VANITY: Your Favorite Christmas Songs/Carols?

[Jamestown1630]

Please ping me, when you do!

Best,
JT

[Chickensoup]

Thank you for both those links, great reditions of wonderful music.

I too had to learn and sing Latin carols. Beautiful songs. The words were timeless.

Life is different without Latin in the center of song and worship.

A few years ago someone who was raised Protestant told me how Catholics endured a dead faith listening to words they didn’t understand in meaningless ritual.

I said no, of course, that is not true, every Latin Missal had English translations on the opposing page.

And every halfway intelligent Catholic had a working knowledge of Latin. She was flabbergasted.

[Jamestown1630]

Maybe we should try to write a new one?

In my very young days, I was a singer and songwriter; that didn’t go very far, because serious family issues intervened, and I decided that taking care of my folks was more important.

But I’ve always thought that we need a new Christmas song/carol..................

-JT

[pineybill]

Oh Holy Night, easily. While it’s great to hear the pop stars belt it out,my favorite rendition on you tube is by Libera,
an English boy’s choir. Sissel also has a great rendition,
except it is sung in Norweigian.
Also love TSOs Christmas canon, but partly for
sentimental reasons-met my wife of 33 years in a college
Baroque music history class and the prof called it “that
God awful canon” I always enjoyed it.

[firebrand]

I love the one that tells us “Aye, and therefore be merrie, set sorrow aside.”

[firebrand]

There is a magnificent stamp this year that depicts the wise men and the star. It’s mysterious and beautiful.

[Colorado Doug]

Oh Holy Night, sung by John Berry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq9c4C2573o

[Amntn]

I Wonder as I Wander.
Oh Holy Night.
Oh Little Town of Bethlehem.
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.

[firebrand]

“Silver Bells” makes me violent!

I hear you LOL. Have a candy cane.

[Jamestown1630]

Philippians 4:6:

“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”

-JT

[firebrand]

Thank you.

[Fiji Hill]

The Purple People Eater saves Santa from Sputnik!

Santa Clsus Meets the Purple People Eater--Sheb Wooley (1958)

[Right Brother]

That song always brings tears to my eyes. Beautiful. One of my favorites.

[Finatic]

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen sung by Nat King Cole.

Thanks mom,

[Yaelle]

O Holy Night is so beautiful that this little Jeiwsh girl loves it! It’s my favorite and I love many Christmas songs.

[Yaelle]

My last - typo on the word Jewish.

I also adore “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.”

[thescourged1]

"Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" by the Ray Conniff Singers, been my personal favorite for 40 years. Their 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' album was great, circa 1962 or 1963 IIRC.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

The finest version of “Good King Wenceslas” these ears have ever heard:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l4MWOpEXe5w

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

A song about the over commercialization of Christmas;

Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPm6CheT6rs

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Adeste Fideles ( Oh Come All Ye Faithful ) - in Latin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne09LaJ_fMQ

Silent Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWCCX8Dt8I8

- the from the late great Gerry Rafferty’s last album “Life Goes On” released in 2009. He died in 2011.