favorite christmas songs

If you could put together (ok, i guess we all can) an album of favorite christmas songs... what would they be?

Let me start off with a few of my faves

Blue Christmas

Pretty Paper

Please Daddy, Don't Get Drunk this Christmas

An Old Christmas Card

I love The Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Especially Wizards in Winter, A Mad Russian's Christmas and Queen of the Winter's Night.

Gee, C, i think you and Aleksander Netsky will have a very merry Christmas

i was sorta thinking along the lines of " little Saint Nick" and " Rocking around the Christmas tree" , but hey, let's all pile in the troika and head for the Dacha!

My son loves the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. I am going to check out Queen of the Winter's Night. As for me, well, I'm not big on Christmas for what it has become. I believe in Christmas for what it was, is, and will be, hopefully. I like songs like "The Little Drummer Boy", "Do You See What I see?". I like alot of the instrumentals. Especially the intrumentals with nature sounds. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen". I am not a "Scrooge", but we all could pay heed to the lesson that Scrooge learned.

Giving gifts at Christmas is nice, but giving of yourself truly is giving. Merry Christmas to all.

By the way, I do believe in Santa.

Ok. I have seen similar videos. Cool.

Nevsky: Are you trying for shock value? If so, grow up and take that garbage elsewhere. If not, then I pity you. It must be terrible to be that depressed. As for music, the original 78rpm recording of Bing Brosby's "White Christmas" gets me every time.

If you're talking more traditional songs I really like Do You Hear What I Hear? and of course The Maine Christmas Song.

Here's a NOT so traditional one...

Bob Marley's Christmas in Maine

Sounds like Mr. Nevsky got coal in his stocking and hasn't recovered...

You know we don't know Nevsky situation. Maybe he couldn't get his kid what he wanted for Christmas. Maybe hes sitting in a lonely poor Russian village. Maybe Nevsky is a true conservative and is still upset about Obama winning the election and its got him down. It could be a number of things so lets not be so quick to judge.................(I mean either that or hes a FREAK!)

Dona Nobis Pacem.........I especially like the Beth Nielson-Chapman acapella version

Pete's sake guys...Nevsky's either a Tom Waits fan or a drunk...either way, he didn't write the song...nor the Russian poem. It's called "Christmas Suck" by Peter Murphy.

Get him some smokes and some bourbon...lol...
best, most depressing Tom Waits is Waltzing Matilda 1972...I think it might be on youtube

oh, can i just say that i really hate it when perfomers (most of them) sing "white christmas" without the wonderful introduction that Mr. Berlin wrote for it.

The sun is shining , the grass is green
The orange and palm trees sway
There's never been such a day
In Beverly Hills, L. A.

But it's December the 24th
And I'm longing to be up north........

Oh ... I'm dreaming.... etc.

Awwww... I love Tom Waits.

He does a great version of "Go Tell It On The Mountain" with the Blind Boys of Alabama.

Other classics:

The Christmas Song - Aaron Neville
The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
Run Run Rudolf - Chuck Berry, Grateful Dead, many others...
Anything sung by the Chipmunks
Hark the Herald Angels Sing - the Peanuts gang
Santa Claus is Coming to Town - BrUUUUUUUUUUUce

OMG- My kids had the Chipmunks Christmas on cassette when they were little- lol, it always got mysteriously lost... I come across it every now and again. I make sure it stays lost... I'm a mean Mom....

Christmas, Christmas time is near
Time for toys and time for cheer
We've been good, but we can't last
Hurry Christmas, hurry fast
Want a plane that loops the loop
Me, I want a hula hoop
We can hardly stand the wait
Please Christmas, don't be late.

Want a plane that loops the loop
I still want a hula hoop
We can hardly stand the wait
Please Christmas, don't be late.
We can hardly stand the wait
Please Christmas, don't be late.


Honestly, how can anyone resist this??

ok, maybe after the 329840938430948th time....

Oh, I got to hear Alvin and the Chipmunks tonight! How can you get sick of that song? Went to the Love Came Down at Christmas concert at the Colisee in Lewiston tonight. Beautiful music, beautiful singing - my favorite is always Ode to Joy, but I love all of it...even Bruce...lol Oh yeah, don't forget John Lennon So This is Christmas

Mean spirited- Oh Little Town of Bethlehem, your fire department sucks and you won't get EMS !

sociopathic - God Rest Ye Merry Selectmen

My daughter said this one to me last week...Mom, I'm telepathetic.
Me: Really? What's that?
My daughter: It's when I can tella your pathetic

She's grounded.