Favorite Christmas Songs

[dandysmom]

Seems about time to resurrect this again; what are your three favorites? Mine:

Cherry Tree Carol
Good King Wenseslaus
Partridge in a Pear Tree

[MrsH]

I think I change my mind each year on this! :)

This year I think my favourites are

Coventry carol
Carol of the bells
It came upon the midnight clear

[angieh]

I like a spirited Ding dong merrily on high; also Good King Wenseslaus and I saw three ships.

One of the best parts of the season - carols. The other fav parts are the tree and a drop of sherry (don't have it any other time of the year!) hic!

[Elaine]

Is it just sort of Carols or popular stuff too?

My favourite is Fairytale in New York.

[Kazz]

I think mine changes yearly too.

My favourite carols are................hmmmmmm................no particular order

Oh come all Ye Faithful
We wish you a Merry Christmas
Silent Night

But that may change...

I also like "Driving home for Christmas" and "Merry Christmas Everybody" Noddy Holder.

[Kazz]

In fact I like it that much here are the lyrics....


Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall?
It’s the time that every Santa has a ball
Does he ride a red nosed reindeer?
Does he turn up on his sleigh?
Do the fairies keep him sober for a day?
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So here it is,
Merry Christmas,
Everybody’s having fun,
Look to the future now
It’s only just begun.
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Are you waiting for the family to arrive?
Are you sure you’ve got the room to spare inside?
Does your Granny always tell you
That the old songs are the best,
Then she’s up and rock ‘n’ rollin’ with the rest…
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So here it is,
Merry Christmas,
Everybody’s having fun,
Look to the future now
It’s only just begun.
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Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall?
Are you hoping that the snow will to start to fall?
Do you ride on down the hillside
In a bobby you have made?
When you land upon your head then you’ve been Slade.
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So here it is,
Merry Christmas,
Everybody’s having fun,
Look to the future now
It’s only just begun
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Then he screams the magic words...........IT'S CHRISTMASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Mags]

Thanks Kazz, you had me singing along to that! :lol:

[Squirrel]

Hmmm... will have to think on that one. Too many good ones! Mind, some of the ones I like the best have 'alternative' tunes. So I like one setting of 'away in a manger' but it's not the one best known!

Only thing I'm completely decided on is that I utterly detest "Last Christmas" and as I hear it each year I find myself wondering how on earth the person didn't learn from the last time... ;)

[dandysmom]

Is it just sort of Carols or popular stuff too?

My favourite is Fairytale in New York.

Whatever you like, Elaine ......

even if it's Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer :mrgreen:

[MrsH]

[quote=Squirrel;626457]Hmmm... will have to think on that one. Too many good ones! Mind, some of the ones I like the best have 'alternative' tunes. So I like one setting of 'away in a manger' but it's not the one best known!quote]

I love this setting! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIo4N0EoV4A&feature=related

Sorry, skip the ad! I didn't realise that was in there as well!

[Squirrel]

[quote=Squirrel;626457]Hmmm... will have to think on that one. Too many good ones! Mind, some of the ones I like the best have 'alternative' tunes. So I like one setting of 'away in a manger' but it's not the one best known!quote]

I love this setting! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIo4N0EoV4A&feature=related

Sorry, skip the ad! I didn't realise that was in there as well!


I do like that one, yes, though it's not the one I'm thinking about... That one was done as a leader-response kind, and the one time I heard it the leader part was done by a soloist, and the response by the rest of the group.

[dandysmom]

Hmmm... will have to think on that one. Too many good ones! Mind, some of the ones I like the best have 'alternative' tunes. So I like one setting of 'away in a manger' but it's not the one best known!

Only thing I'm completely decided on is that I utterly detest "Last Christmas" and as I hear it each year I find myself wondering how on earth the person didn't learn from the last time... ;)

Speaking of alternatives (off topic, I know, but it's my thread :mrgreen: ) I love Madeline MacNeil's alternative melody to Auld Lang Syne in her Crowning of the Year album; very beautiful. The whole album is lovely.

http://www.encoremusic.com/cd/8912603.html?fri=89caadbaac120a431d278b260d0902e64 f9ee13-10585-CAT156&sid=211

[Kazz]

Sometimes to me the song is secondary to where I am and who I am with so my choice varies.

[Kim]

I think my selection has probably changed from last yar too.

The Holly & The Ivy
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
In the Bleak Midwinter

I also love anything by John Rutter.

I adore Christmas carols!

[Squirrel]

OK... Have given it a bit of thought. Some answers have to include:

From the squalor of a borrowed stable
Barrelling down the hill
The Star in the East/This Child

[JMPARK]

MY FAVOURITE "TRADITIONAL" CHRISTMAS SONGS ARE "AWAY IN A MANGER" "SILENT NIGHT" AND "WE THREE KINGS"

THE MORE UP TO DATE ONES ARE " Fairytale Of NewYork"
"I Believe In Father Christmas" "Mary's Boy Child" AND
" The Power Of Love "

[dandysmom]

I forgot Mary's Boy Child, do like that one also, I'll add that to Cherry Tree Carol and Away in a Manger this year ... it does change.

[pamela81]

my favourites are Fairytale in New York by the poggs, Step into Christmas by Elton John and Merry Christmas by Slade :)

[Shelley123]

I too love Christmas carols, i'm not realy religious but feel more so at Christmas,
I love Silent Night
Oh little town of Bethlehem
The holly and the ivy

Fairy tale of new york
Last Christmas (sorry Katy) ;)
Little drummer boy, Bing Crosby and David Bowie

and yes i know i've picked 6 but i could go on :D