What is your favorite Christmas song? And which one do you HATE the most?

Boney M made several Xmas songs.
Here's one:

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Here's something a bit different - recorded in 1924! Ignore the twisted graphic that the poster added and just listen with your eyes closed just as children in the 20s would have done! Although the laugh IS a bit creepy!

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Being a Tenor in our church Choir I Love to Sing or Sing along with all the Religious Christmas Classics, "Oh Holy Night" being on of my favorites. I also Like just about all of the Secular Christmas songs with the exception of one....
Only One Christmas song makes me cringe and switch or turn off the radio as soon as the first few bars are played... "Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time" by Sr. Paul McCartney has to be Hands Down the Worst Christmas song of all time! including some of the really silly ones LOL!

Fifty-some years later an old Minnesota Jew does a Polka version.
Tossing in reindeer named after presidents that hadn't been elected when originally written.
What can you say? "Don't criticize what you don't understand."
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This thread is getting weird. Here is more traditional fare.

Favorites:

John Williams version of "Sleigh Ride"
Anything by Andy Williams

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Worst:

Jackson Five version of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
Anything by Kenny G

Years ago, radio stations started playing Christmas music intermingled with regular music just after Thanksgiving. They didn't start playing Christmas music exclusively until the week of Christmas and some stations only did it on the 24th and 25th. That was OK as far as I was concerned.

I heard my first Christmas song this year, two weeks before Halloween and some stations have been non-stop since just before Thanksgiving. If I never hear any more Christmas songs, it would be fine with me.

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra's rendition of Carol of The Bells reminds me of Pirates of The Caribbean.

John Berry singing O'Holy Night is my all-time favorite... "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas" is a much deserved least favorite.

"Carol of the Bells", Cast in Bronze is my favorite and anything from Trans Siberian Orchestra. Both give a fantastic live show too!

Least favorite has to be Outkast's "Player's Ball (Christmas Version)". That is putting it mildly!!!

I guess I've been living in a cave... This song most of you keep talking about: "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas" ; I've only heard it once. Although I'll agree that was too many times... I've taken the GF to Trans Siberian a few times. Good shows, but we decided they got too repetitive, and she didn't like the newer stuff they offered :confused2:
So we haven't been back. I'm not sure I can pin down one favorite Christmas song, so I'll just say there are a few I like :blush:

Adrian

So... Not ten minutes after making this ^^ post, the GF calls me and says the boy wants to go see the people playing the music on the radio (yep, Trans Siberian). So, off to get hosed by Ticketmaster I go, HO HO HO HO, oh no... Even the cheap seats nose bleed section costs $163.00 for three tickets. Oh well, should be interesting.

Adrian

I mentioned the "Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy" duet with Bing Crosby and David Bowie in an earlier post. I found another version done by Jason Segel and Jack Black, and animated by College Humor. (The song is also available without the animation at iTunes.) Black really can sing!

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Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmas Time sounds like it was left on the cutting room floor from a BBC Dr. Who Holiday Special which may have aired but was then forgotten.

DRAGON64 said:

John Berry singing O'Holy Night is my all-time favorite...

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Yes. The man has a clear, brilliant voice, and with all he's been through, he brings a lot to the song.

PropellantHead said:

While not quite at the top of my list, I went to the Brian Setzer Orchestra's "Christmas Rocks!" show recently and LOVED it! It's up-tempo versions of Christmas classics to a rockabilly beat and it was awesome!

Also worth mentioning is that "Baby It's Cold Outside" *used* to be at or near the top of my list...but then someone ruined it for me by pointing out that if you listen to the lyrics closely, it sounds very "date rapey". I kind of have to agree now.

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Brian Setzer rocks any time of year !

Kenny