Dec 9- QotD- Favorite Christmas song?
 

I was checking out the Billboard music charts and noticed they have a section devoted to top Christmas songs! So, it got me to thinking- what is your favorite Christmas song? And your least favorite Christmas song?

Here is a list by Billboard to give you some ideas-

A Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee
Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) by Nat King Cole
All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey
Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano
It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Last Christmas by Wham!
Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band-Aid
Wonderful Christmas Time by Paul McCartney
White Christmas by Bing Crosby
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer by Gene Autry
Christmas Canon by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas by Bing Crosby
Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson
Please Come Home For Christmas by the Eagles
Jingle Bell Rock by Daryl Hall and John Oates
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by Carpenters
O Holy Night by Josh Groban
Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season by Andy Williams
Winter Wonderland by Amy Grant
The Little Drummer Boy by The Harry Simeone Chorale
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town by Bruce Springsteen

obviously this isn't a comprehensive list, and feel free to pick your favorite if it's on this list or not!

Driving home for Christmas - Chris Rea
stop the cavalry - Jona Lewie
my faves :)

My current favorites list changes from year to year but these two are always on it

Lord of the Dance - Blackmore's Night
Oh Come All Ye Faithful - Twister Sister

I love pretty much everything on both of these albums actually

favorites:

Mary Did You Know by Kathy Mattea
A Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives
All I Want For Christmas Is You by Vince Vance and the Valiants
It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams
It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas by Bing Crosby
Believe by Josh Groban
O Holy Night by Josh Groban
Frosty the Snowman by The Ronettes

Just about all of Harry Connick Jr's When My Heart Finds Christmas album


What I can't stand:
Wonderful Christmas Time by Paul McCartney...couldn't Mr. Beatle come up with some lyrics for this?
Dominick the Donkey....heard it for the first time last year and hope it's the last

The Little Drummer Boy is my favorite... I don't really even care who sings it. lol.

Run run rudolph by luke bryan.
Baby its cold outside by lady antebellum
Anything off Brad paisley's christmas album

Breathe of Heaven - Amy Grant
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel by enya
Peace, Peace on Earth with Silent Night... makes me cry EVERY SINGLE TIME! :blink:
Silent Night - Mannheim Steamroller

My all time favorite Christmas song since I was a child:
Iiiiiiiiii Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas! :thumbup:

It cheers me up every time I hear it. :)

Oh Come All Ye Faithful. Preferably Perry Como, but I don't really care who sings it. :)

Anything sung by Julie Andrews. :wub: I have an old Firestone LP of her singing carols that we got from the Firestone dealer when I was a kid, and it has always been my favorite!

I don't listen to Christmas music, but if you are singing Christmas Caroles, I like Silent Night, Joy to the World and I'm drawing a blank on the other song, will come back and post when I remember.

My favorite is ...

It's Christmas in Kansas City (absolutely LOVE this song)

I also like All I Want for Christmas is You ... it's a male voice ... don't know who sings it... if someone knows who ... please share!

...can't think of one I'd turn off ...

LOL I just did a layout of my Christmas carols playlist. Here're a few I like:

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams
Jingle Bell Rock by Elvis
Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Frank Sinatra
Dream a Dream by Charlotte Church
O Holy Night by Il Divo
O Come All Ye Faithful by the Vienna Boys Choir
... and I am *really* loving the She & Him Christmas album :)

Lots of favorites,

Don't Save it All For Christmas Day - Celine Dion
Go Tell It on the Mountain - Garth Brooks
Let's Be Naughty (& save santa a trip) - Gary Allan
The Man with the Bag - LeeAnn Womack
My Favorite Things & Up On Santa Claus Mountain - Lorrie Morgan
Labor of Love - Randy Travis
One Child, One Day - Reba
O Come, O come, Emmanual - Third Day
A Christmas To Remember - Amy Grant
Do you hear what I hear? -
Away in a Manger -

I love Christmas music! So hard to choose!

My very favorite Christmas song is Mary, Did You Know?

Some other faves:

Baby, it's cold outside
Please Come Home For Christmas


My most-hated least-favorite makes-my-ears-bleed song this time of year is The Christmas Song. UGH. I hate freakin' chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Seriously.... my hatred of this song is completely unnatural because it's so over-the-top. LOL

O Holy Night
or
Carol of the Bells

My favorite song is 'Family Tree' by Dave Barnes closely followed by 'All I Want for Christmas Is You,' 'Baby, It's Cold Outside,' and 'Do You Hear What I Hear?'

My favorite carol is 'O Holy Night.'

I love Grandma Got Runover By a Reindeer. My dad would sing and play it on his guitar when we were younger.

Other faves:
All I Want For Christmas by Mariah Carey
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Baby It's Cold Outside - the Zoe Deschanel version from the Elf soundtrack

I don't like it either :D

Another that I really love is Whitney Houston's version of Do You Hear What I Hear

And Sharon, I've never heard of that. Ever. You'll have to link it up.

This. Word for word. :)

And I love pretty much anything Mannheim Steamroller too.

Michael Buble' has that song on his new album. He sings it like a ballad instead of the hiphop way that Mariah Carey sings it. Here it is on YouTube.

Hee - that's one of my favorites to play on the piano. :)

I too LOVE Mary, Did You Know? (and I bet you like the Clay Aiken version too?! ;) ) The line "when you kissed your little baby, you kissed the face of God" Wow - makes me cry about every time.

favorite: any instrumental only carol of the bells
least: everything else. :p

Top 5 favorites:
Oh Holy Night (Josh Grobin or Martina McBride)
Little Drummer Boy (doesn't matter who sings it)
Do You Hear What I Hear (Bing Crosby is my fave version, but anyone is fine)
Carol of the Bells (Trans Siberian Orchestra version is my ultimate fave of this one)
Mary Did You Know (Michael English or Kathy Mattea versions)
Oh....as a bonus, we also totally love the 12 Redneck Days of Christmas by Jeff Foxworthy, lol

Christmas song I do NOT like-Blue Christmas. I don't know why, it just annoys me, lol

Just a few of my favs:

1. The Christmas Song (specifically Amy Grant's Version) :o sorry Libby...
2. Carol of the Bells (from the Home Alone soundtrack and by the Celtic Women)
3. "Linus and Lucy" song by the Vince Guaraldi Trio (and all of his music in A Charlie Brown Christmas)
4. "Mary Did You Know" by Kenny Rogers and Wynonna Judd
5. "Silent Night" by Sarah McLachlan

Least favorites:
The song about the christmas shoes... not sure why but it bugs me I think it's overplayed on the radio.
"Wonderful Christmas Time" by Paul McCartney. Can't believe this is a Billboard top Christmas song.
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" by John Lennon & Yoko Ono. Yoko just can. not. sing.

Favorite: White Christmas sung by Bing Crosby, preferably the version from Holiday Inn but I settle for the White Christmas/album version. The distance second is Michael Buble's version. I also love Carol of the Bells, but the version sung by Boy's Choir that was on a West Wing episode.

Least: Any version or variation of Last Christmas. Makes me silently scream or sometimes out loud too.

Favorites:
Dominick The Donkey (sorry Stacy! =))
¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?
White Christmas
All Alone On Christmas

My favorite is A Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives! It always gets me in a happy Christmas mood.