What's your favourite Christmas Carol?

urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
edited December 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
The kids are practising for the school Nativity. Hence the inspiration. Even the hardest hearts among you must have a favourite that they love to hear/sing at this time of year :)

Mine is 'Oh Little Town of Bethlehem'... NOT the Cliff Richard version...
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Probably Hark! the Herald Angels Sing or O Holy Night.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Probably Hark! the Herald Angels Sing or O Holy Night.
    I love both of those :) And Silent Night. And Once in Royal David's City :)

    Ahhhh... nostalgia. I must say some of the songs they have to learn bear no relation to the carols I know and love.
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  • Solat13Solat13 Philadelphia Posts: 6,996
    It's not Christmas for me until I hear David Bowie and Bing Crosby's rendition of Little Drummer Boy.

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMhSjDqvRs
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,685
    The one from Gremlins, of course.
  • RiverrunnerRiverrunner Posts: 2,419
    Little Drummer Boy and We Three Kings
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    I love both of those :) And Silent Night. And Once in Royal David's City :)

    Ahhhh... nostalgia. I must say some of the songs they have to learn bear no relation to the carols I know and love.
    There is no more striking indication of the decline of society as we know it than the introduction of contemporary christian music.

    Fact is, the old hymns get away with it because they were written by decent composers, not happy-clappy chumps with acoustic guitars and a bontempi keyboards :o
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • carol of the bells
    There's a light when my baby's in my arms :)
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • chimechime Posts: 7,838
    At your little ones age I think it was all O Little Town of Bethlehem and Little Donkey
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    In The Bleak Midwinter.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    The kids are practising for the school Nativity. Hence the inspiration. Even the hardest hearts among you must have a favourite that they love to hear/sing at this time of year :)

    Mine is 'Oh Little Town of Bethlehem'... NOT the Cliff Richard version...
    The last time one of mine was in a nativity play..... she was a tree!
  • I have always liked Silver Bells
  • roarroar Posts: 1,116
    stille nacht...sentimental value.
  • O Holy Night or Little Drummer Boy (and yes, the Bowie/Crosby version is best).
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    nuffingman wrote:
    The last time one of mine was in a nativity play..... she was a tree!
    My 4 year old came home from pre-school today and said 'we're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay (hay? I think) and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankinstein and Merv as presents' :D:D:D

    Hahaha! :D
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  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    When it comes to religious carols, I love O Holy Night. Fantastic song if you have the right singer. Hark the Herald Angels Sing is great too.

    But when it comes to non-religious Christmas songs, The Christmas Song and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas never fail to tug at my heartstrings. :D
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  • O Come All Ye Faithful

    O Holy Night

    The Little Drummer Boy
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • My 4 year old came home from pre-school today and said 'we're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay (hay? I think) and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankinstein and Merv as presents' :D:D:D

    Hahaha! :D

    LOL! That's my new sig right there :D
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • (Everybody's Waiting For) The Man With The Bag by Kay Starr
    and
    Silent Night by Stevie Nicks. Makes me cry every time!
  • iamicaiamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    Cherry Tree Carol
    Carol of the Birds
    How Far Is It To Bethlehem?

    War Is Over (I know it's not a carol, but it's one of my favorite Christmas songs)
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  • SnakeSnake Posts: 2,605
    Solat13 wrote:
    It's not Christmas for me until I hear David Bowie and Bing Crosby's rendition of Little Drummer Boy.

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_zMhSjDqvRs
    Oh I love their rendition of that song! B-E-A-Utiful!


    I love Silent Night
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  • My favourite Christmas carol.

    Whatever you think of em, this is a good rendition:

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vcCra4g9bc8
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    O Holy Night
    The Coventry Carol
    Carol of the Bells
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    The Coventry Carol
    I forgot about that! Shameful, as it's my home town :o
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  • My favourite Christmas carol.

    Whatever you think of em, this is a good rendition:

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vcCra4g9bc8
    I think 3 of them make that vid very worthwhile. ;)
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • I think 3 of them make that vid very worthwhile. ;)

    I was gonna say... a good rendition... or 3 very lovely renditons :)

    Caroline was my favourite. She can play my bodhran any day.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
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