What is the greatest Christmas song ever?

caly · Post by **caly** » November 27, 2008 10:01 am

Hockey Mon wrote:The 12 Days of Christmas by Bob and Doug McKenzie. Take off, eh.

You like us Canadians, eh?

One that always puts me in the Christmas mood is Feliz Navidad

caly · Post by **caly** » November 27, 2008 10:29 am

2 other songs I love but make me cry uncontrollably are:

Merry Christmas Darling by Karen Carpenter
Candle in the Window by Alabama.

For some reason they make the tears fly and make me think of my Dad and how much I miss him. It's kinda embarrassing if I hear them at work.

pbans · Post by **pbans** » November 27, 2008 10:47 am

caly wrote:2 other songs I love but make me cry uncontrollably are:

Merry Christmas Darling by Karen Carpenter
Candle in the Window by Alabama.

For some reason they make the tears fly and make me think of my Dad and how much I miss him. It's kinda embarrassing if I hear them at work.

Christmas music makes me very sentimental, too......
I'll Be Home for Christmas gets me every time.

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » November 27, 2008 11:25 am

pbans wrote:
caly wrote:2 other songs I love but make me cry uncontrollably are:

Merry Christmas Darling by Karen Carpenter
Candle in the Window by Alabama.

For some reason they make the tears fly and make me think of my Dad and how much I miss him. It's kinda embarrassing if I hear them at work.
Christmas music makes me very sentimental, too......
I'll Be Home for Christmas gets me every time.

Then you two must not hear "Christmas Shoes for Mama". I have the version by Alabama.

It's a weeper.

conched · Post by **conched** » November 27, 2008 11:46 am

caly wrote:2 other songs I love but make me cry uncontrollably are:

Merry Christmas Darling by Karen Carpenter

I love this The Carpenter's Christmas Portrait CD and I had never heard this Karen Carpenter radio promo until yesterday:

The Christmas Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swumb4pO-G8

Part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI5xjOTlKDI

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J70xdSeJt6w

Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9njv2mJEiEM

Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBHgIWqSjf4

Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asrlGBl7R7I

cdnkeywest · Post by **cdnkeywest** » November 27, 2008 12:57 pm

I have 3 "favourites".

1) Let it be Christmas - Alan Jackson

2) White Christmas - Bing Crosby

3) Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby/David Bowie

caly · Post by **caly** » November 27, 2008 2:59 pm

conched wrote:
caly wrote:2 other songs I love but make me cry uncontrollably are:

Merry Christmas Darling by Karen Carpenter
I love this The Carpenter's Christmas Portrait CD and I had never heard this Karen Carpenter radio promo until yesterday:

The Christmas Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swumb4pO-G8

Part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI5xjOTlKDI

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J70xdSeJt6w

Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9njv2mJEiEM

Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBHgIWqSjf4

Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asrlGBl7R7I

Thanks for the links. Just spent the last hour having a Carpenters.....this was your life moment. Sure was a waste losing her to that disease.

pcbfan · Post by **pcbfan** » November 27, 2008 3:18 pm

tikitatas wrote:
pbans wrote:
caly wrote:2 other songs I love but make me cry uncontrollably are:

Merry Christmas Darling by Karen Carpenter
Candle in the Window by Alabama.

For some reason they make the tears fly and make me think of my Dad and how much I miss him. It's kinda embarrassing if I hear them at work.
Christmas music makes me very sentimental, too......
I'll Be Home for Christmas gets me every time.
Then you two must not hear "Christmas Shoes for Mama". I have the version by Alabama. It's a weeper.

Christmas shoes HAS to be the saddest song ever! I can't listen to it.

Conolulu · Post by **Conolulu** » November 27, 2008 3:19 pm

conched wrote:Everyone has such diverse tastes in music, but Christmas songs are so universal...

Probably my personal favorite is O Holy Night. (I'll have to listen to Martina McBride's version, blackjack)

And, Barry, Little Drummer Boy is also one of my favorites and that version by Bowie and Crosby is a "pretty thing...isn't it?"

(thanks for that link)

Nancy?

O Holy Night is one of my very favorites too....I love choirs, and this one, with Mariah Carey and the choir is beautiful...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkAN-LAw4w4

And I don't think it's a Christmas song...But every time I see children singing "Let there be Peace on Earth, and let it begin with me....."?

I sob....

parrothead3282 · Post by **parrothead3282** » November 27, 2008 3:26 pm

Silver Bells by Elvis

pcbfan · Post by **pcbfan** » November 27, 2008 3:27 pm

Conolulu wrote: ...But every time I see children singing "Let there be Peace on Earth, and let it begin with me....."?

I sob....

Vince Gil(?) and his daughter did a good job on that song years ago too

pbans · Post by **pbans** » November 27, 2008 3:36 pm

tikitatas wrote:
pbans wrote:
caly wrote:2 other songs I love but make me cry uncontrollably are:

Merry Christmas Darling by Karen Carpenter
Candle in the Window by Alabama.

For some reason they make the tears fly and make me think of my Dad and how much I miss him. It's kinda embarrassing if I hear them at work.
Christmas music makes me very sentimental, too......
I'll Be Home for Christmas gets me every time.
Then you two must not hear "Christmas Shoes for Mama". I have the version by Alabama. It's a weeper.

See, that one doesn't get me at all.....it's the sneaky ones that are tied to actual memories for me.....I just remember my Mom crying listening to "I'll be home for Christmas" when she was 1000 miles away from her family......

Tequila Revenge · Post by **Tequila Revenge** » November 27, 2008 4:07 pm

The Peanuts Choir singing Hark the Herald Angels Sing from A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Also love the old Andy Williams, Perry Como and Bing Crosby Christmas albums too. Just not the same witout the dust crackle you get on the hi fi.

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » November 27, 2008 4:13 pm

Tequila Revenge wrote:The Peanuts Choir singing Hark the Herald Angels Sing from A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Also love the old Andy Williams, Perry Como and Bing Crosby Christmas albums too. Just not the same witout the dust crackle you get on the hi fi.

Yes, TR . . . all were played each year on the RCA hi-fi when I was growing up, too.

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » November 27, 2008 4:29 pm

conched wrote:Everyone has such diverse tastes in music, but Christmas songs are so universal...

Probably my personal favorite is O Holy Night. (I'll have to listen to Martina McBride's version, blackjack)

And, Barry, Little Drummer Boy is also one of my favorites and that version by Bowie and Crosby is a "pretty thing...isn't it?"

(thanks for that link)

Have to agree with you and Barry...I remember watching the Christmas special when Crosby and Bowie first did the Little Druumer Boy.....it hit me then as a child that 2 people from different generations, who's lives are completely different, can put all of that aside, celebrate Christmas and make beautiful music together. It's has always been one of my fondest Christmas memories and I always tear up when I hear it.

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » November 27, 2008 5:02 pm

Tequila Revenge wrote:The Peanuts Choir singing Hark the Herald Angels Sing from A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Also love the old Andy Williams, Perry Como and Bing Crosby Christmas albums too. Just not the same witout the dust crackle you get on the hi fi.

aahhhhhh those remind me of my grandma!!!! Great classics!

But................... even though i will get flamed for it........... I LOVE Last Christmas by Wham!!!!! I am an 80's girl and that song is a VERY BIG PART of my teenage years!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZhoF9Isf0o

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » November 27, 2008 5:05 pm

Sorry but this is another good 80's one!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jEnTSQS ... re=related

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » November 27, 2008 5:10 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vPfOjAw5Z0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaxDGfA7evA

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MLTGpHv ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=admsz1q9soM

Tequila Revenge · Post by **Tequila Revenge** » November 27, 2008 10:27 pm

tikitatas wrote:
Tequila Revenge wrote:The Peanuts Choir singing Hark the Herald Angels Sing from A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Also love the old Andy Williams, Perry Como and Bing Crosby Christmas albums too. Just not the same witout the dust crackle you get on the hi fi.
Yes, TR . . . all were played each year on the RCA hi-fi when I was growing up, too.

The Hi Fi was AMAZING; TV, stereo, radio, and a beautilful piece of furniture too. You could stack as many records on that turn table that today you need an iPod to have that much music in one place.

Grandma had her Hi FI next to the davenport. Wonder why they quit making davenports?

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » November 28, 2008 6:06 am

We may be hijacking, but is a davenport an armless sofa?