Whats Your Favorite Christmas Song Or Which One Gets On Your Nerves??

[Rhona]

Can't say I loathe any really. I love feeling Christmassy so even the cheesey cr*p ones have a place. Judy Garland singing Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is lovely.

We got married the weekend before Christmas and had carols instead of hymns, in a totally candlelit church - really wonderful.

[bubblewrap]

My all time favouriite Christmas song
I believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqOfXumI18A

One I hate??? The B****y Wombles.

[Pumpkin Becki]

Last year Hazel reminded me of this one...

YouTube - Steeleye Span - Gaudete

Gaudete by Steeleye Span - love it!! I listened to it almost as many times as Elvis 'Blue Christmas'

[bluemoon]

My favourite has to be 'Fairytale of New York', but it has to be by the Pogues, the boy band version was rubbish. I also love 'Once in Royal David's City' because my daughter was born late on Christmas Eve and a Male Voice Choir made up of doctors and medical staff had been touring the wards and came and sang it outside my labour room door. OH had disappeared with a handful of coins to phone relatives and there was just me and a student midwife and the new (10 minutes old) baby. It had been the midwife's first delivery and she came back on Christmas morning to see my daughter, even though she'd managed to be on leave over the holiday. I had to ask her if it had really happened, the whole thing was very dreamlike (that's what gas 'n' air does for you).

Like many others anything by Cliff Richard gets on my nerves. But my real ire is reserved for John and Yoko, all that 'Happy Christmas, war is over', wailing. Well yes, it would be nice if all life's ills miraculously vanished, but it's Christmas, for heaven's sake, let's have a day off and worry about it all again on Boxing Day.

[Hilary B]

Never feel that it's really Christmas until I've heard Craig Lake "I Believe In Father Christmas". The last verse sends shivers down my spine.
Cannot STAND Slade "Merry Christmas Everybody." Reminds me of a particularly bad time in my life.
LOVE "Hark the Herald Angels Sing". Always want to try and do the descant bit but never can because my throat closes up with emotion!!

You sure it isn't because that descant is REALLY high (and no 'climbing', you have to HIT that top note out of nowhere!)?
for a tear-jerker, not sure of the exact title but "I'm not dreaming of a white Christmas, all I'm dreaming of the whole night long is a peaceful one".
I REALLY CANNOT STAND that thing by the Pogues that seems so popular. It's just plain NASTY!
Favurite carol "Christians awake, salute the happy morn". I was told that my Grandad (who I never met) used to wake the family on Christmas Day by singing it as he made the early morning cuppa.

[ginger ninger]

My all time favouriite Christmas song
I believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake
YouTube - I Believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake (HQ Audio)

One I hate??? The B****y Wombles.

Not one of the better Christmas songs..The Wombles that is

[Nicos]

GN...I've done a parallel thread for videos- not just songs though....hope that' OK???

[Nicos]

We too used to sing carols at school in Latin...fun isn't it????

[ginger ninger]

GN...I've done a parallel thread for videos- not just songs though....hope that' OK???

O Nicos, of course its OK...the more the merrier, Its nearly Christmas, Its OK talking about the songs....but I do like to hear them as well .

[bobleponge]

FTONY by The Pogues, just adore it.
Mistletoe and Wine by Sir Cliff, but only because it brings back fantastic memories of being in a car, and my daughter singing that immortal line:
"With logs on the fire, and pigs in the tree"

[Nicos]

It's funny- but some songs remind me of childhood Christmas and others of teenage parties and then of my own children's christmas times

'Grandad' was my pet hate.....ahhhhhh......

OMG...I'm humming it to myself now

[Luci]

Christmas love......Has to be Stop the Cavalry by Jona Lewie. Don't believe its Christmas until i hear it!!
Christmas hate......anything by Cliff Richard, plus all the muzac that i have to listen to in the shopping centre from November!

[northepaul]

Got to be Springsteen's Santa Claus is Coming To Town...

I cant stand ANY of Cliff Richard's christmas songs....sorry any fans

Other than that I dont mind.

Oh and if there are any Bob Dylan fans, he's done a christmas album this year....(not sure if thats good or bad)...

[Flummery]

Oh and if there are any Bob Dylan fans, he's done a christmas album this year....(not sure if thats good or bad)...

Have you heard any of it though? It's neither nowt nor summat!

[pdblake]

Stop the Cavalry - Jona Lewie

Thanks for the answer

I had that tune stuck in my head for days last week and couldn't remember who sung it.