Is it a Santa song? A traditional carol? A hymn? Something contemporary? Dish!

I'd have to say my very favorite is The Holly and The Ivy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT-6yjT4oFo

Another favorite is In Dulci Jubilo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnAnxz9VJzY

+1

My faves, with one exception, are traditional hymns-

Angels We Have Heard On High
O Come All Ye Faithful
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (my favorite rendition is at the end of A Charlie Brown Christmas)

The contemporary fave is Do They Know It's Christmas? It is SUCH a fantastic song and not at all sappy.

Joni Mitchell- I Wish I had a River. It's not technically a Christmas song but I love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpFudDAYqxY

I always did like the song I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas.

Bah Humbug...I can't wait for it to be over.



Sorry, but that's just how I feel. I can't go anywhere without hearing stupid Christmas music. I just want Christmas to go away.

Sorry it's a bad time of year for you.

I love it. It's a time for me to indulge my romantic side. :)

WCG- a mug a co-worker used to bring out every December would be perfect for you. It said Bah Humsh*t! on it.

I made it myself:

http://youtu.be/Ql4ZclDGe0g

Timothy

Beach Boys: He's the man with all the toys

More contemporary, I like Baby It's Cold Outside....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTNheCEUP_A

I have a couple.

This Time of Year-The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Oi! To the World- The Vandals

Hark the Herald Angels sings. What? I like the song.



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"We three kings"

I've always loved Oh Holy Night. 'Course it doesn't have the same meaning for me anymore.

I second that one.

I also love "Ave Maria." I don't think that is necessarily a Christmas song, but it gets played a lot during the season.

I don't remember ever hearing it in church when I was a Mormon, but I understand it gets played/sung now. Glad I don't associate the song with LDS memories.

This is my all-time favorite symphony. But the chorale part, Ode To Joy, was written by Josef Schiller. It's a beer hall song. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhg-Aw_zMW4



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We sing "Ode to Joy" in our church thru all seasons. The religious name is "Joyfull, Joyfull We Adore You". Also done at many weddings.

But my heart belongs to Schiller. :) It's meaning in German is very, very different than the English religious one... :)

My folks loooooove David Foster's rendition of that.

Love Christmas.

Christmas in many ways links us back to our childhood and the traditions of our families.

Favourite song, Do You Hear What I Hear:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWVU7ZbbVps

Christmas wouldn't feel the same without Bing Crosby, and Sinatra and Harry Bellafonte...and Burl Ives...and more.

I like most Christmas songs. I really love Christmas as I know most years I will be home for a short time at that time. Then just a few months till spring break-up and home for awhile.

"Angels from the Realms of Glory"
"Go Tell it on the Mountain"
"Joy to the World"
"Halleluia Chorus"

O Holy Night

Kinda ironic being an atheist and all...

Guster, "Donde Esta Santa Claus"
Beach Boys, "Santa's Beard"
Dean Martin, "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
Mannheim Steamroller, "The Little Drummer Boy"
Boston Pops, et al, "Sleigh Ride"

A number of artists, "Ave Maria," (Schubert)
A number of artists, (including MTC), "For Unto Us A Child Is Born"

Please Come Home For Christmas (Jon Bon Jovi, preferably...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slTYj2h6OfY



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1. Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt version)
2. Sleigh Ride (Ronnettes)
3. Rockin' Around the Xmas Tree (Brenda Lee)

I also love all the old classics recorded by Nat King Cole (Mrs. Santa Claus, The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot), Johnny Mathis, Steve and Edie, etc.

My Favorite Time of Year - Florin Street Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H10f2w7T5CU

my favorite is I Heard the Bells on Christmas day with the traditional melody not the one in the LDS hymnbook.

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

Well, I'm biased, but Neon Trees - Wish List

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlUrsfMdU7U

"Some Children See Him"

I like the Nutcracker suite. I also like Tchaikovsky's 1st symphony "Winter Reveries." I like what they did with that at the beginning of the movie Toys. It started with Winter Reveries and then went into a lovely Christmas song called The Closing of the Year, which I also love.

of an album I had as a little kid. It was Captain Kangaroo presents the Nutcracker Suite. They added lyrics to all the songs. My husband finds this to be repulsive, but hey, I know every note of the suite!

Not sure it's my absolute favorite, but I do love 'Milk and Cookies' by Clint Black

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yz7vL4I0Cg

Don't know what he's gonna do with that horse! (I know exactly how that felt.)