What are you favorite Christmas songs?

[ViewAskewbian]

Thread title says it all.

If you were to make a
Christmas collection of
the best Christmas songs,
what would be on their
and, most importantly,
would sings the tune?

Merry Christmas ;)

V

[tofu]

chestnuts roasting on an open fire
silent night
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Robert]

Joy To The World...by Three Dog Night :D

Jeramiah was a bullfrog!!!

[F For Fake]

Christmastime is Here - Chipmunks
Santa Claus is Back in Town - Elvis Presley
Another Lonely Christmas - Prince
Silver & Gold - Burl Ives in Rudolph TRNRD

Does the Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack count???

[mllefoo]

Lessee...

Sinead O'Connor & The Edge - Silent Night
Loreena McKennitt - Good King Wencislas
Jon Anderson - Three Ships
Trans Siberian Orchestra - Carol of the Bells
Porky Pig - Blue Christmas :D
BandAid - Do They Know It's Christmas
Low - Little Drummer Boy
David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy
The Jingle Cats - Hava Nagila :D
Judy Garland - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Happy Christmas (War is Over) - The Alarm

[codefree]

I absolutely love Christmas music!

Christian artists:

All Is Well - Nathan Wadley
No Eye Had Seen - Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith
O Come O Come Emmanuel - Bryan Duncan

General artists:

Al Hanisim - Shutter To Think
Do They Know It's Christmas? - Band Aid
Christmas - Posies
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2
Christmas Day - Sponge
Gabriel's Message - Sting
I Believe In You - Sinead O'Connor
O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Young Fresh Fellows
Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope - Sonic Youth
Silent Night - Primitives

Bob Rivers comedy :lol: :

Didn't I Get This Last Year?
It's The Most Fattening Time Of The Year
The Restroom Door Said Gentlemen
The Twelve Pains Of Christmas

[Wormwood]

For those listening, you should get the new Anne Murray christmas collection, it's really good.

[Nosebleed]

364 Days - Murder City Devils

[funstan]

The Little Drummer Boy
Merry Christmas-The Ramones

[mllefoo]

Santa's Gonna Get His Head Kicked In Tonight - artist...unknown. Wish I could find it.

[Alyoshka]

Blink 182 - I won't be home for Christmas
tom petty - christmas all over

[hotaru_san]

Tori does a lovely version of Little Drummer Boy and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas :D

[exConn]

Somethin' About Christmas Time - Bryan Adams
Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You - Billy Squier

Also, any artist who sings classic Christmas songs traditionally, rather than some lame new arrangement they came up with that ruins the song.

-exConn

[The Cow]

Anything by Trans Siberian Orchestra!!!

[GuessWho]

I just made a CD for my boss as part of her Christmas gift from me.... here's what I put on there:

1. Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song
2. Bing Crosby – White Christmas
3. Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas
4. Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
5. Johnny Mathis – The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
6. Burl Ives – Holly Jolly Christmas
7. Gene Autry – Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer
8. Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
9. Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock
10. The Beach Boys – Little Saint Nick
11. Elmo & Patsy – Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
12. Judy Garland – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
13. Harry Simeone Chorale – Little Drummer Boy
14. Eartha Kitt – Santa Baby
15. Josι Feliciano – Feliz Navidad
16. The Chipmunks – The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)
17. John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
18. Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
19. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
20. Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime
21. Brian Setzer Orchestra – Jingle Bells
22. U2 – Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
23. Adam Sandler – Chanukah Song
24. Glenn Miller Orchestra – Auld Lang Syne

[Precious]

A Space came a Travelling - Chris De Burgh.

[tommy28]

Queen-Thank God Its Christmas,


tommy

[joe liquor]

Originally posted by GuessWho
I just made a CD for my boss as part of her Christmas gift from me....

Sheesh! Someone is trying to get a date. :D I haven't kept up on your boss relations lately Guess, but don't you get any crap for brown-nosing from your other co-workers?

Back to the point of the thread....I'm pretty much anti-Christmas music. I'm not a scrooge or anything, but when you worked (my HS days) in a store that had MUZAK for four years I don't see how anyone can like the stuff. Eight hour shifts of Frosty sang by every country performer ever to live with the occasional (once every three days) Boy George song to break the monotony. Ugggh!

[bralph]

What Do You Get A Wookie For Christmas, When He Already Owns a Comb? - Star Wars Christmas Album (and yes, I actually own the album!)

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

Originally posted by Precious
A Space came a Travelling - Chris De Burgh.

Eh a Spaceman Came Travelling - is it not?

And Chris de Burgh - Yikes. I don't know about him, he's odd.

[BadlyDrawnBoy]

GuessWho
Awesome selection of music there, pretty much you have them all.

Although I do like the madonna version of Santa Baby.
U2's - baby please come home is excellent

Mel and Kim - Rockin around the Christmas Tree.

(Mel Smith and Kim Wilde)

And I think my all time Fave is
Chris Rea

Driving Home For Christmas.

[Scott27]

I'm not big on Christmas songs, so I'd have to say

The Night Santa Went Crazy by "Weird Al" Yankovic. :D

[Mafia81RCV]

The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole
Silver Bells by Merle Haggard
Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives
Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms
Anything from Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra

[Mutley Hyde]

The Kinks - Father Christmas

And Peter Gabriel's "Passion" (the soundtrack to Last Temptation of Christ) has always been very "Christmasy" to me.

[GuessWho]

Originally posted by bralph
What Do You Get A Wookie For Christmas, When He Already Owns a Comb? - Star Wars Christmas Album (and yes, I actually own the album!) Don't forget "R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas" with lead vocals by Jon Bon Jovi (when he was still John Bongiovi)

[GuessWho]

Originally posted by BadlyDrawnBoy
GuessWho
Awesome selection of music there, pretty much you have them all.

Although I do like the madonna version of Santa Baby.
Yeah, I agree. I thought of it after I burned the disc and I don't want to do it over. She'll have to live with Eartha :p

[Oliver Clothesoff]

I can't believe no one mentioned "Christmas in Hollis" by Run DMC....

THE best Xmas song ever written.

[bralph]

Originally posted by GuessWho
Don't forget "R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas" with lead vocals by Jon Bon Jovi (when he was still John Bongiovi)

No kidding?!?!? I just listened to this album last weekend, next time I'll have to listen more closely to see if I can tell it's him. That's funny, he should do that song as an encore sometime (not that I'd ever be at a Bon Jovi concert to hear it though).

[GuessWho]

Originally posted by bralph


No kidding?!?!? I just listened to this album last weekend, next time I'll have to listen more closely to see if I can tell it's him. That's funny, he should do that song as an encore sometime (not that I'd ever be at a Bon Jovi concert to hear it though).
If you have the CD, they talk about it in the liner notes. The album was produced by Tony Bongiovi (John's/Jon's) cousin and recorded at his studio. When they needed a young voice, Tony got his 17/18 year old cousin the gig.

[bralph]

Originally posted by GuessWho

If you have the CD, they talk about it in the liner notes. The album was produced by Tony Bongiovi (John's/Jon's) cousin and recorded at his studio. When they needed a young voice, Tony got his 17/18 year old cousin the gig.

Nope. Like I said, I have the ALBUM. Doesn't look like the CD is still in print though. Amazon has a listing, but no purchase option.

[grunter]

"Time of the Season" by The Zombies

Hey, it's kinda ambiguous. I can believe it's a Christmas song if I want.

So there.

[Fielding Mellish]

Christmastime in Hell.

"Hey, Hitler... What's wrong little guy?"

[Iron Chef]

Christmas At Ground Zero - Wierd Al

[Dr. Dean]

"Little Drummer Boy" - Jars of Clay

And now I have to see if I can find the star wars christmas thingy

[Jnuke]

SPINAL TAP - Christmas With the Devil
KING DIAMOND - No Presents for Christmas

[raithen]

Another vote for:

BandAid - Do They Know It's Christmas

-matt

[funstan]

The Little Drummer Boy
Fairytale of New York-The Pogues
Merry Christmas-The Ramones

[slappypete]

Santa Claus has got the aids this year - Tiny Tim

[AtlDVD]

"I Want A guitar for Christmas" by Casper Fandango and Kenny Howes...

On MP3.com >>

http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/2089/2089794.html

[DVDealer]

Mine:

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas Time
The Alarm - Happy Christmas (War is Over)
U2 – Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)
<a href="http://www.holdman.com/bookoflove/xmas/Book_of_Love-We-Three-Kings(vinyl).mp3">Book of Love - We Three Kings</a> (This has never been released and is hard as heck to find. MP3 link here)
Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Enya - Oiche Chiun (Silent Night)
The Cocteau Twins - Winter Wonderland
Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland
Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again
David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy
Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
Pretenders - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Pretenders - 2000 Miles
Sting - Gabriel's Message
Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
Alison Moyet - Coventry Carol
The Payolas - Christmas is Coming
Queen - Thank God It's Christmas
Ramones - Merry Christmas
Madonna - Santa Baby
Dave Edmunds - Run Run Rudolph
Tom Lehrer - A Christmas Carol
The Chipmunks - The Chipmunk Song
The Singing Dogs - Jingle Bells
Cheech and Chong - Santa Claus and His Old Lady
Bob & Doug McKenzie - The Twelve Days of Christmas
Weird Al Yankovic - Christmas at Ground Zero (with new significance, is this still on the "banned" list for radio (at least in NY)?)


For all who want to sample more Christmas tunes while net surfing, MusicMatch has a link <a href="http://holiday.mmguide.musicmatch.com/radio/webradio/holidayskin.cgi">here</a> to their web-based "Christmas radio station" that plays a non-stop stream of Christmas music in your browser (Active-X based, no player necessary).

[Jason]

Barking Dogs - Jingle Bells
Mr. Garrison - Merry F'ing Christmas

I heard some comedy cut of the 12 days of christmas with the items replaced by a bunch of consumer crap like 'a japanese transistor radio'. It's from the 60's or 70's (I think). I have no idea who does it, but it was pretty cool.

[Smidget]

Originally posted by GuessWho
20. Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime


Is my favorite I think, other then the songs from the clay Rudolph :)

[gcribbs]

Rudolph- I liked this song a ton when i was a kid especially

Jingle bells is not too bad either.

frankly i no longer listen to xmas music unless i am forced to.