Favourite Christmas songs

take everything

What's your favourite Christmas song.

I like FGTH's The Power of Love and Mariah's All I want for Christmas is you.

biko

"St Stephen's Day murders"


and a new one - Picture This with This Christmas

Noveight

Beaut!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A8KT365wlA

Lisha

Chris Rea- driving home for Christmas

Mister Jingles

" Grandma got ran over by a reindeer "

Arghus

As much as it's overplayed and has nearly, nearly, become part of the smaltz of the season Fairytale of New York is an unbelievable tune.

Shannon757

Arghus wrote: »

As much as it's overplayed and has nearly, nearly, become part of the smaltz of the season Fairytale of New York is an unbelievable tune.

This or Wizard

The_Valeyard

I like:

Oh Holy Night - Classical opera version

Silent Night - In Irish

When a child is born - Johnny Mathis

Dick phelan

A spaceman came traveling

K.Flyer

My favourite,

Father Hernandez

Paul McCartney. Wonderful Christmas Time

Lovely Bloke

O Holy Night.

And the Boney M Mary's Boy Child is always worth a listen.

But my all time fave is Bing/Bowie Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth - even more poignant this year of course.

Mickeroo

I Believe In Father Christmas by Greg Lake is a good one. Also have a big soft spot for 2000 Miles by The Pretenders and Stop the Cavalry by Jona Lewie

Gwynplaine

The best - Little drummer boy, Crosby & Bowie.
The worst/most annoying - Something Stupid, Williams & Kidman.

Olishi4

My favourite is Must be Christmas Tonight by The Band and I really like Christmas Time by The Darkness too.

murpho999

take everything wrote: »

What's your favourite Christmas song.

I like FGTH's The Power of Love and Mariah's All I want for Christmas is you.

That is not a Christmas song despite what the video depicts.

Penn

'Merry Xmas Everyone' by Slade.

It just screams "IT'S CHRISTMAS!"

team_actimel

Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry

MagicIRL

What a tune. Really like this version as well...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwXBtmRTsFs

irishguitarlad

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire-Nat King Cole
It's also in one of my favourite movie scenes of all time in Catch me if you Can.

Sleepy

White Christmas - Bing Crosby

hannible the cannible

Thea gilmore , that'll be Christmas

Heard it for the first time last Saturday morning on my way to work , how it's not played on mainstream radio more is a mystery to me , it's a brilliant song , it went straight in at number 2 of my all time favourite Xmas tunes :pac:

mzungu

That Rage Against The Machine song that was christmas number 1 a few years back was a merry little ditty.

Riddle101

Fairytale Of New York by the Pogues and Kirsty MacCool, and Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin' Stevens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeyHl1tQeaQ

Professor Moriarty

Los Lobos

Decide - kill the Christian

Parchment

Manic Street Preachers version of "Last Christmas"....i also love the Wham! version.

foxtrot101

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpFudDAYqxY

DoozerT6

Jona Lewie. Dubba dubba dum dum...

White Christmas.

Bing and David Bowie.

Fairytale.

FGTH, yes I know it's not a Christmas song. Feck off.

Ronettes.

...there's quite a few really. Wham, Shakey, Boney M...

Oooh, Chris de Burgh, Spaceman.

Beasty

Penn wrote: »

'Merry Xmas Everyone' by Slade.

It just screams "IT'S CHRISTMAS!"

I've seen them play it live - Noddy dressed as Santa ....


.....in March 1982!!

Dr.MickKiller

Carol of the bells

tonycascarino

Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
Tony Bennett - Winter Wonderland

Stonedpilot

take everything wrote: »

What's your favourite Christmas song.

I like FGTH's The Power of Love and Mariah's All I want for Christmas is you.

2000 miles by Pretenders.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

MagicIRL wrote: »

What a tune. Really like this version as well...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwXBtmRTsFs

I love cover versions of Fairytale of new York.

Said nobody ever.

LordSutch

Christmass Song
I'm not dreaming of a white Christmas ...

Gilbert O'Sullivan.

Lovely.

tayto lover

Do They Know It's Christmas -- Band Aid 1984.

Fairytale of New York -- Pogues and Kirsty.

Silent Night.

patrickbrophy18

Here is my Top 20:

1. Band Aid 1984 - Do They Know It's Christmas?
2. Band Aid 2014 - Ditto^ (Huge improvement on the 2004 version)
3. Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas (RIP Greg)
4. Wham - Last Christmas
5. Elton John - Step Into Christmas
6. Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody (a tad overplayed)
7. Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
8. Tobymac - Christmas This Year
9. Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
10. Darlene Love - Alone On Christmas
11. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Christmas All Over Again
12. Wendy And Lisa - Closing Of The Year (Soundtrack to Toys 1992)
13. John Lennon And Yoko Ono - Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
14. Cliff Richard - Saviours Day
15. Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine
16. Aled Jones - The Snowman (Nightwish did an amazing cover of it)
17. Tom Jones And Cerys Matthews - Cold Outside
18. Münchner Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive
19. Bing Crosby - White Christmas
20. Natalie Cole - My Grown Up Christmas List

I used to like the Wizzard song "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day". However, a disturbing episode of Black Mirror called "White Christmas" has now permanently ruined it for me.

Spanish Eyes

Ah this is the one for me.

Feliz Navidad (Happy Christmas en Espanol!) Great Spanish rhythm and guitars. You'd want to sing and dance....

Oh and the animation in the clip is brilliant too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihW56Xa3XGQ

Didas

biko wrote: »

and a new one - Picture This with This Christmas

Think this might be one of the few modern Christmas songs to stand the test of time

Mehaffey1

Flying Pickets - Only You, best Xmas number 1 ever.

mansize

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ6kJ7GWtv0

Ulysses Gaze

Admldj

Heard this for the first time tonight on the way home from work instantly enjoyed every minute of it!

https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Da8qE6WQmNus&ved=0ahUKEwijn-7psobRAhVFLsAKHY8bBQEQ3ywIKTAB&usg=AFQjCNECxkj45zv8h8SSpTSVECKDaS7s7w

Lisha

Admldj wrote: »

Heard this for the first time tonight on the way home from work instantly enjoyed every minute of it!

https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Da8qE6WQmNus&ved=0ahUKEwijn-7psobRAhVFLsAKHY8bBQEQ3ywIKTAB&usg=AFQjCNECxkj45zv8h8SSpTSVECKDaS7s7w

That's so weird I heard that song this evening too and I loved it and I'd just looked up YouTube to post it here!!

I also love Feliz Navidad too.

Morgans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpimLgh3pJU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlgqFlZjQJQ

MadDog76

These kinda threads always bring out the Thanks-Whoring "cool" Posters who say that "Die Santa Die" by The F*ckwits is their favourite Christmas song ........ I wish I could be as cool and hilarious as that lot. :rolleyes:

Anyway, my favourite Christmas songs are All I Want For Christmas Is You, Let It Snow, Fairytale Of New York and Silent Night amongst many many others ........

jonon9

Queen's Christmas song isnt bad.

KungPao

Though I'm not religious, I like a bit of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDcSyaW-tTI

Turtle_

Greg Lake - I believe in father Christmas
Chris de Burgh - a spaceman came travelling
Jona Lewie - Stop the cavalry
Pogues and Kirsty - Fairytale of New York
Ryan Sheridan - walking in the air
O Holy Night

HenryHill

Gary Glitter - Another RockNRoll christmas

KungPao

HenryHill wrote: »

Gary Glitter - Another RockNRoll christmas

I haven't heard that in a while...for some reason.

Great song though.