What are your favorite Christmas songs?

[XXXtraAnchovies]

 

[BillsPride12]

Disappointed nobody has mentioned Christmas in Hollis yet so I have to throw that one out there too

[BritBill]

On 12/3/2024 at 1:52 PM, LewPort71 said:

 

 

Correct. 

[Sweats]

Feliz Navidad - Boney M

[TheCockSportif]

Bing Crosby was allegedly a cantankerous SOB, but my god, his voice and all of his Christmas songs...

 

Also, Frank Sinatra and his stuff is iconic to me.  Plus I laugh because he recorded one of the songs twice (I forget which one off the top of my head now -- but soon my wife will saturate me with Christmas music until Dec 24), but the second version of said song was dour AF.  I admit that I hear the second version of the song, multiple times, annually, and I kinda chuckle to myself about how Sinatra was cynical, sad, and likely sippin' on lots of booze during it's remake.

[Mark Vader]

Mr. Grinch

 

Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer

 

O Holy Night

 

What Child Is This?

 

Holly Jolly Christmas

[dhg]

This was my parents favorite. Bassa Nova Noel. Always makes me think of them this time of year

 

 

 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

On 11/30/2024 at 1:08 PM, Another Fan said:

It’s not my favorite genre of music but there’s usually a lesser known Christmas song of the season that hits home for me.

 

This one did it last year

 

 

this is one of my favorites too!  

[Beck Water]

On 11/30/2024 at 9:57 AM, Simon said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You got some great stuff here that I'd missed somehow.

 

But for "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas", your version is fine, but I gotta give flowers to the original Gayla Peevey version.  She was 10 years old when she recorded this fine tune in 1953.  Then her non-stage-parents said "we want a kid who can be a kid" and "Nope'd" out of show biz for her.  Especial props to the gleeful way she announces "Mom says a hippo would eat me up but then...teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian"

 

 

 

[loyal2dagame]

 

[SoTier]

I have so many Christmas favorites, but Montgomery Gentry's cover of Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas to the Family" reminds me of so many of the Christmases or other holidays as a kid, especially with my mother's family.  My mom was a city girl who married a farmer, but it was her relatives who were much more redneck than any of my Dad's relatives.

 

Merry Christmas to the Family

Edited December 5 by SoTier

[Simon]

10 hours ago, Beck Water said:

But for "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas", your version is fine, but I gotta give flowers to the original Gayla Peevey version.  She was 10 years old when she recorded this fine tune in 1953.

 

Normally I'd be right there with you, but this cover is done by one of my favorite bands; a favorite in part because of their lead vocalist, Rachel Price.

 

Here's a sampler pack, if you're interested:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jayg]

 

 

So so many.... This! 🤣 and anyhting Nat King Cole, Vince Gauraldi, TSO.

[SinceThe70s]

Just came across this. A high school choir's 40 year tradition. Outstanding.

 

 

And the backstory:

 

[PastaJoe]

 

 

 

 

 

[Poleshifter]

This one harkens back to the beatnik era, so if you remember Maynard G Krebs, you might enjoy Yulesville, Daddy-O.

 

 

[muppy]

as a family tradition this album gets played in its entirety on vinyl. It is magnifique'

 

snoopy a Charlie Brown christmas

 

 

Edited December 18 by muppy

[jayg]

2 hours ago, muppy said:

as a family tradition this album gets played in its entirety on vinyl. It is magnifique'

 

snoopy a Charlie Brown christmas

 

 

Just ordered another copy but on vinyl.

[PastaJoe]

 

[Just Jack]