[Dallas]

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

[carton253]

O Holy Night - Sandi Patti

[Mr. Thorne]

What Child Is This Joy To The World Adeste Fideles

[ncdrumr]

Little Drummer Boy
O Holy Night

[38special]

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

[Non-Sequitur]

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.

[kassie]

Mary Did You Know?...Kenny Rogers

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

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

[Duke809]

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

[damnlimey]

Best Christmas song?
Blue Christmas(Porky pig version)

[discostu]

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

[JenB]

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.

[Silly]

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.

[BibChr]

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...

[Destructor]

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!

[Jefferson Adams]

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

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

Oh Holy Night

Silent Night

Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Without a doubt:

THE TWELVE PAINS OF CHRISTMAS

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

Chorus: The second thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Irate Husband: Rigging up the lights,
Chorus: And finding a Christmas tree.

Chorus: The third thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Inebriated man (Think Archie Bunker): Hangovers,
Irate Husband: Rigging up the lights,
Chorus: And finding a Christmas tree.

Chorus: The fourth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Gay Man: Sending Christmas cards,
Archie Bunker: Hangovers,
Irate Husband: Rigging up the lights,
Chorus: And finding a Christmas tree.

Chorus: The fifth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Chorus: Five months of bills,
Gay Man: Sending Christmas cards,
Archie Bunker: Hangovers,
Irate Husband: Rigging up the lights,
Chorus: And finding a Christmas tree.

Chorus: The sixth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Frustrated wife (Think Brooklyn Princess): Facing my in-laws,
Chorus: Five months of bills,
Gay Man: Oh, I hate those Christmas cards,
Archie Bunker: Hangovers,
Irate Husband: Rigging up the lights,
Chorus: And finding a Christmas tree.

Chorus: The seventh thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Angry man (think Union Thug): The Salvation Army,
Brooklyn Princess: Facing my in-laws,
Chorus: Five months of bills,
Gay Man: Sending Christmas cards,
Archie Bunker: Oh, Jeez!
Irate Husband: I'm trying to rig up these lights!
Chorus: And finding a Christmas tree.

Chorus: The eighth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Loud, Whiny, Snot-nosed little Brat: I WANNA TRANSFORMER FOR CHRISTMAS!
Union Thug: Charities
Brooklyn Princess’ husband: What do you mean, "your in-laws"?!?
Chorus: Five months of bills,
Gay Man: Oh, making out these cards,
Archie Bunker: Edith, get me a beer, huh?
Irate Husband: What we have no extension cords?!?
Chorus: And finding a Christmas tree.

Chorus: The ninth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Frustrated man: No parking spaces,
Snot-nosed Brat: DADDY, I WANT SOME CANDY!!
Union Thug: Donations!
Brooklyn Princess: Facing my in-laws,
Chorus: Five months of bills,
Gay Man: Writing out those Christmas cards,
Archie Bunker: Hangovers,
Irate Husband: Now why the hell are they blinking?!?
Chorus: And finding a Christmas tree.

Chorus: The tenth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
Irate Wife: "Batteries not included?!?!",
Frustrated man: No parking spaces,
Snot-nosed Brat: BUY ME SOMETHIN'!!!!
Union Thug: Get a job, ya bum!!!
Brooklyn Princess: (sobbing) Oh, facing my in-laws,
Chorus: Five months of bills,
Gay Man: Yo, ho! Sending Christmas cards,
Archie Bunker: Oh, Jeez, look at this!
Irate Husband: One light goes out, they ALL go out!!!
Chorus: And finding a Christmas tree.

Chorus The eleventh thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
TV Critic: Stale TV specials,
Irate Wife: "Batteries not included?!?",
Frustrated man: No parking spaces,
Snot-nosed Brat: I GOTTA GO TO THE BAFFROOM!!!!
Union Thug: Charities!!
Brooklyn Princess: (sobbing) She's a witch! I hate her!
Chorus: Five months of bills,
Gay Man: Oh, I don't even KNOW half these people!
Archie Bunker: Oh, who's got the terlet paper?
Irate Husband: Get a flashlight!! I blew a fuse!!!
Chorus: And finding a Christmas tree.

Chorus: The twelfth thing at Christmas that's such a pain to me:
A few Drunk Guys at a bar: (Off-key) Singing Christmas Carols,
TV Critic: Stale TV specials,
Irate Wife: "Batteries not included?!?",
Frustrated man: No parking spaces,
Snot-nosed Brat: WAAAAAAH!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
Union Thug: Charities!
Brooklyn Princess: Gotta make 'em dinner!
Chorus: Five months of bills,
Gay Man: I'm not sending them this year, that's it!
Archie Bunker: Shut up, you!
Irate Husband: FINE!! If you're so smart, YOU RIG UP THE DAMN LIGHTS!!!!!
Chorus: And finding a Christmas tree.

[sneakers]

Anything by Mannheim Steamroller, but especially their beautiful, touching versions of "Silent Night" and "Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel"

[RayBob]

Oh Holy Night is my all time favorite.