Vanity--Spin off of Another Thread--What Is Your Fav Christmas Music?

[AbolishCSEU]

Ok, What is your fav Christmas music to get you in the spirit? And to get your mind off of four more years of Satan.

[dfwgator]

O Holy Night, done properly.

This is O Holy Night, NOT done properly

[MD Expat in PA]

I love your list; those are among my favorites too, especially Vince Guaraldi. I also love medieval and renaissance music especially at Christmas.

All Glory be to God on High - Medieval Christmas Carol

A Renaissance Christmas - Riu, riu, chiu - The Boston Camerata

The Gloucester Wassail By Waverly Consort

Somerset Wassail Artisan

The King's Singers Christmas - 'Lullay My Liking'

I also like this very much too- the bells are beautiful and remind me of Christmas morning.

The Chieftains- Bells of Dublin

Then there is one of my favorite classical composers- R. Vaughan Williams

Fantasia on Christmas Carols

And for something more “modern” yet still traditional.

The Civil Wars "O Come O Come Emmanuel"

Christmas Time is Here ~ Sarah McLachlan (featuring Diana Krall on piano)"

And.. Crash Test Dummies: The First Noel

That one starts off sort of cheesy, but it always brings a tear to my eyes.

And no Christmas would be complete without this one from my childhood one that is not only one of my favorites but also my parents' and their grandchildren;s my niece and nephew's and now their children,(Funny Rudolph):

Fred Waring Rudolph

And this, believe it or not this is actually one of my favorite versions of Silent Night.

John Denver & The Muppets- Silent Night

[Revolting cat!]

“Santa Claus is coming down your chimney tonight”, if you catch the drift of Leiber/Stoller, is the best line in a Christmas... uh... carol!

[clearcarbon]

Karen Carpenter

[Slings and Arrows]

Weird Al Yankovic - "Christmas at Ground Zero"

[Oratam]

That’s the ONE!

[Redcitizen]

Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth.

[Redcitizen]

Yeah! \m/

[dfwgator]

XTC - Thanks For Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DBJRSMP8Uw

[trebb]

Here was a Man - not really a song, spoken by Johnny Cash

[IbJensen]

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

[AbolishCSEU]

I concur! Also can’t stand Mariah Carey singing her christmas tunes. Stick to the regular stuff, Mariah.

Forgot Handel’s Messiah (the whole thing not just the Hallelujah Chorus)

[Scoutmaster]

I don’t know about favorites, but I may behead the next idiot who plays “Christmas Shoes.”

***

I’ll help you.

When you're finished, will the two of you help me with the bosthoons who play "The Little Drummer Boy"?

[Bigg Red]

Oh, no! I am one of the bosthoons who loves that song. Sorry. Sappy old lady here.

(So, “bosthoon”, is it? Would ye’ be of Irish descent now?)

[Scoutmaster]

So, “bosthoon”, is it? Would ye’ be of Irish descent now?

Scots-Irish, but that's irrelevant to the use of 'bosthoon.'

During the Reagan years, I participated in a silly graduate school exercise with three friends. When someone did or said something stupid, or simply annoyed you, you would look at them with disdain and mutter an insult such as "oaf."

What followed would be an exchange increasing in speed, disdain, and spittal:

"Churl"

"Chuff"

"Bosthoon"

"Vassal"

"Knave"

"Grobian"

"Wanker"

"Gasbag"

"Ninnyhammer"

"Cacafuego"

"Fice"

And so on and so on.

It was most effective when employed in a restaurant or other public place, and if you could arrange for three or more people to be involved.

By spring semester of my second year, we'd combed specialized dictionaries for insulting words and could sustain a contrapuntal burst lasting lasting several minutes.

[a fool in paradise]

The Yobs - The Ballad of the Warrington
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94hqn9attjk

The Yobs - White Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL2zd1p7z-Q

Jacob Miller - Silver Bells (Natty Knows Christmas)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo3zM7i1_4A

Tit For Tat (Ain’t No Taking Back) - James Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25VpAjjHss0

james brown - let’s make christmas mean something this year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJOxJlFXHQg

The Yobs - Rub A Dum Dum Live at Rockefeller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdoqBIbT29I

[a fool in paradise]

Here’s the song that SHOULD have been on Bob Dylan’s Christmas album

The (Fabulous) Wailers - Christmas Spirit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpSWrmIz-a8

[a fool in paradise]

[hoagy62]

I know it's location specific, but here's one I like....for all those in Washington, the State.

Christmas in the Northwest

And...here's another Washington Christmas song....specifically for the west side of the state...

Evergreen Christmas

Finally, this one doesn't really speak of Christmas, per se, but the tune is a Christmas tune, and it's a bit silly. So...why not?

Sippin' in Seattle's Latte Land -The singer is Duffy Bishop, a former Seattleite who has since moved to California. And yes...there is ONE radio station in Seattle that plays this, and only at Christmas.

[Not A Snowbird]

Gorgeous. Thank you for sharing!