Favourite christmas songs

Marksie

OK dont know if this has been done before, if it has just delete

But what is/are your favourite chrsitmas song(s) say maximum of 3.

Mine is:

Stop the cavalry by jona lewie

Ring out solstice bells by jethro Tull
and
walking in the air (i have to include that as i was singing that one christmas while walking home and a copper stopped me and said.. you aint that p*ssed to be flying..shut up)

petes

Can't go wrong with Fairytale of New York. Also Let it Snow.

cjt156

Still get a lump in the throat at Bing Crosbie & David Bowie doing Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth.
Huge deal at the time if you think that Bowie was as controversial at the time as, say, Marilyn Manson today.

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'Simp-ly Hav-ing a won-der-ful Christmas-time'

By Paul McCarntney is a personal favourite of mine.

Stop the Cavalry is a good one too.

I know it's not a Christmas song per se, but you really knew it was that time of year when you heard :

'Penny's (Penny's), got a whole lotta things for Christmas
And a lot for the fam-ily
Fa-la-la la-la-la-la-la
Fa-la-la la-la-la-la-la...'

Femelade

i love it when "driving home for christmas" comes on in my car these days, especially when it is dark.....i imagine i was away for the year and i am making the long journey home to see my family...silly i know....but it warms my heart.

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Femmy wrote:

i love it when "driving home for christmas"

Bleedin' hate that song

stovelid

Slade - Merry Christmas Everyone. The hooligan classic.

Similar thread in Music BTW

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Oh, I forgot.

That East 17 ditty.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

...Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Tar.Aldarion

Can't go wrong with Fairytale of New York.

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shane86

Cant bate a bit of McGowan. Makes ya proud to be Irish.....and locked.

Despite my heavy leaning towards hip hop and dance, and my bitter, intense hatred for DJs who play cheese in nightclubs, its perhaps ironic that every christmas yil find me on the floor pissed as a fart belting out All I Want for Xmas tryna get me swiss

jor el

Fairytale of New York is a definite top Christmas song. Chris Rea's Driving Home for Christmas is also good, always like that one as I drive home across the country for Christmas every year. I like Chris de'Burg - A Spaceman came Travelling too, but it doesn't get much play on the radio. The Bing Crosbie & David Bowie duet as mentioned above is another favorite of mine.

seansouth wrote:

That East 17 ditty.

Stay Another Day?

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Yes, I couldn't remember the name, thanks.

I like that one too.

Stephen

I can't stand most christmas songs, but I will always have time for Fairytale of New York. After that, I like Chris Rea's Driving Home For Christmas. After though... hmm... its hard to pick from such a big pool of stinkers

GeorgeBailey

seansouth wrote:

I know it's not a Christmas song per se, but you really knew it was that time of year when you heard :

'Penny's (Penny's), got a whole lotta things for Christmas
And a lot for the fam-ily
Fa-la-la la-la-la-la-la
Fa-la-la la-la-la-la-la...'

Couldn't agree more with this choice. Anyone know if this is available on youtube or some such like?

Ruu_Old

time for parties and celebration
people dancing all night long
time for presents
and exchanging kisses
time for singing christmas songs

Name that classeek choon.

TerrorFirmer

I don't know the name, but the one that played in the ending credits of Die Hard. Love it. 'Let it snow' would be a guess based on the chorus...

petes

Ruu wrote:

time for parties and celebration
people dancing all night long
time for presents
and exchanging kisses
time for singing christmas songs

Name that classeek choon.

Mr Stevens?

Merry Christmas Everyone.

I had either Cliff Richard or Shakin' Stevens for them lyrics.

HaVok wrote:

I don't know the name, but the one that played in the ending credits of Die Hard. Love it. 'Let it snow' would be a guess based on the chorus...

My second choice above. I also remember it more for the end of Die Hard.

Sad Professor

I hate Driving Home for Christmas, its been playing nonstop in work. I think if I hear it one more time I'm gonna get a gun and shoot the place up :mad: :mad:

Fairytale in New York is about the only Christmas song I can stomach anymore TBH. And only just.

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Sad Professor wrote:

I hate Driving Home for Christmas,

Some year, and I always hope for this, some year I hope he crashes.

Tom Dunne

Dan Fogleberg, Same old Lang Syne.

Not too well known, but listen to those lyrics.

And of course all the usuals.

If I had to pick two more, they would be Greg Lake - I believe in Father Christmas and A Winter's Tale by David Essex.

nando

Oooh, I love Christmas songs - the cheesier the better!

Fairytale of New York is prob my favourite too. Others I love are Santa Baby(Eartha Kitt), Last Christmas(Wham) and Christmas Wrapping (The Waitresses).

ferdi

blue christmas - elvis presley
Oh, Holy Night - nat king cole
All I Want For Christmas (Is You) - Mariah Carey (best listened to sitting infront of the mirror in a fluffy bath-robe, singing into my hairbrush, stuffing my face with chocolate and crying my eyes out)

bluto63

Rockin' around the christmas tree
Also that song which is really high pitched, sounds like a little boy is singing it. I can't remember the name.

biko

ferdi wrote:

(best listened to sitting infront of the mirror in a fluffy bath-robe, singing into my hairbrush, stuffing my face with chocolate and crying my eyes out)

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
God rest ye merry gentlemen

admiralofthefleet

stop the cavalry and driving home for christmas are my favourites

Kwekubo

Fairytale of New York, Stop the Cavalry would be my picks. Most of the gimmicky songs get very tedious after a few listens.

bluto63 wrote:

Also that song which is really high pitched, sounds like a little boy is singing it. I can't remember the name.

Walking In The Air, possibly? Hmm. It's a little naff but not bad in small doses.

Nightwish

Gothic Christmas by Within Temptation, Christmas With the Devil by Spinal Tap and all the songs on Twisted Sisters Christmas album.

Backtoblack

I love "last christmas" by wham/g Michael....
"do they know its christmas time" was on the telly earlier..
It made me cry... It's an emotional song and I'm an emotional person (at the moment)... and then there was Bono's mullet hair cut...


(I'm a big U2 fan.. Bono can make me cry all he wants... )

Catari Jaguar

Carol of the Bells from Home Alone and also Silent Night

Sparky

This one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we2GfxxJyY8



And slade:)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=putnlqW2pKg
It's Christmas
Oh the memories.

Back years ago when I was a kid, I would be dragged along to do the shopping in superquinn. They always had that song on the playlist.

sundodger5

Greg Lake i believe in father Christmas
also a good time of year for another auld lang syne by Dan Fogelberg

biko

The Pretenders - 2000 Miles
Elvis Costello - St Stephen's Day Murders

Pigman II

Smashing Pumpkins - Christmastime.

hunnymonster

I go to mass precisely once a year. My parent's parish has an amazing old church and they do a version of "O, Holy Night" with a soprano and a violin every year. With the church acoustics and the mixture of voice and strings, it makes me cry every year....


My party piece for christmas parties is Santa baby.

johnny_ultimate

I really like "That was the best Christmas Ever" by Sufjan Stevens.
Ben Folds - Bizarre Christmas Incident is hilarious.
And A Spaceman Came Travelling? No? Anyone?

oRlyYaRly

Fairytale of New York
All I want for Christmas
The Slade one