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What is your favorite Christmas song?

Nov 8, 2011#1

LittleSin

I'm trying to work on a small side project but I'm running into a block. I need to know what your favorite Christmas songs are!

Come December First all will be revealed, for better or for worst. For now, lay it on me.

What are some of your favourite Christmas songs?

Nov 8, 2011#2

sixpackshaker

Nov 8, 2011#3

phil

The one I don't have to listen to until late december.

So none.

Nov 8, 2011#4

AshburnerX

Nov 8, 2011#5

Gusto

Nov 8, 2011#6

phil

Nov 8, 2011#7

drifter

Nov 8, 2011#8

Emrys

Nov 8, 2011#9

Tress

and

and

Nov 8, 2011#10

Dave

Nov 8, 2011#11

Allen who is Quiet

Nov 8, 2011#12

GasBandit

Edit: Dave beat me to Wierd Al.

And any of the south park christmas songs.

Nov 8, 2011#13

General Specific

Nov 8, 2011#14

sixpackshaker

That is simply the funniest X-mas bit ever.

Nov 8, 2011#15

Emrys

Nov 8, 2011#16

Officer_Charon

Hands down my favorite.

Nov 8, 2011#17

Sara_2814

John Denver & The Muppets was my favorite Christmas music as a kid, and this is my favorite song from the album:

Nov 8, 2011#18

strawman

My favorite instrumental piece is carol of the bells. Favorite song is hard, but I really enjoy singing drummer boy, so that's likely my favorite.

Nov 8, 2011#19

Gryfter

NO collection would be complete without..

I was also looking for the one where Jesus and Santa sing Christmas songs lounge style.... some classics there. Oh and just to be fair...

Nov 8, 2011#20

makare

I love the First Noel, Silent Night, All I Want For Christmas is You, and All Alone on Christmas.

I have been listening to Christmas music for months already. I am psyched for this thread lol.

Nov 8, 2011#21

Emrys

Now to the Lord sing praises all you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood each other now embrace..
This holy tide of Christmas of beauty and of grace,
Oh tidings of comfort and joy.

Nov 8, 2011#22

Gryfter

stienman said:
My favorite instrumental piece is carol of the bells. Favorite song is hard, but I really enjoy singing drummer boy, so that's likely my favorite.

Harry Connick Jr. has great versions of both of those.

Nov 8, 2011#23

Jay

Makes me want to sit back on the couch in front of my fireplace, near my Christmas tree looking at my little village grow from year to year, sipping on some hot cocoa with my woman snuggled by my side and reminding her how much I love her.

(Now that I got all your likes...)

Then I'll fuck her.

Dressed as Santa... her... in a slutty Miss Claus outfit. rawr

Nov 8, 2011#24

PatrThom

Carol of the Bells is the perennial favorite (I especially like the TSO and Will Vinton versions), I think it has won countless brackets come holiday time. A'Soalin' joined my favorites about 10 years ago when my father picked up the PP&M big collection, and this one joined up last year.

--Patrick

Nov 8, 2011#25

Officer_Charon

Ahh... childhood memories.... they'd always play The Snowman for us at Christmas at my primary school in England

Nov 8, 2011#26

PatrThom

I've never seen it.

--Patrick

Nov 8, 2011#27

LittleKagsin

I like O Holy Night, instrumental, or when it's sung really really well.

For funsies, I like Trans-Siberian Orchestra, mainly Carol of the Bells.

Nov 8, 2011#28

sixpackshaker

Nov 8, 2011#29

SeraRelm

(Not much for christmas music, but this sounds almost Kefka-ish)

Nov 8, 2011#30

curbstreet

My favorite X-mas album is the John Denver and the Muppets A Christmas Together and I used to have a copy of the late 80's Muppet Christmas special on hand for play during Christmas parties. You ever want to stop a whole roomful of adults talking and get them to sit still for an hour put that special on.

Nov 8, 2011#31

Bowielee

Emrys said:

This, this, and this.

Nov 8, 2011#32

fade

Most of the good ones have been named. I'm not much of a country music fan. But I do like this one:

Added at: 02:12
Huh, some weird spoken part in that live version. Don't remember that.

Nov 8, 2011#33

Hailey Knight

It's still November!

Nov 8, 2011#34

fade

She said she's doing some kind of project. ^^^^

Nov 8, 2011#35

Hailey Knight

Missed that.

Sorry, Sin.

Nov 8, 2011#36

Krisken

Nov 8, 2011#37

LittleSin

Quotemander Prime said:
Missed that.

Sorry, Sin.

Don't be sorry. I've been shouting that at my sister! I went in the car with her and it was just cristmas song after christmas song.

I usually have a rule of no songs until the first of December. This project requires rule breaking.

I just like to amuse myself.

Nov 8, 2011#38

linglingface

I'm the weirdo that wishes Christmas music was socially acceptable to listen to year-round. I LOVE Christmas music and listen to it secretly through the year. <3 I'll round up some favorites later! <3

Nov 8, 2011#39

Allen who is Quiet

heatherling said:
I'm the weirdo that wishes Christmas music was socially acceptable to listen to year-round. I LOVE Christmas music and listen to it secretly through the year.

You're my new enemy.

Nov 8, 2011#40

Gared

White Christmas, as performed by Bing Crosby; Silver Bells, as performed by Bing Crosby... you know what? Pretty much any of the classics done by Bing Crosby and/or any of the classics performed by whichever all boys choir is usually the best and/or any of the classics performed by whichever orchestra is famous for their brass sections. And Jingle Bell Rock.

Nov 8, 2011#41

PatrThom

Gared said:
...any of the classics performed by whichever orchestra is famous for their brass sections.

Right. We'll put you down for the Canadian Brass' 12 Days of Xmas.

--Patrick

Nov 8, 2011#42

TwoBit

Nov 8, 2011#43

checkeredhat

Suprised no one's posted it yet:

Nov 8, 2011#44

makare

heatherling said:
I'm the weirdo that wishes Christmas music was socially acceptable to listen to year-round. I LOVE Christmas music and listen to it secretly through the year. <3 I'll round up some favorites later! <3

Ok you and I totally need to get together. We can listen to Christmas music and do our nails.

Nov 8, 2011#45

Dirona

The Huron Carol.

And I f'ing HATE little drummer boy. Always have. It just gets on my nerves.

Nov 9, 2011#46

Just Me

I can't look for videos at the office but would put in Cyndi Lauper's Christmas Conga.

Nov 9, 2011#47

TommiR

I suppose non-english songs are rather useless in terms of your project, but I'll list my favorite christmas song. It is Varpunen Jouluaamuna (Sparrow on Christmas Morning), adapted from a poem by a finnish poet from the 19th century.

As it is in finnish, the video might be of little interest to non-finnish speakers, but I'll nevertheless put it here.

Nov 9, 2011#48

Gryfter

Couple more fun themed ones

Nov 9, 2011#49

General Specific

May not be an actual Christmas song, but Christmas is heavily referenced and it is an amazingly good song to boot

Nov 9, 2011#50

HCGLNS

Nov 9, 2011#51

Cheesy1

Nov 13, 2011#52

filmfanatic

Nov 13, 2011#53

General Specific

Another one, I loves me some TSR (wish they were stopping near me again this year, but it seems they have paired back the touring schedule)

Nov 13, 2011#54

ElJuski

trick question. Christmas music is all equally awful.

Okay, "zat you, Santa Claus?" That one is the best.

Nov 13, 2011#55

evilmike

Emrys said:

Very Good.

Also:

Nov 13, 2011#56

BananaHands

Hey guys, She & Him has a christmas album if you want to be all hip and celebrate the holidays.

Nov 13, 2011#57

General Specific

Gilman Chatsworth said:
trick question. Christmas music is all equally awful.

Nov 14, 2011#58

Allen who is Quiet

General Specific said:

GenSpec is right.

All Christmas music is equally awful, but some are more equally awful than others.

Nov 14, 2011#59

BananaHands

Allen who is Quiet said:
GenSpec is right.

All Christmas music is equally awful, but some are more equally awful than others.

Nov 17, 2011#60

linglingface

Say what you will about Zooey, but I've always loved her. :3

I like She & Him, I was super excited about their Christmas album, picked it up and was actually kind of disappointed. D: Sleigh Ride and Rockin Around The Christmas Tree were fun, but the album is all of 37 min long and ho-hum. The best description I have is Christmas music for a "warm Christmas".

Nov 17, 2011#61

Adammon

ALSO, holy fucking shit. Why aren't Zombies attacking him??

Nov 17, 2011#62

linglingface

This one isn't a favorite. This is just Jingle Bells on crack and it drives me crazy. Just thought I'd share with those who have never heard it!

Nov 17, 2011#63

PatrThom

--Patrick

Nov 18, 2011#64

Krisken

I always found this version of Fairytale of New York easier to listen to than the Pogues version.

Nov 18, 2011#65

AshburnerX

I can't believe I forgot this one...

Nov 18, 2011#66

gargoyle_eva

WARNING: NSFW!!!!!

Classic aussie christmas song. He has a whole album, half originals, half parodys, All hilarious.

Nov 18, 2011#67

Dirona

See, I know (and quite like) the version by the Canadian duo:

Intersting that folks on both sides of the pond have picked it up.

Nov 18, 2011#68

Cajungal

Man... a smell a new ukulele video. My favorite Christmas song sounds SO good on the ukulele. I might just be able to with the break coming up!

Nov 18, 2011#69

checkeredhat

Krisken said:
I always found this version of Fairytale of New York easier to listen to than the Pogues version.

Not to pick a fight, cause to each their own and I can certainly understand how Shane McGowan's drunken slurring can be hard to listen to, but I can't stand this version.

Nov 19, 2011#70

Krisken

Not gonna fight, that's fine. Not everyone likes what everyone else likes.

Nov 19, 2011#71

makare

Yeah I chose not to fight since someone posted one of my two least favorite Christmas songs. lol. Bound to happen I guess.

Nov 19, 2011#72

Mathias

You guys disappoint me ...

Nov 19, 2011#73

Krisken

Mathias said:
You guys disappoint me ...

We know.

Nov 19, 2011#74

jwhouk

Nov 19, 2011#75

Terrik

Sleigh ride! I especially loved it after playing it in ensemble as a euphonium player. Those were the days.

Nov 19, 2011#76

Null

- Now, I actually like Christmas, I just think it's funny.

Nov 19, 2011#77

IronBrig4

I worked at a shopping mall that catered to rich clientele over the holiday season. We were forced to listen to nothing but Christmas music from November 1st until December 24th. I used to love Christmas tunes but now I can't stand it.

That being said, I can tolerate "The Boar's Head Carol" the best. It usually makes me crave bacon.

Nov 19, 2011#78

checkeredhat

I don't hate Christmas music as a rule, what I hate about it that there are so few different Christmas songs, and radio stations and stores don't just mix them in with non-seasonal music but play them 24hrs a day, that you wind up hearing 6* different versions of the same 5* songs 4* times each every damn day for two straight months. If they'd just put them into rotation with non-seasonal music, and maybe play some of the more unique songs instead of 10 different renditions of the Little Drummer Boy in a 6* hour period, I could stand it.

*Numbers pulled from my ass

Nov 19, 2011#79

linglingface

Terrik said:
Sleigh ride! I especially loved it after playing it in ensemble as a euphonium player. Those were the days.

I love it because I loved playing it in high school wind ensemble! <3 I was on clarinet and it was just *FUN*! One of the trumpet players even did a perfect horse noise. XD Ah, good times. <3

Nov 19, 2011#80

Null

heatherling said:
I love it because I loved playing it in high school wind ensemble! <3 I was on clarinet and it was just *FUN*! One of the trumpet players even did a perfect horse noise. XD Ah, good times. <3

Tangentially - is it true that clarinet players will usually refuse to eat anything with bamboo shoots in it?

Nov 19, 2011#81

linglingface

Null said:
Tangentially - is it true that clarinet players will usually refuse to eat anything with bamboo shoots in it?

This is going to sound soooo bad... I actually enjoyed sucking on the reeds. /shrug
And I don't usually eat anything with bamboo shoots in it, not because I refuse, but because they just never make an appearance in my food.

Nov 19, 2011#82

makare

I am often ashamed to admit this but my favorite version of Sleigh Ride is the Hilary Duff version. I know....
It's so damn catchy.

Nov 19, 2011#83

Null

heatherling said:
This is going to sound soooo bad... I actually enjoyed sucking on the reeds. /shrug
And I don't usually eat anything with bamboo shoots in it, not because I refuse, but because they just never make an appearance in my food.

Fair enough. I was discussing recipes with a friend of mine, I was talking about this stir-fry dish of mine which includes water chestnuts and bamboo shoots, and she said, "I can't eat anything with bamboo shoots in it." She explained that she had played clarinet in high school, and biting into a bamboo shoot was like chomping on a reed, to her. So when you mentioned playing the clarinet, I wondered.

Nov 19, 2011#84

Emrys

It might depend on how often she was able to change her reed. Those things can get... manky after a while.

Nov 19, 2011#85

strawman

makare said:
I am often ashamed to admit this but my favorite version of Sleigh Ride is the Hilary Duff version. I know....
It's so damn catchy.

Heaven help me, that is catchy!

:notes:

Nov 19, 2011#86

Neon Pirate

Enjoy that catchy Duff-ness to the fullest Makare! Mine is one that most outside of the Philadelphia area have probably not heard. And some back story for anyone interested.

“Christmas On The Block” by Alan Mann, from 1983.

This song was released only as a 7” single by a small indie label, and it is now very hard to find. However, the miracle of YouTube enables you and me to hear the song and watch its video right here and now.

Alan Mann was a musician based in the Philadelphia, PA area who was little-known outside of that region. But he did gain wider fame during the Christmas seasons in the mid-1980’s, when the then-young MTV network would air the video for “Christmas On The Block”. It’s a moving, one-of-a-kind song inspired by the people who then lived in a group house for the blind in the Philadelphia suburb of Upper Darby. Each year, the residents of that home would decorate a Christmas tree that would be displayed in front of the house. Even though the blind residents could not see the lights and colors themselves, they still showed their holiday spirit by making this tree look pretty for others to see. Mann was so moved by this annual gesture that he wrote and recorded this song about it, and had this video filmed outside of the house.

Nov 19, 2011#87

makare

stienman said:
Heaven help me, that is catchy!

Right? darn her!

Nov 21, 2011#88

ElJuski

Okay, I'll go with this as my new favorite Christmas song.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/electric-six-covers-youre-a-mean-one-mr-grinch,65430/

Nov 21, 2011#89

ElJuski

Stien, I didn't think you'd be down on Electric Six, given their oeuvre.

Nov 21, 2011#90

strawman

Haven't heard of them, but they make a pretty mean mr grinch cover, apparently.

Nov 22, 2011#91

Philosopher B.

makare said:
Yeah I chose not to fight since someone posted one of my two least favorite Christmas songs. lol. Bound to happen I guess.

At the very least, I think we can all agree that The Christmas Shoes is the worst of the worst.

Nov 22, 2011#92

LittleSin

Ugh...Christmas Shoes.

Won't be using that one.

Nov 22, 2011#93

strawman

but...but.. they're for his momma!

Nov 22, 2011#94

figmentPez

Each year the local Christian radio station plays Christmas music non-stop from just after Thanksgiving until Christmas. I like to listen, because I love Christmas music, but they play the Christmas Shoes way too much. So I was happy last year when I had their new sub-channel to listen to, that was playing less pop stuff. I was happy listening to more rock, R&B, rap, etc. Christmas stuff until.. a cover of the Christmas Shoes! What the hell is wrong with that band? I didn't even listen long enough to figure out who made such an abomination, but I was sorely disappointed. I had really hoped to make it through an entire Christmas season without hearing that awful song.

Not my favorite, but I do like this one:

My current favorite is Good King Wenceslas as performed by downhere, but the versions on Youtube aren't as good as the one on their album.

Nov 23, 2011#95

PatrThom

Agreed. I like the story of the Shoes. It is touching and all. But hearing it a dozen times an hour really gets tiresome. Just like "A Soldier's Silent Night," it gets way overplayed.

--Patrick

Nov 23, 2011#96

Cajungal

Did someone say Christmas shoes?!!

This is my favorite Christmas tune:

Dec 7, 2011#97

figmentPez

Not my favorite, but I do like "O Come Let Us Adore Him". Attached is the version my church recorded a while back (about 7 years, I think). I had to put it in a .zip because it wouldn't let me upload an .ogg file.

Dec 7, 2011#98

PatrThom

Pfft. Only Wikipedians use ogg. You and your unencumbered formats.

--Patrick

Dec 8, 2011#99

figmentPez

PatrThom said:
Pfft. Only Wikipedians use ogg. You and your unencumbered formats.

--Patrick

I've switched over to ripping my music to FLAC now, but I've yet to re-rip everything.

Dec 8, 2011#100

Shegokigo

evilmike said:
Very Good.

Also:

Nov 30, 2012#101

strawman

makare said:
Right? darn her!

Nov 30, 2012#102

WasabiPoptart

A year late to the party, but...

This song always reminds me of Christmas Eve dinner with my parents when I was growing up.

Also,

Nov 30, 2012#103

GasBandit

GasBandit said:
Edit: Dave beat me to Wierd Al.

And any of the south park christmas songs.

My choices have not changed.

Nov 30, 2012#104

WasabiPoptart

I sang this in church on Christmas Eve right after my grandfather died. My voice is no where near as beautiful as hers, but I did a good job for singing it a capella.

Nov 30, 2012#105

Shakey

Nov 30, 2012#106

figmentPez

Dec 2, 2012#107

figmentPez

Why do I like this song? It's such saccharine sweet pop music, but I love it.

Dec 4, 2012#108

linglingface

I was just thinking of this thread yesterday. ~<3

This is one of the songs I look forward to at work each year:

Jingle Bells on crack!!

Dec 5, 2012#109

PatrThom

heatherling said:
Jingle Bells on crack!!

That always reminds me of this piece: Deck the Halls in 7/8 (time).

--Patrick

Dec 5, 2012#110

GasBandit

7/8 time makes my brain hurt.

Dec 5, 2012#111

Shakey

Dec 5, 2012#112

Gared

Hmm... couldn't really tell you which song is my favorite, but I can definitely tell you which two I like the least; the one I have stuck in my head right now (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus), and the Christmas shoes song.

Dec 5, 2012#113

strawman

Speaking of songs I dislike getting stuck in my head: