Favourite Christmas Songs

Carole of the Bells
Shepherds Farewell
White Wine in the Sun

The Angel Gabriel, In the Bleak Winter.

And at 3pm Christmas Eve, Carols from Kings, live on Radio 4. Sublime.

Yes Chocolatelovinggran, The Shepherds’ Farewell was my late DHs’ favourite 😢💕

I love The Shepherds Farewell by Berlioz .

Coventry Carol, love its medieval sound.
In the Bleak Midwinter, Holst.
The Virgin’s Slumber Song, Wiegenlied, Max Reger, just gorgeous.

Happy to see others like Stop The Cavalry too 😃

Stop the Cavalry and Slade's Merry Christmas Every One, also Fairy Tale of New York.

My favourite carol is In the Bleak Midwinter.

All the John Rutter Christmas songs.

Why is this not under "Christmas"?

Little Saint Nick. Run run reindeer

O Holy Night is my special Christmas Carol.
My Dear Dad used to sing it every year at the Christmas Eve service in his beautiful tenor voice.
It brings back so many memories and always a tear to my eye.
It was on Songs of Praise this afternoon- not a patch on my Dads rendition but still beautiful words.

A Spaceman Came Travelling is beautiful, vintage Chris De Burgh. Some of his songs are incredible, it is such a pity he is known for Lady in Red which is probably his worst song.

Stop the Cavalry is good too.

Not fond of any "traditional" carols, sick to death of them and not a Christian anyway.

Just heard ‘Jesus Christ, The Apple Tree’ on Classic FM.

Beautiful and different.

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Ahhh Freya5, Once in Royal David's City is also my favourite Christmas carol. We lived in Winchester for a while and listening to the Choristers in Winchester Cathedral sing this was just amazing.

The Power of Love - Frankie goes to Hollywood, not specifically a Christmas song, but released at Christmas so always is 'christmassy' to me.

Stop the Cavalry

Merry Christmas Everyone - upbeat and positive, although i am heartily fed up of hearing it by Christmas

Rudolf - Robbie Williams Currently teaching my 6 year old grandson the words

Fairytale of New York.

Lots really, depends on my mood whether i listen to carols or loud and noisy.

Once in Royal David's City, having been in the hospitals choir, many years ago, in York Minster, a chorister up in the eaves sang the first line. The beauty of that is with me every Christmas.
Any Christmas Carol
Gaudete,
Fairy Tale of New York(original)
Stop the Calvary.
Little Donkey
I wish it could be Christmas
Merry Christmas
Mistletoe and Wine.

My favourite Christmas song has always been Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas followed by Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, Driving Home for Christmas (as we always seemed to be back in the day), I Believe in Father Christmas. Carols? In the Bleak Midwinter (Darke, not Holst) and Bob Chillcot’s The Shepherd’s Carol - no music, just voices. So calm, and lovely words “Silence more lovely than music folded the hill”.

Driving Home for Christmas ....... because it reminds of when DD2 lived away from home and on Christmas Eve she was "Driving Home for Christmas"

Favourite Carol....In the Bleak Mid Winter....absolutely LOVE the words although they make me feel emotional!

Do children still learn all the carols any more?

Just remembered another favourite Christmas Carol :-) It brings back visions of childhood where we would sing it rather, not raucously, but exaggeratedly. The Ooohhh would be sung robustly. We three Kings of Orient are...... apart from all the silly versions it was the bit that went

Oooh Star of Wonder Star of Light, Star of Royal beauty bright.

I need a dancing & singing reindeer immediately!!!!!
🤭

Oreo, I'm going to confess to having a dancing fabric reindeer that sings "Grandma got run over by a reindeer "
We're classy, here...

JamesandJon33

In the Bleak Midwinter
Gaudete

The one I hate the most ‘Stay another Day’ ..East17. Always on Christmas playlists… no idea why.

East 17 are fab East End boy's. Good for them, they have beautiful voices & I think the Song was written by Tony Mortimer the talented lead singer & keyboard player. It's a classic, lovely welcome tune each Christmas time .😊

Oreo

I see nobody has yet mentioned ‘ Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer’ 😂 I can’t think why.

Ohhh Oreo that sounds just up my alley! I love a darft song. 😊

I see nobody has yet mentioned ‘ Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer’ 😂 I can’t think why.

“When a Child is Born” Johnnie Mathis is a strong favourite of mine.
That deep, rich voice ..