "Carol of the Bells" make me want to be a Christmas suicide.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 72 | November 28, 2021 2:17 AM |
"I'll Be Home for Christmas."
Whenever he hears it, my almost-94-year-old Dad to this day still tears up and gets a faraway look in his eyes. Says the song transports him back to the various way stations during WW2 and Korea where during the Christmas season all his fellow GIs had that very look in their eyes, wondering what their loved ones back home were doing THAT minute as the song played across the miles. Says that black, white, brown, yellow--didn't matter in those minutes; the pain and loss were too real. And then he gazes off again, softly singing the words "If only in my dreams."
Ach! My heart!
| by Anonymous | reply 73 | November 28, 2021 2:18 AM |
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 74 | November 28, 2021 2:19 AM |
Do They Know It's Christmas ~ Band Aid
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 75 | November 28, 2021 2:28 AM |
I was a little gay tyke when that duet between Crosby and Bowie aired, and it was at that moment I understood camp.
Mary! Anyone who can snot herself over this macabre and grotesque pool of warm spittle sprinkled with Communion wafers needs to grow up.
| by Anonymous | reply 78 | November 28, 2021 3:39 PM |
No love for Dominick the Donkey?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 79 | November 28, 2021 3:52 PM |
R63 OMG I was going to mention this! I sang Messiah in choir for several years and this was my favorite. Hella hard and we weren't very good but we felt heroic afterwards.
| by Anonymous | reply 80 | November 28, 2021 4:39 PM |
Here comes Santa Claus and his big bag of shit
| by Anonymous | reply 81 | November 28, 2021 9:55 PM |
"Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride IS Christmas to me"
Here you go....
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 83 | November 29, 2021 2:02 AM |
Cannot think of a more ludicrous collaboration.
| by Anonymous | reply 85 | November 29, 2021 2:59 AM |
Sorry, for me, there're many ties between:
"Patapan" by Julie Andrews "Ave Maria," respective arrangement-versions by Barbra Streisand and Leontyne Price "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," respective versions by Streisand and Judy Garland "O Come, All Ye Faithful" "Holiday Feeling" by Steve and Eydie Gormé
| by Anonymous | reply 86 | November 29, 2021 4:00 AM |
I really love those old ones from the 14th, 15th or 16th century, like this one:
"Gaudete"
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 87 | November 29, 2021 4:08 AM |
Winter Wonderland, so many good versions of it! My favorites are by Connie Francis & the Eurythmics (separate songs). Also, Silent Night by Charlotte Church.
| by Anonymous | reply 88 | November 29, 2021 4:45 AM |
^ LOL now that would be a collaboration. Eurythmics does a really good version. And I love Annie & Al Green's Put A Little Love In Your Heart. That's the direction I wish her Christmas album went in and not that wrist cutting droll we got.
| by Anonymous | reply 89 | November 29, 2021 12:07 PM |
DL favorite David Archuleta and a plethora of Mormons.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 90 | November 29, 2021 2:43 PM |
Super unpopular but I love Mariah. Bitch has the only modern Christmas carol that has become a permanent part of the canon. And it's fucking fun.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 91 | November 29, 2021 2:48 PM |
R72 I love that entire album, but my favorite from it is "Sleigh Ride".
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 92 | November 29, 2021 9:55 PM |
I've already posted three times, but haven't seen any Percy Faith added to the list yet. I have always loved this arrangement (but I'm a huge geek for all of the 50s, 60s, and 70s orchestral stuff anyway, Christmas or not).
So, here is my all-time favorite version of "We Three Kings".
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 93 | November 29, 2021 10:22 PM |
Hey, Santa! By Carnie & Wendy Wilson
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 94 | November 29, 2021 11:46 PM |
Has eminent chanteuse Chrissy Metz released a holiday album yet?
| by Anonymous | reply 95 | November 29, 2021 11:47 PM |
Merry Fucking Christmas by Mr Garrison
Purple People (Christmas in Space) by Tori Amos is a close runner up.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 97 | November 30, 2021 12:06 AM |
Thanks, R75. I will always love that song.
| by Anonymous | reply 98 | November 30, 2021 12:25 AM |
Mariah's voice replaced by a midi piano
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 100 | November 30, 2021 1:15 AM |
R88 Connie Francis' version of Winter Wonderland is my favorite. I also like Trans Siberian's Christmas Canon.
| by Anonymous | reply 101 | November 30, 2021 3:55 AM |
"Little Drummer Boy" is the worst Christmas song. What mother wants someone banging on a drum when she's trying to get her infant to sleep?
Ba-rump-a-bum, indeed.
"Joy to the World" is the best Christmas song.
| by Anonymous | reply 102 | November 30, 2021 5:42 AM |
R101 Connie’s version gives me goosebumps like no other. Just typing this gave me the goosebumps! Her voice & the arrangement are so beautiful, sheer perfection.
| by Anonymous | reply 103 | November 30, 2021 8:12 AM |
Thanks, "Love, Simon" for reminding us of "Someday at Christmas" by The Jackson 5.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 105 | November 30, 2021 10:16 AM |
[quote] Connie’s version gives me goosebumps like no other. Just typing this gave me the goosebumps! Her voice & the arrangement are so beautiful, sheer perfection.
jesus, joseph and MARY!
| by Anonymous | reply 106 | November 30, 2021 10:16 AM |
So many to choose from....
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 107 | November 30, 2021 10:23 AM |
"O Holy Night."
"Good King Wenceslas."
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."
| by Anonymous | reply 108 | November 30, 2021 10:29 AM |
Lick my man pussy holiday
| by Anonymous | reply 109 | December 1, 2021 12:49 AM |
Do you have any more, R87? Not by that group (though I like the soloist), but other very old Christmas songs. Album recommendations? Thanks.
| by Anonymous | reply 110 | December 1, 2021 1:05 AM |
Yes, buy eat my snizz Santa or jingle big balls xmas on vinyl
| by Anonymous | reply 111 | December 1, 2021 2:07 AM |
Veni veni Emmanuel
I find it hauntingly beautiful.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 113 | December 1, 2021 4:03 AM |
Santa Claus is Watching You
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 114 | December 8, 2021 3:04 PM |
We live in deer country and love venison for Christmas!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 115 | December 8, 2021 10:11 PM |
Hard Candy Christmas by Cyndi Lauper not Dolly Parton.
| by Anonymous | reply 116 | December 8, 2021 11:45 PM |
Hard Candy Christmas is so depressing. I'm surprised Annie Lennox didn't have it on her Christmas album.
| by Anonymous | reply 117 | December 8, 2021 11:48 PM |
Happy Holidays performed by Peggy Lee
| by Anonymous | reply 120 | December 9, 2021 12:24 AM |
"Christmas Day" - the Beach Boys
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 122 | December 9, 2021 12:28 AM |
Mrs. Partridge singing The Christmas Song is okay but I was always curious why there were only 4 stockings on the mantel when Shirley had 5 kids.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 123 | December 9, 2021 12:38 AM |
This Christmas by Donnie Hathaway
| by Anonymous | reply 124 | December 9, 2021 12:46 AM |
Sometime in the mid-late ‘90’s in December, I was in Best Buy looking at cds and this song came on. I remember freezing in my tracks, not moving at all, because the combination of the beauty of the song, the familiarity of the singer, and the stupid Christmas feeling even the most black-hearted soul can get once in their life was all just so gloriously overwhelming.
Second fave is Patti Labelle singing O Holy Night. The first time I heard it, I was falling asleep with Letterman or Leno or someone on, she was a guest and sang it. I thought I was dreaming because her voice was simply perfect.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 125 | December 9, 2021 12:57 AM |
Silent Night, my favorite version.
Among family this receives polarized reactions. I love it.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 126 | December 9, 2021 1:18 AM |
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 127 | December 9, 2021 1:18 AM |
A little Billie for Christmas, yum!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 128 | December 9, 2021 1:33 AM |
I'm not a huge Mariah fan but I really like the way she does "O Holy Night".
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 129 | December 9, 2021 1:51 AM |
"I Believe in Father Christmas" by Greg Lake, written as counter to the commerce of Christmas and what Christmas had become.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 130 | December 9, 2021 1:56 AM |
"Merry Christmas, I Don't Want to Fight Tonight" by the Ramones
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 131 | December 9, 2021 1:58 AM |
"The Season's Upon Us" by The Dropkick Murphys
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 132 | December 9, 2021 1:59 AM |
I love this Percy Faith Christmas album. Reminds me of my mom and my childhood.
Anyway, "Silver Bells" is probably my favorite track, followed by "Christmas Is"
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 133 | December 9, 2021 2:07 AM |
Bing liked to serenade his children with “Little Drummer Boy” before beating them with a stick.
| by Anonymous | reply 135 | December 9, 2021 2:14 AM |
In the Bleak Midwinter (Julie Andrews cover)
The Christmas Song (Chesnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Judy)
| by Anonymous | reply 136 | December 9, 2021 2:25 AM |
My favorite is Charlie Pride's version of O' Holy Night.
My second favorite is this one, the perfect DL xmas song:
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 137 | December 9, 2021 2:29 AM |
Il Est Né, Le Divin Enfant- Siouxsie And The Banshees. I love this because it takes a sugary traditional French Christmas carol and gives it a gothic twist. The video is hilarious. Everyone but Siouxsie looks “overly refreshed”
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 139 | December 9, 2021 11:33 AM |
Yesterday I heard “In the Bleak Midwinter” on the classical radio station. I’ve come to really like that one.
| by Anonymous | reply 140 | December 9, 2021 11:42 AM |
R75 This has always been a favorite. In retrospect, some of the lyrics are a little fucked up, but how can you not love Boy George, bursting in like Aretha, with, "And in our worrrrrrrld of plentyyyyyy...."
| by Anonymous | reply 141 | December 9, 2021 12:07 PM |
Mary! me all you want, but this never ceases to make me tear up.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 142 | December 9, 2021 12:07 PM |
r60 writes,
[quote] It's a tie between Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle and The Christmas Waltz. I like Frank Sinatra's version best.
It's weird, and I don' t know why, but it wasn't until I was an adult that a first heard any version of "A Christmas Waltz". I think I heard it first on my cable provider Sounds of the Season.
I fell in love with it. I know it's been covered many times, but the first version I heard was by a woman vocalist. I'd like to say she was Nancy Wilson or Peggy Lee, not sure.
If a hear a man's voice singing it, I want it to be Sinatra. I adore his version.
I wish I
I too love Sinatra's
| by Anonymous | reply 143 | December 9, 2021 1:03 PM |
oops, sorry, meant to delete "I wish I" and "I too love Sinatra's'
| by Anonymous | reply 144 | December 9, 2021 1:04 PM |
No British people here or do they hate this? I first herd it on the British 'The Office' and thought it was delightfully unsentimental but sweet.
I love this band, all of them good decent guys who had a blast performing.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 145 | December 9, 2021 1:47 PM |
I like this cute lil ditty from 1960s singer-songwriter Margo Guryan, who died recently. Claudine Longet did a fun version of this song too.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 146 | December 9, 2021 1:48 PM |
Winter Wonderland- Conway Twitty
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 149 | December 9, 2021 2:55 PM |
I'll only admit to this on an anonymous message board -- All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 150 | December 9, 2021 3:45 PM |
R145, Slade were massively successful in the UK in the early 70s, and a lot of their songs are fondly remembered. This isn’t one of them. It is played everywhere you go from October onwards. I have had to listen to it for almost fifty years, and it sets my teeth on edge.
| by Anonymous | reply 151 | December 9, 2021 5:47 PM |
Christmas coincides with the Winter Solstice which officially marks the darkest time of the year and the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. This is when seasonal affective disorder sets in, elderly people's lungs get swamped with pneumonia, and sensitive people start thinking about ending it all. That's why you have special feasts and lights and music and gift giving. It has nothing to do with the historical Jesus's birthdate, other than that it was convenient for the early Church to coopt pagan solstice festivals for that purpose.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 152 | December 9, 2021 5:57 PM |
I performed Morten Lauridsen's setting of "O Magnum Mysterium" in college chamber choir, and it immediately became a favorite, and he a favorite composer. The Nordic Chamber Choir's recording is singular. No one has done it better.
Program Note (via the internet, because I'm multitasking):
"O Magnum Mysterium" is a text from the Holy Matins of Christmas describing the wonderment of the animals as they gaze on Christ: “O great mystery and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in a manger!”
That very last note gives me chills everytime (especially if I'm listening through headphones).
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 154 | December 9, 2021 6:56 PM |
Another Lauridsen piece commonly performed during this season, is "Sure On This Shining Night", another favorite of mine. While popular in winter concert repertoire, the source poem is actually set in the summer season...
A program note (via the Internet):
"The text of Sure on This Shining Night is a poem by James Agee from his book “Permit Me Voyage”. The poem is written from the perspective of an older man walking outside on a summer night, reflecting back on his life."
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 155 | December 9, 2021 7:17 PM |
I like the Johnny Mathis version of "Winter Wonderland"
| by Anonymous | reply 156 | December 9, 2021 7:36 PM |
Boy that Annie L. Xmas album was painful to listen to & I say that as a fan of most of her music.
Sometimes the original arrangement of a song is the best way to do it & no new one will do it any justice.
She actually put an upbeat kids choir on "Silent Night" as some sort of echo on her version & thought it was okay?
All 12 were horrible & shrill.
| by Anonymous | reply 157 | December 9, 2021 7:57 PM |
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid
The Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) - Nat King Cole
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
Do You Hear What I Hear? - Johnny Mathis
I Like a Sleighride (Jingle Bells) - Peggy Lee
Thanks For Christmas - XTC
What's This? (from The Nightmare Before Christmas - Danny Elfman
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (I can't help it but I still love this song)
Ave Maria - Chris Cornell & Eleven
Christmas Canon - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Underneath The Tree - Kelly Clarkson
Oh Holy Night - Andy Williams
Blue Christmas - Ann & Nancy Wilson
Christmas Time - Bryan Adams
Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season - Andy Williams
A Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives
O Holy Night - Celine Dion
| by Anonymous | reply 158 | December 9, 2021 8:05 PM |
Try again. O helga natt - Nils Bech
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 160 | December 9, 2021 8:34 PM |
Do You Hear What I Hear? - Belinda Carlisle
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 161 | December 9, 2021 8:44 PM |
Silver Bells - Belinda Carlisle
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 162 | December 9, 2021 8:45 PM |
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Belinda Carlisle
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 163 | December 9, 2021 8:46 PM |
Christmas Lullaby - Belinda Carlisle
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 164 | December 9, 2021 8:47 PM |
Not really a Christmas song, but I love it this time of year.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 165 | December 9, 2021 9:17 PM |
[quote] Sometimes the original arrangement of a song is the best way to do it & no new one will do it any justice.
I wish someone would've told that to Whitney Houston.
| by Anonymous | reply 166 | December 9, 2021 10:31 PM |
Before Annie Lennox went all Christmas funeral chic. I don't think she ever looked more beautiful in a music video.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 167 | December 9, 2021 10:35 PM |
R143, it's Nancy Wilson .... the only version of this song for me. It's fantastic.
| by Anonymous | reply 168 | December 10, 2021 1:58 AM |
McCartney’s Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time. And I’m not kidding!
| by Anonymous | reply 169 | December 10, 2021 2:16 AM |
And Peggy Lee. Both vocalists are superb.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 171 | December 10, 2021 2:23 AM |
"Every Year, Every Christmas" by Luther Vandross. This is my favorite.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 172 | December 10, 2021 2:31 AM |
Has anyone posted from Jackie Evancho yet?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 173 | December 10, 2021 10:59 PM |
Speaking of Karen, R37. I really love her version of 'Little Alter Boy'.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 174 | December 10, 2021 11:28 PM |
"Skating" by Vince Guaraldi
"Hard Candy Christmas" is incredibly depressing (Tracey Thorn also did a version) but, as with "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," not therefore antithetical to the actual spirit of Christmas for many people.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 175 | December 10, 2021 11:42 PM |
Grandma got run over by a reindeer
| by Anonymous | reply 176 | December 11, 2021 12:33 AM |
I always liked this odd rendition of Three Kings by Blondie.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 178 | December 11, 2021 2:10 AM |
My Francophone self has always loved that one, R32.
We had to sing this one every year as the school headmaster loved it. The attached rendition is a much jolliet arrangment than the dirge I recall.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 179 | December 11, 2021 2:37 AM |
Christmastime is Here, sung by Diana Krall
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 180 | December 11, 2021 2:44 AM |
Santa Claus is Coming to Town, sung by the Jackson 5.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 181 | December 11, 2021 2:45 AM |
Agree with Bowie Bing. Would also add "Jingle bell rock" and anything from Nat King cole
| by Anonymous | reply 182 | December 11, 2021 2:46 AM |
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, sung by what's her name.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 183 | December 11, 2021 2:47 AM |
Carol of the Bells, sung the right way.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 184 | December 11, 2021 2:52 AM |
[quote]I really love her version of 'Little Alter Boy'.
Oh, dear.
| by Anonymous | reply 185 | December 11, 2021 3:31 PM |
In Excelsis Deo (Angels We Have Heard On High)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 186 | December 11, 2021 5:04 PM |
Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 187 | December 11, 2021 5:26 PM |
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 188 | December 11, 2021 5:44 PM |
R178 I love that blondie Easter egg of a song too.
| by Anonymous | reply 189 | December 11, 2021 5:54 PM |
Then he smiled at me, pa rum pa pa pum
It's only gas she said, pa rum pa pa pum
gas from his bum, pum pum...
| by Anonymous | reply 190 | December 12, 2021 10:23 AM |
My new favorite song for this holiday season. Sing it Kristin, our new Material Girl!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 191 | December 12, 2021 2:35 PM |
I'll Be Home For Christmas - Sugar Lime Blue
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 193 | December 12, 2021 3:41 PM |
I've always like "Gabriel's Message" by Sting. It has a little of the echo-y medieval type sound.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 194 | December 12, 2021 3:41 PM |
Captive audience at lunch to one of the most depressing songs I've ever heard...
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 195 | December 12, 2021 6:49 PM |
Hard Candy Christmas by Dolly
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 196 | December 12, 2021 11:16 PM |
This would have been a better duet with Bing.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 197 | December 12, 2021 11:33 PM |
I'm probably late, but I just heard this for the first time today. I like it.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 198 | December 12, 2021 11:48 PM |
The Mistletoe Jam - Luther Vandross
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 199 | December 15, 2021 12:24 AM |
A Kiss For Christmas - Luther Vandross
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 200 | December 15, 2021 12:24 AM |
With A Christmas Heart - Luther Vandross
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 201 | December 15, 2021 12:26 AM |
I Listen To The Bells - Luther Vandross
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 202 | December 15, 2021 12:27 AM |
My Favorite Things - Luther Vandross
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 203 | December 15, 2021 12:28 AM |
I adore Kathleen Battle. Especially, this Christmas song.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 204 | December 15, 2021 12:31 AM |
Bells, Bows, Gifts, Trees
I can’t get enough of Todrick.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 205 | December 15, 2021 12:33 AM |
Merry Christmas Baby - Billy Idol
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 206 | December 15, 2021 1:23 AM |
Yellin' At the Christmas Tree - Billy Idol
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 207 | December 15, 2021 1:24 AM |
Santa Claus Is Back In Town - Billy Idol
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 208 | December 15, 2021 1:25 AM |
Christmas Love - Billy Idol
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 209 | December 15, 2021 1:27 AM |
White Christmas - Billy Idol
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 210 | December 15, 2021 1:28 AM |
Christmas Star - Debbie Gibson
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 211 | December 16, 2021 2:18 AM |
Trish King Music doing some Christmas covers =
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 214 | December 17, 2021 1:50 AM |
I’m sure it’s been mentioned but Oh Holy Night by Josh Groban is transformative.
It almost makes you believe all this Christmas chicanery is real.
I cried the first time I heard it.
| by Anonymous | reply 216 | December 17, 2021 2:12 AM |
A nice romantic original...
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 217 | December 17, 2021 5:58 AM |
R216 I like Josh's Ava Maria, as well.
| by Anonymous | reply 218 | December 17, 2021 1:20 PM |
[quote] I cried the first time I heard it.
MARY's Boy Child!
| by Anonymous | reply 219 | December 17, 2021 1:21 PM |
[quote]At work, I have been hearing Streisand belting out "My Favorite Things". If I didn't already despise her singing, that song would have done it by itself.
Where do you work? Barbra's basement mall?
| by Anonymous | reply 220 | December 17, 2021 1:26 PM |
^what about Babs-on-crack single Jingle Bells? My bp goes through the roof when I hear it.
| by Anonymous | reply 221 | December 17, 2021 10:59 PM |
This is a cute one that not many people have heard
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 222 | December 18, 2021 3:08 AM |
Bette Midler & Johnny Mathis =
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 223 | December 19, 2021 6:05 PM |
This is a different version =
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 226 | December 19, 2021 6:07 PM |
My favorite - and a great video creation for it.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 228 | December 19, 2021 6:23 PM |
They should do a Muppet version of the Bowie/Crosby duet, with Kermit as Bowie and Sam the Eagle as Crosby.
| by Anonymous | reply 229 | December 19, 2021 6:32 PM |
Here comes Santa Claus and his big sack of shit
| by Anonymous | reply 230 | December 20, 2021 12:01 AM |
Santa Claus and his old Lady by Cheech and Chong.
I heard it today and it has been a long time since I heard it last.
Still makes me laugh.
| by Anonymous | reply 231 | December 23, 2021 4:02 AM |
[quote] Obviously O Holy Night, the only Christmas carol that bids you 'fall on your knees.' Obviously started life in the Catholic church.
Interestingly, while it is one of the most orthodox Christmas hymns, that evokes a solemn high church feeling, the English lyrics were translated by a Unitarian transcendentalist.
| by Anonymous | reply 232 | December 23, 2021 4:25 AM |
I don't have a favourite, but I like The Christmas Song a lot.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 233 | December 23, 2021 4:42 AM |
Shilver Bellsh
"Shitty shidewalksh, bushy shidewalksh, dresshed in holiday shtyle, in the air there's a feeling of Chrishmash"
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 234 | December 23, 2021 4:48 AM |
Julie always makes me weep when I hear this. Mostly, for the loss of her wonderful voice.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 235 | December 23, 2021 1:40 PM |
Here's a lovely one for Christmas Eve by our own John Legend.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 237 | December 24, 2021 12:25 PM |
John Legend is one of the most boring performers ever.
| by Anonymous | reply 238 | December 24, 2021 1:03 PM |
Gurl, the way she skips down those stairs in heels and that costume is not to be believed!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 241 | December 24, 2021 3:15 PM |
A drag queen ice skating on Teflon. What could be more Christmas than that!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 242 | December 24, 2021 3:22 PM |
I am in love with Sufjan Stevens. Bring a Torch is my fav.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 243 | December 24, 2021 3:37 PM |
Christmas Love by Maggie Roche
| by Anonymous | reply 244 | December 24, 2021 3:47 PM |
R159 did not understand the assignment.
| by Anonymous | reply 245 | December 24, 2021 4:07 PM |
I love Cynthia Clawson’s 1988 Christmas album Carolsinger.
| by Anonymous | reply 246 | December 24, 2021 7:57 PM |
The "From A Distance Medley" - Jewel
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 247 | December 25, 2021 7:00 PM |
Winter Wonderland - Jewel
It's hard to believe that this Xmas album has only sold 41,000 albums so far.
It's one of the better ones that I've listened to.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 251 | December 25, 2021 7:05 PM |
Silent Night Boogie Woogie =
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 252 | December 26, 2021 1:16 AM |
'Blue Christmas' by Elvis. Haven't heard it yet this year.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 254 | December 26, 2021 1:35 AM |
May as well reignite this thread with possibly the greatest Christmas song we DLers love to hate.
P.S, Tiny Tim was so very gay, I believe he was a homosexual anarchist. So gay he was straight.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 257 | November 27, 2022 11:32 AM |
This because its actually kind of dark, yet would be played while you were shopping in department stores in the 1960s and 70s.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 258 | November 27, 2022 2:05 PM |
Oh Holy Night- Perry Como.
| by Anonymous | reply 259 | November 27, 2022 2:29 PM |
The Supremes version of Silver Bells
| by Anonymous | reply 260 | November 27, 2022 2:35 PM |
“BRING A TORCH JEANETTE ISABELLA” is the best Carol EVER!
| by Anonymous | reply 261 | November 27, 2022 2:54 PM |
I love The Little Drunkard Boy too, op.
| by Anonymous | reply 263 | November 29, 2022 7:01 AM |
The climax of White Christmas....
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 264 | November 29, 2022 7:31 AM |
It's Christmas Time again...
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 265 | November 29, 2022 7:36 AM |
Have a Kung Fu Christmas.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 267 | December 11, 2022 12:08 AM |
Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful...IN LATIN
| by Anonymous | reply 269 | December 26, 2022 12:55 AM |
