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| View Poll Results: What are your favourite Christmas songs? | |||
| Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer |
  
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2 | 13.33% |
| All I Want For Christmas Is You |
  
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2 | 13.33% |
| Fairytale of New York |
  
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4 | 26.67% |
| Jingle Bells |
  
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2 | 13.33% |
| Mistletoe and Wine |
  
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1 | 6.67% |
| Last Christmas |
  
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1 | 6.67% |
| Stop the Cavalry |
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1 | 6.67% |
| A Spaceman Came Travelling |
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1 | 6.67% |
| Merry Christmas Everyone |
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1 | 6.67% |
| Do They Know It's Christmas |
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1 | 6.67% |
| Other (please specify in thread) |
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5 | 33.33% |
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 15. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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Carols.......that's what Christmas is about really is it not? |
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I prefer the traditional carols too...... I think today's Christmas songs are too commercial and lose the meaning of Christmas. |
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One of my favourite carols is "Oh Holy Night" I remember Perry Como singing this on tv many, many years ago. It still brings tears to my eyes, it's such an emotional carol. I also like very old traditional ones like the Coventry Carol and the Cherry Tree Carol. I'm very fond of Gaudete (remember Steeleye Span anyone?) but I really don't go much for the old familiar ones like Once in Royal David's City. They're just too frequently heard. |
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Nice to hear someone else likes The Cherry Tree Carol; Oh Holy Night was my Mom's favorite of all. |
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BAAAA you great softies, crank up the volume and stick some death metal on, that'll warm yer cockles  |
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Silent Night, Ave Maria, O Holy Night, The Little Drummer Boy....I could go on and on  |
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Oh me too; love the Little Drummer Boy! And Angels We Have Heard On High .... |
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The Bishop of Croydon said some derogatory things about Christmas carols last week - too much Victorian sentimentality. I read this article about some of the things he said and it did make me think ............. he wasn't being all Baa Humbug either. |
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Well, far be it for me to criticize the Bishop of Croyden but .... bah humbug! IMO there's nothing wrong at all with a little Victorian sentimentality at Christmas time, God knows, we get enough reality with the wars, the recession, the pandemic and all the other assorted bad news... I'll take some sentimentality. |
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I suppose my concern is mainly with how it is explained to the little 'uns - not having had children myself. I was quite clear that the Nativity and Santa Claus were two different things, but from that article I can see that the Bishop might be suggesting that children see it all as "a complete package". I wonder if he has children? I am sure that Christian parents make sure their children know the difference, but what about the others? |
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