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Post by Linda on Nov 30, 2016 20:50:08 GMT
Traditional:
Once in Royal David's City
Silent Night
O Little Town of Bethleham
(technically this one is Advent but...) People, Look East
Modern:
Bells over Belfast
Old Tin Star
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Post by lesley on Nov 30, 2016 21:07:19 GMT
All Bells in Paradise In a Bleak Mid Winter The Truth from Above (the Vaughan Williams arrangement) Anything from Britten's A Ceremony of CarolsModern? Does Fairy Tale of New York count? I love this too. My DD was part of the National Girls' Choir of Scotland which recorded A Ceremony of Carols in 2010. She was very unwell at the time, but got a lot of pleasure from taking part. And now I sob in a very ugly manner every time I hear it!  |
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Post by lisacharlotte on Nov 30, 2016 21:08:21 GMT
Carol of the Bells
Christmas Time is Here (always in head as the Charlie Brown Christmas song)
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Post by lesley on Nov 30, 2016 21:12:03 GMT
My favourites are:
O Holy Night
Once In Royal David's City
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Let It Snow (x 3!)
Stop The Cavalry
Fairytale of New York
And a new one that makes me laugh every time I hear it is Santa's A Scotsman. It has the classic line "Too many pies, not enough exercise, of course he's one of us". What's not to love?!
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Post by mimima on Nov 30, 2016 21:20:07 GMT
I've loved "O Come, All Ye Faithful " since childhood.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Nov 30, 2016 21:22:46 GMT
I love Christmas music!! Old standards, mostly, sung by the 'original' singers (Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, etc.) and also choral / Boston Pops symphonic arrangements of carols. I do NOT like most remakes of carols performed by pop singers, except for a few exceptions. There are some really fun albums of retro-1950s style Christmas music out there, that I really like, too- Christmas Cocktails is one that comes to mind.
That said, I would have to say my absolute favorite carols are:
Silver Bells (my Mom's favorite carol; I remember playing it for her on the piano as a kid)
Silver and Gold (ONLY as sung by Burl Ives, from Rudolph. Every time I hear it I can picture the scene from the special, and I practically tear up-- there's just something about that song that feels melancholy to me)
Sleigh Ride (played by the Boston Pops orchestra)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, sung by Judy Garland (which can also be very melancholy, if you've ever watched the movie Meet Me in St. Louis)
I also like traditional Christmas hymns that remind me of childhood Christmas eve church services, as sung by traditional choral groups-- We Three Kings, Oh Holy Night, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, etc. |
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Post by peasapie on Nov 30, 2016 21:27:23 GMT
Not a particular carol, but my favorite albums are the Vince Guarardi Trio, Carpenters, and James Taylor Christmas albums.
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Post by Really Red on Nov 30, 2016 23:33:14 GMT
Pentatonix are genius I love a lot of Christmas songs and only hate hate hate The Christmas Shoes. But one of my favorites is Jim Nabors, Go Tell it on the MountainMizIndependent - I want to embed my video too! How did you do that? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2016 1:11:30 GMT
I love most of them, so it is easier to list what I hate!
Felize Navida , Christmas waltz, and last Christmas. Words can describe how much I hate these songs.
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