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[johnny_park]

U2 - Christmas (Baby, please come home)

http://youtu.be/XiSPNaQNGOY

 

[flyover]

This whole album is incredible.I really like Harry Connick Jr.'s christmas album and pretty much anything with a rock or piano jazz inspired feel

Yes. I generally don't like Christmas music (other than Guaraldi), but Connick's "When My Heart Finds Christmas" album is fantastic.

 

[teruterubozu]

I have 2 Harry Connick Xmas CDs we ran into the ground. My wife and I agreed to stash away Harry and Kenny G for awhile. We couldn't take it anymore.

 

[mclem]

Simon's weirdly hunchbacked.

 

[Master Nairb]

Johnny Mathis - Merry Christmas

That is all

 

[Anastasia]

Easily "the Christmas song" otherwise known as "chestnuts roasting". There's nothing else that gets me in the holiday spirit. It HAS to be sung by nat king cole though.

Yep, this is it. This has always been *the* Christmas song for me (specifically the Nat King Cole version).

 

[zyxwvu4321]

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

This for me as well.

 

[NEOPARADIGM]

Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas

Johnny Mathis - What Child Is This

The Ray Conniff Singers - Ring Christmas Bells

 

[Where's my goat?]

O Holy Night always gets me. I don't really have a preference who sings it.

Definitely this. I'm not a Christian anymore but this song still gets to me. It reminds me of the feeling I would get when leaving Christmas Eve mass at night and how everything felt still and peaceful.

My favorite version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5MpQsLJvOw

 

[Escape Goat]

Carol of the Bells and Silent Night (preferably sung by Josh Groban and/or Faith Hill).

 

[Beaniedude]

I always enjoyed a good old fashioned song from Tripod:
I was the Only Shepard

 

[John Dunbar]

The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York

 

[Dr Prob]

SLEIGH RIDE!

 

[nacimento]

John Lennon's Christmas

 

[Cryolemon]

Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARq6uYSsUq0

I like that too.

I'm generally pretty cynical (about everything really lol) so I like songs like that, or that are subversive of the Christmas spirit (Fairytale of New York falls into that category). Others that do too:

That'll be Christmas by Thea Gilmore: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qQAE794uvo

December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas) by George Micheal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-xzyD00_fI

 

[Batigol]

Love me some Wham

 

[Escape Goat]

Any Christmas song by E.S. Posthumus is guaranteed to rock.

 

[acheron_xl]

The only one I think is any good is The Pretenders - 2000 Miles.

I also have a soft spot for Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmastime, even though the rest of humanity seems to loathe it. The in your face synth really appeals to me.

Every other holiday song can get fucked.

 

[ThisWreckage]

The Phil Spector Christmas album is all you really need.

 

[Chainsawkitten]

Only tolerable Christmas albums:

Low - Christmas
:Of the Wand & the Moon: - It's Like Dying on Christmas Day

 

[Dishwalla]

I like most Christmas songs, except for stupid shit like "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."

 

[TasTokyo]

I've always been really fond of Christmas Time by The Darkness. I guess because I was in high school when it came out. I think it's a good one though.

Also Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody. That's just a classic. I wish it could be Christmas Everyday by Wizzard is also awesome. Basically Glam/Hard Rockers make the best Christmas songs lol.

 

[Topsu]

I only like Finnish Christmas songs.

 

[Don't Laugh]

my fave is TSO

 

[Oozer3993]

Songs:

Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
Johnny Mathis - Sleigh Ride
Andy Williams - Happy Holiday
It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Andy Williams or Johnny Mathis)
Christmas Bells - Andy Williams
Barbara Streisand - Jingle Bells?
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
Johnny Mathis - Frosty The Snowman
Johnny Mathis - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
O Holy Night (Josh Groban or NSYNC)
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas
NSYNC - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
Last Christmas (Wham or Taylor Swift)
Thurl Ravenscroft - You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Trans Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus and Lucy
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time
Gene Autry - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer

Albums:

Taylor Swift - Sounds of the Season

Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song

Andy Williams - Personal Christmas Collection

Hanson - Snowed In

Any of Johnny Mathis' Christmas albums. The man is the patron musical saint of Christmas.

 

[Tabris]

Bumping (if you don't mind mods as I was planning to post the same thread)!

I have to say except for the classic All I want for Christmas by Mariah Carrey, I am really loving this song...

Michael Buble - Christmas (Baby Come Home)

Trying to get more ideas of Christmas songs to buy on iTunes. It's snowing in Vancouver so I am in a huge Xmas songs mood now.

EDIT - I didn't realize there was a U2 version! I guess original? It sounds possibly better. Damn it. I already bought the Michael Buble version.