What is your favorite/least favorite Christmas Carol or Song?

[DD]

Yes, 'Mary Did You Know' would be high on my list too.

Can't say I'm a big Kenny Rogers fan, but that song just is sooooooo good! Is it Waynona that sings with him? I guess you can tell I know nothing of C&W !!!

 

[audie]

favorite - it must have been the mistletoe by barbara mandrell, and anything by tony bennett. i agree about the neil diamond song - he really should skip the christmas tunes.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I like Nat King Cole's "Oh Holy Night"

Dislike? - There are quite a few, but I won't go there.

 

[Rudyjohn]

I don't think anyone has mentioned the Nutcracker Suite. It is so beautiful; I never get tired of listening to it. My favorite piece in the suite is the Pas de Deux. I get goose bumps & start to tear up everytime I hear it, especially during the timpany roll at the end.

 

[lindatat]

My favorite Christmas song is one that most people have probably never even heard, called, "Ringing the Bells of Christmas." It's on a Larry Carlton CD - he's a jazz guitarist, who also wrote the song, but it's sung by a woman named Michelle Pillar. I cannot listen to this song without welling up - I found a link for it if anyone wants to have a listen:

http://www.operationsantasearch.org/music.asp?PID=2&AudioID=2700

Just click on the "play music" and another window opens up and plays the whole song. I stumbled across that website, but it looks like an amazing resource; will have to explore around there for awhile.

Another favorite of mine is that Mariah Carey song, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" but we'll call that a guilty pleasure - I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I like it. I can't really think of a least favorite - I just LOVE Christmas music.

 

[Mermaid]

American composer Daniel Pinkham, "Christmas Cantata." Let's see if the link works.


http://www.music.neu.edu/sounds/ChristmasCantata.mp3

I will never get tired of hearing this. When my parents still lived in NH, we'd travel 22 hours each Christmas to see them and my two New Englander sisters. Once, when going through Worcester, Mass, we heard this played on the NPR station. I've loved it ever since. Pinkham is a contemporary composer who does mostly choral pieces.

 

[TooFarTampa]

Favorite: O Holy Night. Just a great song. Especially the whole bridge ("Fall on your knees...", right up to that last goosebump-inducing high note).

Love it.

I miss going to the late Christmas Eve service. I have little ones so it will be YEARS until I get to go again, I think. So I crank up the Harry Connick Jr. instead.

 

[Mermaid]

Love it.

I miss going to the late Christmas Eve service. I have little ones so it will be YEARS until I get to go again, I think. So I crank up the Harry Connick Jr. instead.

Hang in there, TooFarTampa! It won't be so long before you can take the young'uns back to Midnight Mass. We started going again when our youngest was about seven or eight. Sometimes the kids fell asleep, but that was okay since they weren't the only ones! Now ours are teens and they love going. It's such an incredibly beautiful service, isn't it? The hush of the night and the candles softly glowing and those wonderful haunting and happy Christmas hymns full of hope and promise...yes, yes, goosebump moments every time.

 

[Jdarg]

Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas From the Family". A great Redneck Christmas. The book version is not to be believed.

"Angels We Have heard on High"

"Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer"

 

[BeachDreamer]

Favorite: O Holy Night. Just a great song. Especially the whole bridge ("Fall on your knees...", right up to that last goosebump-inducing high note).

Oh man, I get chill bumps just READING it. That is my all time favorite, Katie Blue! I cry every time.