Favourite less well-known Christmas songs

Thank you, JackyB, I love that song, the ending moves me to tears. All about love of family.
Tim Minchin is very talented, this was long before he did Matilda.
His baby daughter will be a young woman now.

Seeings as everyone is linking to their favourite songs - which is a good idea and it's is well worth listening to them - here is mine as mentioned above.

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Many versions available but this is my favourite 😊

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Sorry, the previous post had an incorrect link.

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day which is apparently 16C. I first heard this at Norwich Cathedral at a relative’s Christmas wedding and the sound soaring to the rafters was wonderful. I’ve loved it ever since.

youtu.be/0VTkJSIXXzU?si=jIJsqkxkQmK0nGvh

Not a Christmas song, but from the 2021 Hanukkah Sessions, Dave Grohl & Greg Kurstin’s cover of Manilow’s Copacabana is a delight

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f5HDjjzwqo

Thank you for reminding me, Deeda, of those school ones. I'd quite forgotten them and I am off to Google them and probably sing along ( thank goodness I live alone)

Bizeet's La marche des Mages. (the march of the Three Kings)

We learnt to sing this in our French lessons at school. It's a great tune.

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Christmas Canon Of Peace.

Makes me cry when I listen to it.

‘There is no peace on earth, he said’.

You do hear it now and then, but I love the Calypso Carol, though never heard it until dds sang it at school. Such a joyous, jolly tune.

Redrobin51

I adore Three Kings From Persian Lands Afar.

Me too! Another we sang at school, with the descant. Had a brilliant music teacher - more than once our choir was recorded by Radio 3, then the Music Programme.

Personent Hodie is a favourite from school for me too, and In Dulci Jubilo. Funny how the words stick in your head after all these years.
I like this one too. m.youtube.com/watch?v=teZaQUKjx24
Lovely sung by primary children choir.

youtube.com/watch?v=nH09yGOdELg&si=6hNPdgAFet38eC0r

Here you are, MayBee

Maria Wiegenlied by Max Reger.
I’m singing this next week💕

I adore Three Kings From Persian Lands Afar.

merlotgran

^I haven’t heard Il est ne le divin enfant, this year, nor Personent hodie, both of which we used to sing at school^

Oh yes! Happy memories of the run up to Christmas..

Personent hodie is my all time favourite. Love the Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band version. Can’t do a link.

MiniMoon

This is beautiful Carol and very seldom heard.
youtu.be/QKK0Tzje4so?si=qV5h0KvwFnbhMAyh

That’s beautiful!

I haven’t heard Il est ne le divin enfant, this year, nor Personent hodie, both of which we used to sing at school

Oh yes! Happy memories of the run up to Christmas..

Witzend we always sang Il est ne le divin enfant at school and Quittez pasteurs. We also sang Oh come all ye faithful in Latin.

I haven’t heard Il est ne le divin enfant, this year, nor Personent hodie, both of which we used to sing at school.

I’ve heard German versions of Silent Night on Classic more than once, though, and the German Still, Still, Still.

merlotgran Im not entirely sure what to say about that!

I couldn’t say anything. I was laughing too much! 😂

Joni Mitchell - River.
Enya's Album - And Winter Came take some time and listen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1k_Z-WH_0s

Calipso

From a Distance , Christmas version by Bette Midler

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_xGcJdKCf4&list=RDv_xGcJdKCf4&index=1

Love that song. I first heard Cliff sing it and loved it, but that video clip gave it so much more meaning. Thanks for the reminder Calipso.

merlotgran Im not entirely sure what to say about that!

The Killers do a Christmas song every year to raise money for charity. The Cowboys’ Christmas Ball is one of my favourites.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9d9qd9o_lU

When I got up this morning, I was thinking about ‘Jesus Christ, The Apple Tree’.

I switched on Classic FM, and guess what was playing?

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