What is Your FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SONG?

[Wayne_Zitkus]

What song makes you crank up the volume when it comes on the radio?

For me, it's one from my childhood - "Mamasita, Donde Esta Santa Claus?" by Augie Rios - a novelty song from the Late '50s. I'll see if I can find a link to the lyrics and an mp3 file for those of you who've never heard it.

[Tiger's_Lily]

My all time favorite has to be Jose Feliciano, 'Feliz Navidad'. Once I hear it, I'm singing it for days. It's not xmas for me without hearing that song. :)

[ThatFatGirl]

I gotta go with the classics sung by Burl Ives. This love goes back to the 1970's holiday cocktail parties with the neighbors my parents would host. They'd load a bunch of holiday vinyl on the big console record player and let it go for hours. My dad mixed martinis he'd let me sneak a sip of just to watch me wince. My mom served up frozen whiskey sours and gave me maraschino cherries after much begging. I'd tip-toe around from table to table sneaking handfuls of bridge mix, choking on the cigarette smoke.

Good times... :)

[MellieD]

Does Cheech & Chong doing 'Santa And His Old Lady' count? hehehe
Ummmm...no...seriously though I would say 'Mary, Did You Know'

[Wilson Barbers]

My alter ego did a Top Ten List of Favorite Xmas Songs (http://oakhaus.blogspot.com/2002_12_01_oakhaus_archive.html#86334058) a coupla years ago - and it still holds for me. The one that I always have to turn up whenever I hear it and which still emotionally gets me: The Pogues, "Fairytale of New York."

[AnnMarie]

There are many I like that are classic style (sucker for a beautiful a cappella O Holy Night, or even Silent Night, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, I'll Be Home for Christmas), but in the less traditional sense (I'll deviate a smidge for variety)... I'd say

Pretenders - 2000 Miles
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

:)

[AnnMarie]

My alter ego did a Top Ten List of Favorite Xmas Songs (http://oakhaus.blogspot.com/2002_12_01_oakhaus_archive.html#86334058) a coupla years ago - and it still holds for me. The one that I always have to turn up whenever I hear it and which still emotionally gets me: The Pogues, "Fairytale of New York."


LOL, imagine that, we were listing it at the same time!! :) GMTA ;)

[LillyBBBW]

My favorite is 'O Holy Night.' My favorite funny Christmas songs are "Dominic the Donkey" and "The Drunk Lady."

[Jack Skellington]

Fun- The Chipmunk Song
Traditional- Silent Night. Enya does a beautiful Gaelic version of Silent Night.

[jamie]

O Come O Come Emmanuel.
We Three Kings


and newly, "Christmas Song," from Dave Matthews Band

[BBW Betty]

My favorite is 'O Holy Night.' My favorite funny Christmas songs are "Dominic the Donkey" and "The Drunk Lady."


Oh, goody. Someone else knows about Dominic. I love that one.

My real favorite, though, is about "Snoopy and the Red Barron." You just get the idea of it crossing cultural lines during a war. It's so cool.

For singing, I like "O Holy Night." I used to be able to do nice descant part at the end, back when I was younger. I can still almost do it, but almost don't do it, if you get my meaning.

[adam]

any one from one of those old dead guys...they called them crooners...can't think of a name...my brain just farted.

[swamptoad]

I like this song *It's cute* I don't know if I really have a fave song though...I like sooo very many.


Mr. Heatmiser
I’m Mr. White Christmas
I’m Mr. Cool.
I’m Mr. Icicle
I’m Mr. 10 below
Friends call me Snow Miser
Whatever I touch
Turns to snow in my clutch!
I’m too much

( chorus )He's mister white christmas
He's mister snow
He's mister icicle
He's mister ten below

Friends call me Snow Miser
Whatever I touch
Turns to snow in my clutch!
I’m too much

I never wanna know a day
That’s over 40 degrees.
I’d rather have it 30,20 then 5.
“ Let It Freeze!”

( chorus )He's mister white christmas
He's mister snow
He's mister icicle
He's mister ten below

Friends call me Snow Miser
Whatever I touch
Turns to snow in my clutch!
I’m too much


I’m Mr. green Christmas
I’m Mr. Sun.
I’m Mr. Heat Blister
I’m Mr. One Hundred and one
They call me Heat Miser
Whatever I touch
Starts to melt in my clutch.
I’m too much!

( chorus ) He's mister heat miser
He's mister sun
He's mister heat blister
He's mister one hundred and one


They call me Heat Miser
Whatever I touch
Starts to melt in my clutch.
(chorus) he's too much

I never wanna know a day
That’s under 60 degrees.
I’d rather have it
“80, 90, 100 degrees! “

( chorus ) He's mister heat miser
He's mister sun
He's mister heat blister
He's mister one hundred and one

They call me Heat Miser
Whatever I touch
Starts to melt in my clutch.
I'm too much
(chorus) too much!

[swamptoad]

I like this song in small doses *its cute too* (might annoy some people hahahaha)

You may be thinking of the song "The Twelve Pains Of Christmas" by Bob Rivers. But it sure isn't new - came out in 1987!
Ric

The first thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me
Is finding a Christmas tree

The second thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me
Rigging up the lights
And finding a Christmas tree

The third thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me
Hangovers
Rigging up the lights
And finding a Christmas tree

The fourth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me
Sending Christmas cards
Hangovers
Rigging up the lights
And finding a Christmas tree

The fifth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me
Five months of bills
Sending Christmas cards
Hangovers
Rigging up the lights
And finding a Christmas tree

The sixth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me
Facing my in-laws
Five months of bills!
Oh, I hate those Christmas cards!
Hangovers
Rigging up these lights!
And finding a Christmas tree

The seventh thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me
The Salvation Army
Facing my in-laws
Five months of bills!
Sending Christmas cards
Oh, geez!
I'm tryin' to rig up these lights!
And finding a Christmas tree

The eighth thing at Christmas that such a pain to me
I WANNA TRANSFORMER FOR CHRISTMAS
Charities,
And whataya mean "YOUR in-laws"
Five months of bills!
Oh, making out these cards
Honey, get me a beer, huh?
What, we have no extension cords?
And finding a Christmas tree

The ninth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me
Finding parking spaces
DADDY, I WANT SOME CANDY!!!!
Donations!
Facing my in-laws
Five months of bills!
Writing out those Christmas cards
Hangovers!
Now why the hell are they blinking?!?!?
And finding a Christmas tree

The tenth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Batteries Not Included
No parking spaces
BUY ME SOMETHIN'
Get a job, ya bum!
Oh, facing my in-laws
Five months of bills
Yo-ho, sending Christmas cards
Oh, geez, look at this!
One light goes out, they ALL go out
And finding a Christmas tree

The eleventh thing of Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Stale TV specials
Batteries Not Included
No parking spaces
DAD, I GOTTA GO TA BATHROOM!!
Charities!
She's a witch...I hate her!
Five months of bills!
Oh, I don't even KNOW half these people!
Oh, who's got the toilet paper, huh?
Get a flashlight...I blew a fuse!!
And finding a Christmas tree

The twelfth thing of Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Singing Christmas carols
Stale TV specials
Batteries Not Included
No parking?
WAAAAAAAAAAH! WAAAAAAAAAAH!
Charities
Gotta make 'em dinner
Five months of bills
I'm not sendin' them this year, that's it
Shut up, you
FINE! YOU'RE SO SMART, YOU RIG UP THE LIGHTS
And finding a Christmas tree

[Moonchild]

Steve Morse's rendition of "Joy to the World," from the Merry Axemas album. It's a bunch of prog rockers playing Christmas songs.

[Zoom]

"What if Christmas didn't come this year?
And no one paid for Christmas cheer?
Who would cry the biggest tear
The child or the store?"
--Primus, To Defy the Laws of Tradition

[fatlane]

Any song sung solemnly and simply is good for me, but I love "Hosanna, filio David". I'm a sucker for Gregorian Chants.

For a silly song, it's a tie between Spike Jones' "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" and Bob and Doug McKenzie's rendition of "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

Good day and welcome to Day Five...

[CurvaceousBBWLover]

O Holy Night

The song by John Lennon about so this is Christmas

Joy to the World

[Zandoz]

Mannheim Steamroller, Carol of the bells....really cranked up on a good stereo.

[ClashCityRocker]

the blondie christmas song(LOVE IT)

run dmc - christmas in hollis.

the latter is my all-time favorite. they force you to feel the christmas spirit...and once you do everything's A-OK.

aaron£

[NotAnExpert]

Oo, two favorites. One is the anti-war classic written by Junnel Lewie, "Stop the Cavalry", but get the version by the Cory Band with the Gualia Singers. It's more about war than Christmas but it's beautifully done with horns and bells and great voices.


The other is a song that may have never been released commercially, but I heard it on a local public radio station last year. It is probably the most poorly constructed Xmas song ever, rhymeless, imaginationless, full of spelling mistakes and repetition and it's hilarious.

If you want to hear it, go here:
http://www.kuow.org/defaultProgram.asp?ID=8167
It's buried in an hour of other stuff but I think it's worth digging out.

Here are the lyrics:

Merry Christmas
by Fred Owens
(As heard on KUOW's "The Conversation", December 17, 2004)

C is for Kris Kringle,
H is for the sound you make when you're outside
in the falling snow and you want to
see your breath.
R is for wrapping paper,
I is for "I'm singing this song about Christmas",
S is for cellophane which presents that are food
are often wrapped in,
T isn't for anything,
M is for Santa sliding down the chiMMMney,
E is for everything you wanted but didn't get
'cause they weren't listening
when you were hinting around,
and S is for cellophane again which I already said.

That spells “Merry Christmas” except for the "Merry" part
Which people always say when they want your Christmas to be good.

Although sometimes they don't care if your Christmas will be good,
They just say that 'cause it's an expression.
So Merry Christmas—

And I really mean that, I'm not just saying it 'cause it's an expression.
And also Happy New Year, which I won't get into.

(Okay, everybody sing! But wait! Not yet!...)

[LillyBBBW]

Traditional- Silent Night. Enya does a beautiful Gaelic version of Silent Night.

Wow. That does sound great. Thanks for putting this out there Jack. I've been looking for new Christmas CD's to add to my collection for music to play in the office.

[LillyBBBW]

Oh, goody. Someone else knows about Dominic. I love that one.

My real favorite, though, is about "Snoopy and the Red Barron." You just get the idea of it crossing cultural lines during a war. It's so cool.

For singing, I like "O Holy Night." I used to be able to do nice descant part at the end, back when I was younger. I can still almost do it, but almost don't do it, if you get my meaning.

Oh! How could I forget about this contemporary rendition of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings of Orient" By Bare Naked Ladies with Sara McLachlan! That has also become one of my favorites.

[dragorat]

Traditional:Silent Night ....Funny:Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer....But lately I've been hearing a VERY touching song on the radio called The Christmas Shoes.....Unless I'm concentrating on something else when it comes on I sit here & cry like a baby!!!!!!A 5'10",#325 baby...lol:D

[EtobicokeFA]

Bing Crosby - White Christmas

[Carrie]

I love every song on my Muppets/John Denver Christmas album.

:blushingfuriously


;)

[jamie]

I love every song on my Muppets/John Denver Christmas album.

:blushingfuriously


;)

you are so cute!

[Carrie]

you are so cute!

LOL...thanks, Jamie. And I'll tell you a secret, if you promise not to tell anyone else -- some of the songs even make me cry a little bit, I get so nostalgic and warm-feeling inside. :rolleyes: :)

[Donna]

'Music Box Blues', 'Appalachian Snowfall' and 'Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24' by Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Jon Oliva, Paul O'Neill and Robert Kunkell are geniuses. I have had the enormous priveledge of meeting Jon Oliva on several occaisions and he is such a wonderful man (and for all the FFA's, he's also a BHM nowadays ;) )

Sorry, I tend to gush, but as you can see, I am a huge fan.:wubu:

~Donnaalicious~

[Tom in CA]

How about:

1. "Run, Rudolph Run" (by Chuck Berry)

2. "Santa Claus is coming in a boogie-woogie choo-choo train" (by the Tractors)

3. "Please Come Home For Christmas" (by Charles Brown - lots of other people have done this song also, but I always thought Fats Domino could probably do the best job on it)

Those are the ones that really make me sit up and listen, but I rarely get to hear them anymore.

Tom in California
(formerly Tom in NC)

[Obesus]

"A Very Scary Solstice" by the Howard Philips Lovecraft Historical Society...it is not only hi-larious, but actually makes me all teary and cozy! Then again, that is probably just me....:shocked:
As far as individual songs...gosh...I guess the parody of Jose Feliciano...."Es Y'Golonac"...."...he has orifices in his hands.." just cracks me up! :D

[bigsexy920]

I cry every time I hear this song. I love it

Do you remember me
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you with childhood fantasies

Well I'm all grown-up now
And still need help somehow
I'm not a child
But my heart still can dream

So here's my lifelong wish
My grown-up Christmas list
Not for myself
But for a world in need

No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
Everyone would have a friend
And right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list

As children we believed
The grandest sight to see
Was something lovely
Wrapped beneath our tree

Well heaven surely knows
That packages and bows
Can never heal
A hurting human soul

What is this illusion called the innocence of youth
Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth

(c) 1992 Air Bear Music / Linda's Boys Music / Warner
-Tamerlane Pub. Corp. (BMI