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  • #16
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    • #17
      Anything TSO!!! WOOO! (sorry just saw them, and I am such a sucker for Pachebel's Canon....their Christmas Canon is great)

      A good version of "O, Holy Night" (I am not religious, but the "fall on your knees" part sends happy chills down my spine if done right....lovely)

      Hallelujah Chorus (played in orchestra....loved seeing people leap to their feet as the first notes played)

      Anything Jingle Cats

      Xmas in East Haven (come on CT peeps, you know what I mean )

      I HATE that shoe song
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      • #18
        Almost all of my Christmas albums contain religious music, many of which are instrumental and those that are not are of medieval/rennaissance choral groups.
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        • #19
          F*** Christmas - Fear
          Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
          Father Christmas - The Kinks

          Seriously though probably my favorite song is the Nutcracker Suite. A close second is this CD I have called "Christmas Returns to Moscow" by one of the Red Army Choruses. 12 Days of Christmas with a Russian accent FTW.

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          • #20
            Oh, my. There are lots! I love Christmas music even though it's not strictly my holiday.

            Silver Bells, Do You Hear What I Hear, 12 Days of Christmas, Deck The Halls, Hark the Herald Angels Sing (it isn't the holidays for me until I hear the Peanuts gang yell "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!"), When a Child is Born, In The Deep Midwinter, anything Loreena McKennitt does; and I do like Santa Baby, the one sung by Eartha Kitt (hey a girl's gotta have some fun!)

            Medieval stuff like the Boar's Head Carol; Here We Come a-Wassailing (various versions); The Holly & The Ivy; I Believe in Father Christmas by Emerson, Lake & Palmer;

            And one of my all-time faves, At The Turning of the Year by Anne Hills, Priscilla Herdman & Cindy Mangsen. That song makes me cry every time I listen to it. Seriously, check it out, it's awesome.
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            • #21
              Anything off Loreena Mckennitt's The Winter Garden Cd.

              God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen is on that. Also, I really love her The Mummer's Dance, which I think is on her Book of Secrets CD (I think)

              The Hallelujah Chorus is a favorite. And I love Medieval carols.

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              • #22
                Every year my favorites are always the crooners. It just ain't Christmas without Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Andy Williams. And OF COURSE, the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
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                • #23
                  My "Have a Very Bass Christmas" CD.
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                  • #24
                    Oh Holy Night is one of my favorites. I also love Carol of the Bells and What Child is This.
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                    • #25
                      TSO, definitely. We have The Lost Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve And Other Stories and the DVD of The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve. Beautiful, beautiful stuff.

                      I love the Bing Crosby / David Bowie duet on "The Little Drummer Boy". I have all kinds of Christmas CDs, including Celtic and other instrumentals, rock Christmas songs (like "Christmas [Baby Please Come Home] by U2, "Winter Wonderland" by Annie Lennox, etc.) and others that you never hear on store Muzak.

                      Yes, I do own the Dr. Demento Christmas CD. My favorite tracks include Cheech & Chong's "Santa Claus and His Old Lady" and Bob and Doug McKenzie's version of "12 Days Of Christmas". Yes, I'm weird, your point being?
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                      • #26
                        Count me in as another TSO fan. Have all the albums, but haven't seen them live. Yet. I'm particularly fond of A Mad Russians Christmas, An Angel Came Down, and Old City Bar.

                        I'm also really fond of the Gary Hoey Christmas tunes.

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                        A good version of "O, Holy Night" (I am not religious, but the "fall on your knees" part sends happy chills down my spine if done right....lovely)
                        Oooh, yeah, I love that part.

                        As for songs, count me in for being a huge fan of Carol of the Bells. Also Ding Dong Merrily on High and Away In a Manger.

                        Otherwise, I enjoy quite a few holiday songs, but there are quite a few I would be happy to never hear again. For example, I can't stand Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, and never could, although I'll allow the Cyndi Lauper version.

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                        • #27
                          "I'm getting nuttin' for Christmas." Particularly Relient K's version.
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                          • #28
                            Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade

                            Quite simply the best christmas song ever.
                            Last edited by Gibbo; 12-04-2010, 02:57 AM.

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                            • #29
                              I have a new band I discovered because of this thread.

                              I went looking for different versions of "O Holy Night" because it's one of my all-time favorites, and there's a version by BarlowGirl. The vocals are pretty typical for the song (and quite well-sung), but it has a rock edge to it that makes it really stand out.

                              In case you want to hear it yourself:
                              O Holy Night at Grooveshark

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                              • #30
                                Did I mention Have a Very Bass Christmas yet this year?
                                Unseen but seeing
                                oh dear, now they're masquerading as sane-KiaKat
                                There isn't enough interpretive dance in the workplace these days-Irv
                                3rd shift needs love, too
                                RIP, mo bhrionglóid

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