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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhich Christmas carols do you like: Traditional, Twisted, or contemporary or none?
The Traditional songs: Silent Night, Carol of the Bells ETC
Twisted Christmas songs: Bob Rivers Twisted Christmas i.e. 12 Pains of Christmas etc
Contemporary Songs: Last Christmas, All I want for Christmas is you etc
840high
(17,196 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)My church choir does a lot of old English carols, medieval and Renaissance carols, and modern carols composed in the classical style.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)I like Christmas music but I have a low boredom threshold and like to mix things up. I've got everything from The Hallelujah Chorus to blues to Cajun to trad to Sting. And Odetta. And Leon Redbone. And The Pogues. Joan Osborne. Some Japanese thing that my husband gave me that goes on and on and on...
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)I only wish I could hear it, my speakers died.
hermetic
(8,310 posts)antiquie
(4,299 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)and original or very early versions.
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DFW
(54,436 posts)"I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas"
Although the Pogues' "Fairy Tale of New York" was a close second:
eShirl
(18,503 posts)like "merry little christmas"
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Enrico Caruso - Minuit Chrétien - O Holy Night 1916 in original French
Michael Ball here if you want to sing along in English.
HoneychildMooseMoss
(251 posts)Preferably sung by children.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)pipi_k
(21,020 posts)from each category.
But I like rude/twisted the best.
sakabatou
(42,174 posts)Rhythm
(5,435 posts)The traditional pieces i appreciate for their artistry and musical beauty,
especially if well-executed by someone like Josh Groban, the Vienna Boys Choir, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, etc...
The 'contemporary' i enjoy singing along with...
Well, all except for "Christmas Shoes", which makes me want to throw the radio...
(but that's a thread for another day)
And the 'twisted' ones are just fun...
CrawlingChaos
(1,893 posts)Rhythm
(5,435 posts)My usual commentary on it is that the kid's dad needs to be investigated by CPS, because he's letting a kid too young to really understand 'money' run around all alone in the first place...
kwassa
(23,340 posts)I like them hundreds of years old.
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming.