The Holiday music season is officially upon us! ๐ฒ๐
Inspired by the movie thread. What are some of your favorite Xmas songs. Mine are:
HAPPY HOLIDAYS Andy Williams
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY CHRISTMAS Judy Garland
CHRISTMAS TIME TO ME Jordin Sparks
SANTA TELL ME Ariana Grande
MY ONLY WISH Britney Spears
MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING Carpenters
I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Carpenters
MERRY CHRISTMAS (Album) Mariah
HOME ALONE Soundtrack
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS Nsync
SANTA BABY Khia
CHRISTMAS WRAPPING The Waitresses
by Anonymous | reply 36 | December 17, 2019 10:39 PM
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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - The Crystals
by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 29, 2019 1:58 PM
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I've just discovered that Kelly Clarkson covered Imogen Heap's "Just for Now". And, if anything, she improved on it.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 3 | December 8, 2019 10:41 PM
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Thanks for this thread, OP. Your list has a few new things to check out. Here (alphabetically, for no particular reason) are my favorites:
Ave Maria (Gounod) - Leontyne Price
Ave Maria (Schubert) - Nana Mouskouri
Feliz Navidad - Boney M
I'll Be Home for Christmas - Doris Day
Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord - Boney M
O Holy Night - Kiri Te Kanawa
Panis Angelicus - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
The Twelve Days of Christmas - The Muppets
by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 9, 2019 3:33 AM
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Why not just watch a Kathie Lee Gifford Holiday Special?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 8 | December 9, 2019 3:42 AM
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Christmas Island, Leon Redbone.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 9, 2019 3:44 AM
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Marshmallow World -- Darlene Love
by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 9, 2019 3:47 AM
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The Hallelujah Chorus - The Roches
by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 9, 2019 3:48 AM
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Nothing brings me back to my childhood & gives me the Christmas feeling like this album does. Itโs a tradition to play โIโll Be Home With Bells Onโ as we set up the tree
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 12 | December 9, 2019 3:51 AM
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For the gay cholos out there
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 14 | December 9, 2019 3:54 AM
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From the best Christmas album, David Archuleta's Christmas from the Heart.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 15 | December 9, 2019 4:03 AM
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Christmas Waltz, by Frank
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 16 | December 9, 2019 4:37 AM
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Carol for Another Christmas by Henry Mancini.
It was written for a Rod Serling Christmas tv movie and would have been forgotten forever had it not been featured on the WPIX Yule Log, which as a boy growing up in the NYC area was an absolute fixture of Christmas for me.
Itโs the very last song played, I mean before Joy to the World, which also begins the Yule Log.
Itโs poignant and lovely.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 17 | December 9, 2019 4:43 AM
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And for a rousing medieval touch, I love Gaudete. Itโs so cool and really puts you in a medieval frame of mind.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 18 | December 9, 2019 4:51 AM
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Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 19 | December 9, 2019 4:54 AM
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How does Jordin Sparks even exist anymore, her music should be erased from the earth.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 9, 2019 5:57 AM
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"Merry Christmas, Melania" - Still a Great Night
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 21 | December 9, 2019 2:30 PM
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Christmastime for the Jews
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 22 | December 9, 2019 6:15 PM
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Santa Claus is back in town - Elvis Presley
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 23 | December 9, 2019 6:35 PM
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Elvis Presley-Merry Christmas Baby
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 24 | December 9, 2019 6:37 PM
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Alabama - Christmas In Dixie
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 25 | December 9, 2019 6:48 PM
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Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)- Darlene Love
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 26 | December 9, 2019 6:56 PM
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Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 28 | December 9, 2019 7:04 PM
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I DESPISE "Santa Claus is Coming to town". I think it is the worst Christmas song. haha.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | December 10, 2019 12:35 AM
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I Believe in Father Christmas by Greg Lake
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 30 | December 10, 2019 1:37 AM
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R29, Coming from someone with your likes I'll take that as compliment.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | December 10, 2019 1:52 AM
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"Christmas Is Here!" - Donald Trump
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 33 | December 10, 2019 9:47 PM
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I normally find "Jingle Bells" annoying, but I do like this version.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 34 | December 17, 2019 9:24 PM
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"Mistletoe and Holly" and "I'll Be Home For Christmas" - Frank Sinatra
"Silver Bells" and "Toyland" - Doris Day
"The First Snowfall" - Carpenters
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" - Judy Garland
And anything on the "Voices Of Christmas" album by the Voices of Walter Schumann. Released on vinyl in 1955, it finally made a brief appearance on CD in 2007, before disappearing a few years later. On Amazon at the moment, the CD is offered at $249.99 (new, unopened). The LP goes for way less -- but imagine the pops, scratches, and hisses on an LP from 1955! The Amazon customer comments regarding the album are mostly 5-star, and an interesting and sometimes hysterical read.
"The Voices of Christmas" is a blend of familiar holiday tunes ("Frosty the Snowman," "The First Noel," "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "The Christmas Song," etc. and lesser-known tunes ("Christmas in Killarney," "Christmas Chopsticks," "Lully, Lully, Lu," "Christmas Gift," etc. Walter Schumann's main claim to fame is that he composed the "Dum-Da-Dum-Dum" theme for the "Dragnet" TV show.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 35 | December 17, 2019 10:06 PM
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Hey, Santa! by Carnie & Wendy Wilson
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 36 | December 17, 2019 10:39 PM
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