Your favourite Christmas Carol/Song

[Kieran]

I'm changeable as the weather in Dublin on this one. But as of now, my favourite carol is Hark The Herald Angels Sing, music by Mendelssohn, which, when sung by a good choir at full wail, is a thing of glory.

Christmas Song: even more changeable, there's been so many classic, and given that it's Christmas, even George Michael and Mariah sound great. There must be a special music key called "the Christmas key" that renders Christmas songs oblivious to age and wear and tear. I listen constantly to Christmas FM and even the corniest songs sound magical.

Today? This one is my fave:

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvDxSW8mzvU[/video]

 

[tented]

My all-time favorite carol is "The Little Drummer Boy", performed by the Harry Simeone Chorale.

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z07LaaY8VJ8[/video]

I also love "Carol of the Bells" when sung a cappella, but it's hard to find a really great one. I just found this version on YouTube, and it's pretty good. If anyone knows of another, please share it with us.

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfPCxCua0xY[/video]

 

[Kieran]

Great choices, brother! :clap :celeb::celeb:

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Ever since I saw the movie Christmas Vacation, this has been my favorite Christmas song:


[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaAdg_l38Cc[/video]

 

[Kieran]

Yeah, that's a beauty!

 

[kskate2]

Favorite Christmas song ever: O Holy Night. There have been many versions, but no one quite does it as elegantly as Celine or Leontyne
[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OZ5MoUXKgc[/video]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEi9IDV3BzA[/video]

And for a little holiday fun, I absolutely love this rendition by Straight No Chaser
[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acp77Pt9xhk[/video]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0loshMzqD4[/video]

 

[shawnbm]

Since we are still in Christmas season, I shall name mine. First, I love the traditional carols, such as We Three Kings and O Holy Night, both of which are so rich when sung by the legendary Ray Conniff Singers. It was from their Xmas album from around 1961. Fabulous stuff. As for more modern "pop" Christmas tunes, I always liked Burl Ives singing Have a Holly Jolly Christmas and then Bing Crosby singing Silver Bells. Always love to hear those two tunes.

 

[JoeyNato]

This Christmas is awesome, but a cold snowy night with "The Christmas Song" by Nat King Cole sets the Christmas mood like no other, in my opinion.

 

[Kieran]

This Christmas is awesome, but a cold snowy night with "The Christmas Song" by Nat King Cole sets the Christmas mood like no other, in my opinion.

Yeah, it has that magic the best Christmas songs have.

I haven't heard too many Christmas songs this year yet, for some reason I don't listen to the radio as much, but this morning I was horrified to hear Rod Stewart singing Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, an ugly, sugary-sweet nostalgic atrocity committed on one of the all-time Christmas classics. Here's the antidote:

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH9RyySpkU8[/video]

 

[Horsa]

This is my favourite Xmas Carol.



This is my favourite Xmas song.

 

[Vince Evert]

 

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[Moxie]

This is my favorite one to sing. In our little parish church, we never sound like this, but somehow it always feels like we do.

 

[Horsa]

I love that song. I'd never heard that version of the song though. Thank you very much for sharing. My favourite version of the song was the Judy Garland version as sung on "Meet me in St. Louis" which I think is a brilliant film.

 

[Horsa]

I've never heard this version of the song before but really enjoyed it. Thank you very much for sharing.

 

[Horsa]

This is my favorite one to sing. In our little parish church, we never sound like this, but somehow it always feels like we do.

My favourite Xmas song to sing is "White Xmas". I try to mimic the version sung by Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly in "High Society" which is my favourite version of the song. I also like the versions on "Holiday Inn" & "White Xmas".

My favourite Xmas Carols to sing are "O little town of Bethlehem", "O come all ye faithful", "God rest ye merry Gentlemen", "Hark the herald angels sing", "Mary's Boy Child", "In the bleak mid-winter", "Gloria in excelsis deo" & "Silent Night". I know that may sound funny after I said my favourite Carol is "Little Donkey" but when I'm singing I like a bit of a challenge & "Little Donkey" & "Away in a manger" are much easier to sing though I love them & sing them. "Away in a manger" is a good vocal warm-up when I get the Dickensian Carol-singer's job at Dickensian Xmas fairs at work.

 

[Vince Evert]

I've never heard this version of the song before but really enjoyed it. Thank you very much for sharing.

It's my pleasure. Am i converting you to Dylan and The Boss fan, yet ?

 

[Vince Evert]

Interesting new animated video of Blue Christmas , Elvis 1957 record. He hardly put a foot wrong in the Fifties and early Sixties.