I love Christmas music! I like to listen to it and I love to sing along. I have Christmas albums (the vinyl stuff) and Christmas CDs plus lots of Christmas music in my iTunes. I've been a satellite radio subscriber for a number of years. XM Radio (now Sirius/XM) switches the programming on several of its channels to holiday music this time of year. There's Hanukkah music, Country Christmas, Holiday Pops (Classical), Holly (Contemporary) and my personal favorite, Holiday Traditions (music from the 40s, 50s and 60s). Whether at home or in my car, I can surround myself with holiday music. It's a feast for the ears!
Considering I enjoy most all Christmas music, both sacred and secular, it's really tough to pick just five as favorites. Some songs I prefer specific versions, others I love no matter who is singing. I'll see if I can narrow it down...
1. Do You Hear What I Hear? - This is one I really like by anyone, but Whitney Houston does a nice version of it. I use to sing it year round when I was a little girl. I would ride my bicycle to my aunt's house then ride round and round the tree in the middle of her driveway, singing it at the top of my lungs!
2. White Christmas - Bing Crosby's is the best. Would you believe I've never seen the movie?
3. The Christmas Song - No one can really sing this one like Nat King Cole. I have several versions, but his tops them all.
4. Little Drummer Boy - This didn't become a favorite until I heard Mandisa's upbeat version in concert last year. The drum solo in it is awesome!!
5. Carol of the Bells - Another one that I enjoy by anyone. One of the segments from Claymation Christmas uses this piece.
I won't try to list any runners up. There would be too many!
So.... what are some of your faves?
- Kelly
- Making my way through the ups and downs of life, holding fast to my favorite Bible verse: "For we walk by faith, not by sight." ~2 Corinthians 5:7. I began blogging in earnest at Yahoo360 on October 24, 2005. (briefly using LiveJournal and blog-city prior to that) In June 2008 I moved to Blogger. I'm now at WordPress where I hope to remain.
6 comments:
1. Amazing Grace
2. Silent Night
3. Little Drummer Boy
4. Do They Know It's Christmas (Band Aid)
5. Santa Baby
OK... I tie you on two:
Do You Hear What I Hear
The Christmas Song
here are my next 3:
O Holy Night
Blue Christmas
What Child Is This?
Andrew Sullivan's elves have a list of Depressing songs from You Tube... I might have to post them. Sometimes beautiful but depressing hits its mark, and sometimes it misses....
Oh dear, so many.....as I love Christmas music, too.
O Holy Night
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Ava Maria
O Come All Ye Faithful
What Child is This?
The Prayer (Celine and Andrea)
The Coventry Carol
Believe (Josh Groban from The Polar Express)
This is a difficult one for me...too many to chose from.
1. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
2. I'll be home for Christmas - Bing Crosby or Perry Como
3. Christmas in Dixie - Alabama
4. The Christmas Song = Nat King Cole
5. Winter Wonderland - The Andrews Sisters
Others would include Santa Baby -Ertha Kitt, Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simone Chorale, Merry Xmas - John Lennon, and Adeste Fideles - Luciano Pavarotti, and I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause - "Little" Jimmy Boyd.
Merry Christmas
Sorry, but my most un-favorite Christmas song of all time, forever, is Little Drummer Boy, especially the version by Lou Rawls. I feel badly about this, but I really, really dislike the song and turn it off whenever I hear it.
My favorites are legion, though:
O Holy Night
Grandpa Got Run Over by a Reindeer
Four Seasons' version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town
White Christmas
Carpenters' Merry Christmas Darling
Home for the Holidays
In the Bleak MidWinter
Fum, Fum, Fum
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
O Come All Ye Faithful
Oh dear Kelly, such a difficult one.
In no particular order though my current favourite is Dominick The Donkey. (No suprises there)
It'll Be Lonley This Christmas, Lonley And Cold. (Depressing I know but I love it all the same)
A song by Tubular Bells (or was it Mike Oldfield?) with no lyrics, only music. (I can't remember the name at present so I'll have to get back to you on that one)
I Saw Mother Kissing Santa Clause.
And, carol wise, We Three Kings.
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