Whats UCD'S favourite Christmas Song for 2006

Het-Field

When I woke up this morning, I realised that today is the First Sunday of Advent. That is the real beginning of Christmas for me as there will be a jesse tree at Mass today. The date the shops and the Government put on it is a fraud. Christmas does not start in early November, it starts , on the first Sunday of Advent !!!!!!

However given the day thats in it, im reminded of a ll the wonderful Christmas songs which will be played over the festive season. My personal favourite has to be Wizzard's really corney tune from 1983 "I wish it could be christmas every day". Its such a nostalgic and fun song. While me favourite Christmas Hymn is Hark ! The Hearald Angles Sing", because it aptly describes the birth of the worlds greatest man !!!!

What is your favourite Christmas Song. iT CAN BE A NOVELTY OR A HYMN

Garret

im pretty sure that advent starts next sunday

probably something by by Sufjan Stevens:)

boneless

Christmas Cards From a Hooker in Minniapolis by Tom Waits.

Feral Mutant

Mr Hankey the Christmas poo . . .

Stepherunie

I've always had a love for walking in a winter wonderland or White Christmas but tbh I'm already over my christmas carol phase - I start that singing in about may and end it in about June or July - whenever i finish clinical.

boneless

"I'm steaming on a wet mattress..."

Stabshauptmann

Personal favourites,
O Holy Night
Let it snow
Fairytale of New York

Though xmas for me has nothing to do with religion. It has been a time of celebration in many cultures long before the birth of christ, which may not have been anywhere near December 25th.
I have no chip on my shoulder about the Church celebration of one of their most important days, but I dont like it when ppl complain about secular and non-christians hijacking the holliday. It was actually the other way around.

The commercialisation of xmas, well thats another different debate all together.

panda100

Last Christams by wham
Driving home for xmas.....Being on the train down home a couple of days before xmas with this song on the radio has to be the most magic feeling in the world ever.

Raphael

Frank Kelly - Christmas Countdown
Chris de Burgh - A spaceman came travelling

abelard

The Carol of the Bells, originally Ukrainian I believe.

Made famous from THAT scene in Home Alone.
Also doing the rounds at the moment on adverts for M&S or Debenhams or one of those.

Blush_01

Bah humbug.

Mini_Moose

the one and only master of lyric recycling in all his songs

Günther - Christmas Song!

includes the best line ever Ding Dong it's a Christmas Song.

the guy is a music writing genius!

gubbie

O Holy night sung by Josh Groban-I've been waiting for a reason to play it

boneless

Blush_01 wrote:

Bah humbug.

Wot she said too...

Did I ever tell yis about the time my friend was in Japan for Christmas in the 1970's?

The_Minister

I still can't believe that this became a Christmas No. 1!

abelard

boneless wrote:

Did I ever tell yis about the time my friend was in Japan for Christmas in the 1970's?

Did annual gift bringer man visit from the moon?

Stabshauptmann

Thats not an xmas song, is it. I love than song, and Donnie Darko

boneless

abelard wrote:

Did annual gift bringer man visit from the moon?

Not exactly... a department store in Tokoyo put up a Christmas display but they got it a bit wrong. They had a Santa nailed to a cross.

Stabshauptmann

rofl - in the library

humbert

seconded, was grinning like a halfwit here.

dajaffa

Well I'm a big Christmas nut I am, love John Lennon's Happy Christmas (War Is Over), but cause of my Christmas nuttage, love Wizzard, original Band Aid, Mariah Carey, Shakin Stevens...

But the winner has to be *drumroll*....

Fairytale of NY, a legend of a song, LEGEND

EDIT: Actually make that joint with The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire...). It's like SUCH a classic

Sangre

Mariah Carey - All I want for Christmas is you....

Awesome song, any time of year. Also video of her in red suit snow suit, I would wreck that chick.

Not lets get phished.

Blush_01

Bollox to you all, I've been humming "O Holy Night" for the past few hours now.

Scraggs

My flatmates hate you all btw.. I've been giving them performances of MC's 'All I want for Christmas' and Shane McGowans & Kirsty McColls 'Fairytale of New York' for the last few hours. Its still November.

rainbow kirby

I hate Christmas music. Too many years working retail has turned me to Scrooge, so my favourite Christmas music is any good loud metal used to block out the sounds of Christmas music when I'm on the way out of work.

Feral Mutant

boneless wrote:

Not exactly... a department store in Tokoyo put up a Christmas display but they got it a bit wrong. They had a Santa nailed to a cross.

That sounds strangely familiar.

Het-Field

Sangre wrote:

Mariah Carey - All I want for Christmas is you....

Awesome song, any time of year. Also video of her in red suit snow suit, I would wreck that chick.

Not lets get phished.

Not if I got there first. Id make mince meat of that derrier

Miss GAAfia

I love a bit of Cliff I do. How has nobody said till now?

LEGEND. In a Derek Mooney sort of way.

MatthewVII

Fun Song - I wish it could be christmas every day. I don't actually want that temporal loop but it's a great song, some very powerful verses

Carol - O Holy Night. I just love the swelling at "fall on your knees". That combined with a childhood of having to do the solos and you've got a mortal lock.

I just wish some new xmas songs would break into habituality. That darkness song last year didn't impress me at all.

XchampagneX

I've just been listening to Christmas songs with my flatmates!!!

Love - The Christmas Song, Mistletoe and Wine, Baby it's cold outside, santa baby, all i want for Christmas is you, Wonderful Christmas Time, O Holy Night, White Christmas, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree....oh i just love them all!!!

arbeitsscheuer

Blush_01 wrote:

Bah humbug.

Seconded. Or possibly thirded, since I think boneless agreed too... In any case, it's fúcking NOVEMBER, ppl. Wtf?

Tools...

boneless

Feral Mutant wrote:

That sounds strangely familiar.

My friend Tomas swears he saw this himself... I believe him.

pretty*monster

Give the Jew Girl Toys ftw

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

singingstranger

Fairytale of New York. Beats the pants off any Cliff Richard anyway.

Sarn

Frankie goes to Hollywood - The Power of Love, always reminds me of Christmas as a kid. Carol of the Bells is a nice alternative for whistling along to. There's too many good songs

Try get people to sing complete versions of Christmas songs without it playing in the background, most only know the chorus. We tried to do it on the way to a Christmas party one night but no one could remember the lyrics (could have been the alcohol as well though).

singingstranger

Interesting side note, does anyone remember the Beers in the Porterhouse last April or May? Me, dajaffa, Elmyra, Peacheh and possibly Blush_01 singing Christmas songs? Nostalgia ftw.

Blush_01

Well since it's December on Friday:

I love all the usual cheesy Christmas songs, except Wizzard. I blame Eurospar in Dalkey for that! I also love most Christmas carols. Also, Jump (The Pointer Sisters) now reminds me of Christmas because of Love Actually.

At this moment, favourites are:
Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg
Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea (only since I came to Dublin though!)
O Holy Night
Oh Come Ye Merry Gentlemen
White Christmas
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Jingle Bells
All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth
All I Want for Christmas is You
(and of course the aforementioned Jump)

SS, I may have joined in a little, but I was nowhere near as good as you lot. Put me to shame, you all did.

rainbow kirby

pretty*monster wrote:

Give the Jew Girl Toys ftw

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

awesome

Ballerina

yea advent starts next sunday the 3rd of december...my 18th birthday woohoo

im afraid it has to be "all i want for christmas" for me but not mariahs version-the one from love actually all the way....i cant get enough of it

cast_iron

panda100 wrote:

Driving home for xmas.....Being on the train down home a couple of days before xmas with this song on the radio has to be the most magic feeling in the world ever.

Only one thing beats it if you ask me....actually driving home.
Classic.

emeraldstar

all of them!!
mainly: Drivin Home For Christmas, Do They Know It's Christmastime?, Fairytale of New York, Rockin Around The Christmas Tree, The Christmas Song, Stop The Cavalry (so good!!), Merry Christmas Everyone.....etc etc etc!!
Oh! We're Walking In The Air coz it reminds me so much of watching The Snowman every Christmas Eve when I was a kid...so excited!!

Scraggs

Theres 'Carols by Candlelight' in the church on Wednesday at 7.30pm followed by a reception in the centre club after...just got a lealflet through my door.

humbert

ooh, nice songs, some cultish chanting and then alcohol, could be fun. Though if the alcohol came first I'd probably be more up for the cultish chanting:)

fish-head

Anything by Brian Setzer from his last two Christmas albums.

panda100

Scraggs wrote:

Theres 'Carols by Candlelight' in the church on Wednesday at 7.30pm followed by a reception in the centre club after...just got a lealflet through my door.

I love their posters there so damn cute..all tinsely and playschool looking!

Blowfish

rainbow kirby wrote:

I hate Christmas music. Too many years working retail has turned me to Scrooge, so my favourite Christmas music is any good loud metal used to block out the sounds of Christmas music when I'm on the way out of work.

Agreed, although Nightwish's cover of We're Walking In The Air is pretty cool, though technically not a christmas song.

Waltons

Dream Theater's version of "Oh Holy Night" isn't bad

beanyb

I've still managed to avoid hearing any Christmas songs on the TV or radio so far this year. For that I am eternally grateful! I refuse to acknowledge Christmas until at the very least the month of December!

I am however somewhat partial to the songs once I've accepted it's not too early for em! And also when alcohol has been consumed!

Fairytale of New York cant be beat! Except maybe by Do They Know it's Christmas, All I Want for Christmas and that Slade song the name of which escapes me at the moment!

XchampagneX

beanyb wrote:

that Slade song the name of which escapes me at the moment!

Merry Xmas Everybody

passive

There's no discussion to be had... it's the true national anthem of Fairytale of New York. anyone who has said otherwise should be excommunicated. :mad:

Red Alert

Mariah C in red
Enough said