Favourite Christmas Songs.

[KenW]

My all time favourite xmas song is Fairytale of New York by The Pogues. (Shane McGowan singing with the late Christy McColl)

But as an old fart atheist sentimentalist I like many of them, if not all. (I find I tend to ignore the lyrics about praise the lord kind of stuff and just enjoy the melody).

But oldies like White xmas (Bing the best version)

Silent Night

Deck the Halls

Ten Days of xmas

We Wish You a Merry xmas

Jingle Bells

etc.,

do it for me.

Yeh, I know, I belong in an old men's home don't I.

[Kahuna]

Well I am an old fuck and I ain't really fond of the traditional Xmas tunes but do like those such as....

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Jack Frost nipping at your nose

Yuletide carols being sung by a choir

And folks dressed up like Eskimo

and.........

Oh the weather outside is frightful

But the fire is so delightful

And since we've no place to go

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

[pdogg]

Well I am an old fuck and I ain't really fond of the traditional Xmas tunes but do like those such as....

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Jack Frost nipping at your nose

Yuletide carols being sung by a choir

And folks dressed up like Eskimo

Post Number 3 is the Natalie and Nat version.

[pdogg]

Oh the weather outside is frightful

But the fire is so delightful

And since we've no place to go

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Here's the Ella version Khun K!

[pacman]

But as an old fart atheist sentimentalist I like many of them, if not all.

I can relate to that. One you missed from your list is an excellent song in its own right, not just a good Xmas song. Little Drummer Boy. I looked in Youtube for a version I haven't heard in years but there are 1000's of them & I couldn't find it. The version I wanted is very haunting & evocative. It never fails to affect me in a good way, maybe someone else knows it.

Yeh, I know, I belong in an old men's home don't I.

Naah, not at all. This is where you belong, enlightening us with your wisdom & delightfully written prose.

[SiamSam]

It makes perfect sense that "Little Drummer BOY" would appeal to you Paccie.

[JaiDee]

The "Happy Hannukkah" song by local kid Adam Sandler was always good for a chuckle; especially where he talks about Dear Abby and then says; "Harrison Ford is one-quarter Jewish; not too shabby!" Saying "OJ - not a Jew" was also pretty classic.

Never cared much for his movies but he nailed it on this one;

[Lefty]

While ya all waste your time on Xmas, I celebrate a real holiday...Festivus!!! Just like the Constanza family.

I think we will have meatloaf for the dinner this year. I will air some grievances and then challenge my kid to the feats of strength. Thinks he can best the old man does he, while we won't stop til I have him pinned to the dining room floor.

Now I am going up into the crawl space to get out the aluminum pole. So much nicer to have a shiny pole in the living room rather than a pagan evergreen tree covered with a bunch of decorations that you have to later remove and put away for another year. Like Frank says, all that tinsel can be distracting anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F73sMmb6CS0

[xyzzy]

Aqualung

© Ian Anderson 1971

In the beginning Man created God;

and in the image of Man

created he him.

2 And Man gave unto God a multitude of

names,that he might be Lord of all

the earth when it was suited to Man

3 And on the seven millionth

day Man rested and did lean

heavily on his God and saw that

it was good.

4 And Man formed Aqualung of

the dust of the ground, and a

host of others likened unto his kind.

5 And these lesser men were cast into the

void; And some were burned, and some were

put apart from their kind.

6 And Man became the God that he had

created and with his miracles did

rule over all the earth.

7 But as all these things

came to pass, the Spirit that did

cause man to create his God

lived on within all men: even

within Aqualung.

8 And man saw it not

.

9 But for Christ's sake he'd

better start looking.

Well it made since back in my stoner days.

[Lefty]

[pdogg]

Here's one that DJ Karl plays for me at this time of year.

http://youtu.be/cvp7meCCu8w

[pdogg]

Sleigh Ride

[pdogg]

The Ronettes version

[pdogg]

Santa even gets to the West Coast

[pdogg]

In New Awlins

[seven]

This is the only Xmas song i need. Ive been watching this every year as long as i can remember.

http://youtu.be/SXUgUHoqsBc

[pdogg]

Ella

http://youtu.be/3E207tq0Mzk

[Lefty]

Dunno if this one was posted yet, but it is a classic.