==^Merry Music^==

[Lilith]

I am gonna burn a Christmas CD.......


What are your favorite Christmas/holiday songs and who does the version you like best???

so far......

Let It Snow~ Dean Martin

Must of Been Ole' Santa Claus~ Harry Connick Jr.

Celebrate Me Home~ Kenny Loggins

[skipthisone]

Linus & Lucy from A Charlie Brown Christmas

[Lilith]

excellent Skip TY!!!!!

[Lorelei]

'Step Into Christmas'--Sir Elton John (Really kick-ass!)

'Ho, Ho, Ho'--Sir Elton John

'Wonderful Christmas Time'--Sir Paul McCartney

'Santa Claus is Coming to Town'--Bruce Springsteen

'Little Drummer Boy'--David Bowie and (gasp!) Bing Crosby

'Winter Song'--Angel

'Let the Season Take Wing'--Amy Grant

'The Christmas Song'--Nat "King" Cole

'Please Come Home for Christmas'--The Eagles

'A Christmas Album'--Entire Amy Grant Album/CD

[Scarlett]

The Eagles..I have never known the actual name of the song.
Elvis Presley-Santa Claus is Back In Town and Blue Christmas.

[FussyPucker]

Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Roy Wood & Wizard

You know it's xmas when you hear the above two songs playing on TV or in the Shops !!!!

Lonely This Christmas - Mud (bit sad but nice :) )

Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop) - Adam Faith

and of course

A Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl

BTW - Lorelei: 'Wonderful Christmas Time' and 'Little Drummer Boy' are wodnerful songs !!!!! excellent taste ;)

[Lilith]

Lorelei~ great choices some of those are my fave!

Scarlett~ My guy proposed to me on Christmas with that Eagles song playing!!! It's a must for my cd!

Fussy~ gonna look those up! TY

[Sugarsprinkles]

Contrary to what anyone may think after I posted complaining about the over abundance of Holiday music on the radio, I actually DO have a few favorite Christmas songs.

My very favorite Christmas carols are:

Angel We Have Heard On High

Oh Holy Night

Adeste Fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful) - (IN LATIN!)

We Three Kings of Orient Are

It matters not who sings them...I just love them!!

I also like:

Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives

Suzy Snowflake - Rosemary Clooney

Nuttin' for Christmas - Joe Ward (I think)

I Saw Mommy Kissin' Santa Claus - Jimmy Boyd

The Chipmunk Song - David Seville & The Chipmunks

[Lilith]

Nuttin' for Christmas ~ is like my family's fave........it is a huge part of our holiday tradition.....TY SS for reminding me of some great ones!

[Aqua]

Christmas in Sarejevo ~ Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Little Drummer Boy ~ Bob Seger

[dude33]

Think it is called These are a few of my favarite things...

Artist Lorrie Morgan

She also does a great version of Ave Maria

[incitatus]

War is Over by John Lennon always seems to make me want to cry...

Several years ago (around this time of year) my wife left me for another guy and the two of them kept me from my 2 year old son during the holidays... I started seriously contemplating suicide.

When I heard John Lennon sing,
"So this is Christmas,
and what have you done?"
-I just lost it.

I got to thinking "War is Over" in terms of the finality of suicide.

Sorry guys, I didn't mean to bring anybody down.
I actually like the song, though I DO have sad memories of it.

Hey! How about Gene Autry's version of Rudolph?

[Lilith]

((Incitatus)) so glad you found something to make you stop and think about the permanency of suicide. Now when I hear the song I will be grateful cause it kept you here so I could get to know you!

[incitatus]

Thanks Lil, you're always so sweet!
Speaking of sweet, that situation had a happy ending...
I eventually met the sweetest, most wonderful woman on the face of the earth and every time I see her she makes me VERY happy to be alive.

Back to the topic:
Burl Ives sings some my favorite Christmas songs.

Once I saw this (African-American) woman on PBS singing "O, Holy Night" with an orchestra. It put a serious lump in my throat.
Ever since then it has been my all-time favorite Christmas song.

It was SO moving.

[Eros]

Aqua~Christmas Eve in Sarejevo is AWESOME

Dude33~You wanna hear an awesome version of Ave Maria? Go get the Harry Connick Jr Xmas CD..the whole thing is incredible.

SheDaisy (a country group of 3 Mormon sisters) did a GREAT Xmas CD. Traditional carols with a little bit of a twist, different harmonies/melodies. Very cool. Alan Jackson and Allison Krauss did a song called "When the Angels Cried" it's another good one. Then of course there's Garth Brook's Xmas CD, another good one, and off his "7's" CD I think was one about the soldiers during WW1 all singing Silent night together during an Xmas Cease Fire.

Just a few things for ya to check out Lil...

[darkmanx]

i have to go with "carol of the bells", im not a HUGE fan of carols only cuz they can get a lil annoying, to me, but that would have to be my fav

[Devillishgirl]

Christmas Song by Dave Matthews Band

[fzzy]

Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk this Christmas - John Denver
(it's a great one to sing along with - being as dramatic as you can get!!!!)

Any Christmas song by Nat King Cole

O Holy Night - Andy Williams

There's one on a Garth Brooks Christmas album called the Gift or the Offering .... something like that .... has kind of a spanish undertone to it.

My all time favorite Christmas song .... What Child is This

I know there's more .... but my bed is calling to me now.....

Thanks Lil for the chance to look at everyone's list and to think a bit about my own!!!!!

[GermanSteve]

Last Christmas - Wham!

[Booger]

I've been hearing this one on the radio latly and think it should be on any good christmass cd
I Want A Mistress for christmass by AC/DC

[Lilith]

Booger never heard it! Sounds like a superb choice!