Christmas music

I like fairy tale of new of new York and the snowman

The Pearsall arrangement of In dulci Jubilo & Britten’s Ceremony of Carols.

Hark the Herald Angels Sing is my favourite carol, I haven’t got a favourite secular Christmas song, pretty much enjoying them all.

I’ll dust off Phil Spector’s Christmas album EV,
and The Motown Christmas Album.
Oh, and Michael Buble’s.

My own favourite is Silent Night, also I can't listen to children singing "Away in a Manager" without welling up "They said there'd be snow at Christmas" by Emmerson Lake and Palmer isn't a song you hear often but I find it very moving. My DH however LOVES Wizard singing "I wish it could be Christmas every day" and would have it playing on a loop if I'd let him.

GeorgesGran It's one of my favourites too! I love Benjamin Britten's St Nicholas Cantata and A Ceremony of Carols.

Johnny Mathis A child is born. I've got Aled Jones Christmas album and an album of Carols from Kings. I've had those for years and still love them.

Silent Night
It`s beginning to lookalot like Christmas by the Osmonds.

The Phil Spector Christmas album. Always a cheery one.

Back in the dark ages of vinyl? we used to have a Christmas album by the Ray Connif singers, and there were two tracks on there - The Little Drummer Boy, and Count your Blessings - that were favourites of ours. Count your Blessings isn’t strictly speaking a Christmas song, but I think I would really like to hear it this of all Christmases. Must have a look for it.

Craftycat

Fairytale in New York by Kirstie McCall & The Pogues.
Not a traditional take on the season but a damn good song!! I have it on repeat on my car radio all December every year.

I love that too! I can't bear it that the BBC are faffing with the lyrics. Have they ever listened to what's in rap songs? Dear lord..

God rest ye Merry gentlemen.

Dolphindaisy, I was hopeless at the children's carol concerts, couldn't contain myself. I've always been the same and remember carol singing around the wards, particularly the children's ward on nights when us nurses went around with our lanterns . So sad to see the sick children in hospital for Christmas even though they enjoyed opening their presents on Christmas Day----after " he'd " been.

Chestnut

I've heard of Three Kings from Persian Lands Afar. In fact it was my favourite at school too!

Yes, I love carols, but there is a very tacky Christmas album which we always play on Christmas Day called 'A Very Merry Disco' by the Sleighriders. Oh the wonderful naffness of it!

Is that different from We Three Kings Of Orient Are?

I have always loved Three Kings from Persian Lands Afar too

Not particularly my favourite but one that evokes wonderful memories is ‘Caribbean Christmas Carol’. ... the words begin with something along the lines of ... ‘ There are no reindeer in our country......’. The reason I love it? Several years ago our daughter was living in BVI and married out there. On her wedding day in June we drove around getting the last minute things done and she was joyous and singing this song at the top of her voice. I love that memory.

Is that similar to 'we 3 kings of orient are'?used to love going carol singing when we were kids- 3 or 4 or 5 of us friends used to go round (aged 13/14) near our neighbourhood carol singing nearly every night in december, & use money to buy small gifts for our families, but that was in late-ish 70's & a bit safer then i guess. I love a good christmas sing-song, wether carols or popsongs (old ones from 70's,80's,90's) Once they start showing christmas films on tv(usually late september onwards?) i can hardly stop bursting out in song.?

Im not a great singer- but enjoy it!?

Craftycat

Fairytale in New York by Kirstie McCall & The Pogues.
Not a traditional take on the season but a damn good song!! I have it on repeat on my car radio all December every year.

I agree; the voices are amazing.
One I cannot bear to hear is The Little Drummer Boy I love the Bing and David Bowie version- you wouldn't think their voices would go together so well.

The BBC are idiots anyway....

King Obstinate. ‘How will Santa get in?’ - Is the title of the song I referred to in previous message. Worth a listen to cheer you up!

There are two albums I listen to every year ...on a loop.Thea Gilmore's Strange Communion and Sarah McLachlans Wintersong .If you haven't heard them you should check them out on Youtube .
I cant abide pop christmas stuff ,like someone upthread I used to work with Santa from mid November and it was Jingle bells all the way and Slade and Perry Como and every other song they drag out year on year .
These albums are different and both very special .I think I put Sol Invictus on here last year? The rest of the album is just as lovely .

There were loads of great christmas pop songs from back then and even the younger kids know them, from their parents playing them- but nowadays, theres none you can name or even barely remember- even my youngest two say so! (Aged 17&22) in fact the 22yr old prefers cd's to 'downloading'?

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Ah..little drummer boy- yes such a sad one.And Johnny Matthis', "when a child is born" ah lovely.