Little Drummer Boy....(Vienna Boy's Choir?)

O Holy Night - Sandi Patti

What Child Is This Joy To The World Adeste Fideles

Little Drummer Boy
O Holy Night

My favorite is "Angels We Have Heard On High" I think that's the name of the song.

Sarah McLauchlan and Bare Naked Ladies did a medley of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings a year or two ago. What makes it one of my favorites, other than the performance, was the fact that these two contemporary artists took two Christian carols and not only retained all references to God and Jesus but seemed to go out of their way to make sure those references were part of the recording.

Other than that I'm not a big Christmas Carol person. My wife is and she likes the two Oak Ridge Boys Christmas albums.

Mary Did You Know?...Kenny Rogers

The Christmas Song by Nat "King" Cole...hands down in my house.

Christmas on the Block. Alan Mann Band 1984. Most Philly people will know this song instantly.

Best Christmas song?
Blue Christmas(Porky pig version)

Christmas with the Devil - Spinal Tap. No others need apply.

Anything Rebecca St. James plays. She has a website where you can hear her music here. About halfway down the page are her Christmas songs. Try 'One Small Child' - it's a great rendition.

Oh, and anything by Mannheim Steamroller.

Check out "Christmas Caravan," the Christmas album of Squirrel Nut Zippers. One of the best secular Christmas albums out there. For something traditional and truly wonderful, try John Rutter's albums.

I've got a lot of really strong feelings, convictions about CHRISTmas. Me, I would rule out all the ones you mentioned as not being CHRISTmas songs.

My favorite CHRISTmas songs would be:

O Little Town of Bethlehem
Silent Night, Holy Night
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
For Unto Us a Child Is Born (Handel's Messiah)

Dan
To Tell the Truth, Virginia...

"The First Noel" by a first rate choir.

Oh Holy Night. That gives me goosebumps and teary eyes.

This one was a favorite in Infantry School at Ft. Benning, GA.:

Sniper's Wonderland

Through the sand

He was walkin'

Through my sights

I was stalkin'

Lock and load another round

B*****d hits the ground

Walkin' in a sniper's wonderland!

In the market, there's a lady

In her arms, there's a baby

Lock and load another round

Baby hits the ground

Walkin' in a sniper's wonderland!

In the village

We can set a Claymore

Set it to go off

At half past twelve

Kill the Muslim b*****ds

While they're sleeping

And send their zealous souls

Straight to Hell!

Later on

Rape and Pillage

As we burn

Down the village

Lock and load another round

Village hits the ground

Walkin' in a sniper's wonderland!

Joy to the World. Nothing else even close. ALL the verses.

Oh Holy Night

Silent Night

Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses