Sunday, December 16, 2007

Favorite Winter Holiday Songs

One of my favorite things about the holidays is pulling out my Christmas albums singing along. I also love finding new music, so I'm somewhat selfishly hoping to make some discoveries with this post, and I hope you will too!

1. The Weepies, All That I Want - this is that song that plays during the Old Navy commercials, lame, I know, but it's a really good song.

2. Tracy Chapman, O Holy Night- Most people pull out all the stops for this song, but I just love how her version is so mellow.

3. Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLaughlin, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - this is such a fun song, and I love how they have fun with it.

4. John Denver, What Child is This

5. Oh, Come, Oh Come Emmanuel - these last two are my favorite to sing by myself or with someone else, or to listen to by just about anyone.

31 comments:

Lyman said...

Can't really say I have any specific recordings that I like the most, I'll just list the songs I like:

1. "The Christmas Song"
2. "What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)"
3. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
4. "Little Drummer Boy" (Vince Guaraldi's version is without a doubt my favorite)
5. "I'll Be Home For Christmas"

KHM said...

What a great idea for a Top Five post! You guys are clever!

1. Hands down, no question, O Holy Night gives me chills, knocks me out---doesn't matter whose version (mostly) but it needs to be *holy*.

2. Sleigh Ride -- I can still play the flute part from memory; we played every single year in HS Concert Band (and I rocked that piccolo, too, boy!)

3. Please Come Home for Christmas (The Eagles or Aaron Neville)-- no doubt, I'm a sucker for the holiday romance business...

4. Let There Be Peace -- (and let it begin with me...) a nice affirmation of what its about...

5. Carol of the Bells

I really wanted Joni Mitchell's River (puts Blue Christmas to serious shame...) and Aaron Neville's Bells of St. Mary's to make the list --- and if I ever had to get rid of all but one Christmas album, I'd keep Vince Guaraldi's for its "best all-around" lineup.

Anonymous said...

Here's Mom's Favorites.

1. White Christmas
2. I'll Be Home for Christmas
3. The Christmas Song
4. Sleigh Ride
5. Blue Christmas by Elvis

I basically love them all, but these have lasting memories. The Twelve Days of Christmas has wonderful memories but not really a favorite.

Lyman said...

Who else remembers Mary Walker belting out "FIIIIIVE GOLDEN RIIIINGS!!!!!"?

KHM said...

WORD, Lyman!!! That Aunt Mary--what a woman! Thanks for that. She was many many great things but a singer she was not. Never stopped a single one of us.

kbmulder said...

I will reprise/revise the list I posted on Kathy's blog about Christmas tunes:

1. O Holy Night (sung on Christmas Eve by Donna,our pastor's wife)
2. Silent Night (especially like singing it at our church's Christmas Eve service by candlelight)
3. Mary's Boy Child - Boney M. (you're probably sick of hearing about them!)
4. Breath of Heaven - Amy Grant
5. In the Bleak Midwinter - any choral/orchestral version

clterry said...

I use to have the Chipmunk's Christmas record. I really liked it when I was younger. Wish I still had it to show my kids, who probably don't know what a record is.

1. "Let It Be Christmas" by Alan Jackson
2. "The Christmas Song"
3. "O Holy Night"
4. "Let There Be Peace"
5. "Jingle Bells" by my children, it sound so cute when they say dashing thru the snow.

Anonymous said...

1. (with a bullet). Pearl Bailey - A Five Pound Box of Money
2. Tatsuro Yamashita - Christmas Eve
3. Clarence Carter - Back Door Santa
4. Dale Watson - Santa And My Semi
5. Neil Diamond - Jingle Bell Rock

To me, nothing says christmas like the Diamond.

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