Favourite "Holiday" songs

All I Want for Christmas is You
Josh Groban's version of O Holy Night
Christmas Canon Rock

Edited by vball03umd 2010-12-21 8:08 AM

Birthday of a King. I got a chance to play that one on a flugel horn on Christmas Day at my church my senior year. Not an easy one to play.

I love ALLof it. I am a holiday music slut. I have 30-some christmas CDs ranging from Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics; Christmas in the Stars (yes, Star Wars); Elmo and Patsy; and Jingle Cats...to Chirstmas With Elvis (one of several), Motown Holiday Classics, A Glorious Gospel Christmas; Classic Country Christmas (quite a few of those); Classic Christmas (Bing, Frank, etc.)... and on and on and on and on.

My favorite songs... tough one, but...Blue Christmas (by Elvis is the best); Thank God It's Christmas (Queen); and O Holy Night.

Wait...I will say, The Christmas Shoe song should be abolished from this earth. That is my ONLY complaint with 24/7 holiday music.

Merry Christmas Baby - Ottis Redding

Brian Setzer Orchestra - Nutcracker Suite
Whirling Dirvishes - You're a mean on Mr. Grinch
Baby it's cold outside. I like most versions, but my current favorite is the one on the Elf soundtrack with Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone.

Edited by graceful_dave 2010-12-21 9:11 AM

We have similar tastes.  I like O Holy Night and Christmas Canon Rock, too. 

Right now I have the Trans Siberian Orchestra Christmas Trilogy CD blasting in my lab. 

We have similar tastes.  I like O Holy Night and Christmas Canon Rock, too. 

Right now I have the Trans Siberian Orchestra Christmas Trilogy CD blasting in my lab. 

My favorite.
Transiberian Orchestra  Wizards in Winter

Hard to beat this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kJ8kE5Kf3g

"Jingle Bells" but only the Jingle Cats version. puts me in peals of irrepressible, drooling, screaming mirth every time. i have no idea why, as i don't like cats, i certainly don't like meowing, and not a big fan of 'jingle bells' either.

"Grandma got run over by a reindeer"

Please Come home for Christmas - Eagles

While not a fan of the original tune 'Twelve Days of Christmas', I simply cannot get enough of the mashed-up version of the song done by Straight No Chaser.  All a capella, and mixed with Toto?  I mean, c'mon, it doesn't get much better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8
 

Their Christmas Can-Can is also quite good.

This one was introduced to me last year, and it instantly went onto my favorites list. They've got another one -- Who Spiked the Eggnog -- that's a lot of fun as well.

I love that version!  I heard it for the first time this year on one of my Pandora stations, and immediately made it a station of its own.

"Father Christmas" - the Kinks
"I Won't Be Home For Christmas" - Blink 182

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Carol of The Bells
Angels We Have Heard On High

Good choices.

"Happy Christmas"-John Lennon. Celine Dion should be hunted down and shot for remaking this.

"I believe in Father Christmas"-Emerson, Lake and Palmer

I have both of those full-length albums. Yes, yes indeed, both Elmo and Patsy AND the Jingle Cats have albums, all to themselves.

I love the Carol of the Bells.

Also forgot this cheesy 80's christmas song I love
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping