Favorite & Least favorite Christmas songs. (1 Viewer)

[Yee-Ming]

And here I thought I was the only numbnut who hated that song!

Doesn't matter who sings it, how it's arranged, I cannot stand the "pah rum pah pum pum"...

 

[Hugh Jackes]

I too despise Little Drummer Boy...except the Chicago version; they found a way to make it cool and hot and the same time.

 

[Hugh Jackes]

Oh and the two standards that I hate more than anything are Barbra Streisand's take on Jingle Bells (it gives me a headache in its manic-ness) and Stevie Nicks' Silent Night (absolutely the wrong song for her voice, it comes out a croak).

My current fave is O Holy Night by the LoveMongers (Heart, without the dudes and gone accoustic).

 

[RafaelB]

This is a great thread!

My all-time favorite is "Do You Hear What I Hear?" by Vanessa Williams

My least favorite is the "Christmas Shoes" song. That thing is so treacly it makes my teeth hurt!

 

[Kevin Hewell]

In the past few years my favorite version of that song has been 98 Degrees on their Christmas album.

 

[DominoDeja]

MARIAH CAREY!

all i want for Christmas is you!

 

[Stan]

Never have seen the commercial, but I absolutely despise the song. Have no idea why, but that song will bring out the Scrooge in me every time.

On ER a few years back, Carter's grandmother provided a Christmas tree for Hathaway's clinic toward the end of the show. They played Gladys Knight singing "Do You Hear What I Hear?". Beautifully done and fit the moment perfectly.

 

[David Hobbes]

"(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - Perry Como
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Cathy Ryan
It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Amy Grant
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree - Amy Grant


An Old Christmas Card - Cahal Dunne (Irish singer from Pgh, Pa.)
some of the most heartwarming lyrics:

There's an Old Christmas Card in an old dusty trunk
And it brings back sweet memories dear to me
'Though it's faded and worn, it's as precious as the morn
When I found it 'neath our first Christmas tree

Chorus:
I thrill with every word, every line
Guess I'm always sentimental 'round this time
Pardon me if a tear falls among my Christmas cheer
It's the memory of an Old Christmas Card

(Recitation)
You know, I don't know why I get to feeling sentimental
About this time, every year
But every time I see a Christmas card,
I somehow can't help reminiscing
About the very first Christmas that you and I spent together
What a beautiful Christmas card you gave me that year
Why I know you must have looked through thousands of cards
To find that wonderful poem that still brings a tear to my eyes


and i do love 'I want a hippo for Christmas"

 

[Mark Leiter]

I cant believe it hasent been listed yet.

Easily my fav Christmas song is;

Carol of the Bells; both the vocal or instrumental versions. I love hearing the new versions that come out every year.

The one I dispise;

That stupid song my John Lennon, "So this is Christmas"?!? YUK

 

[John_Kiger]

Favs: Dean Martin's "Let it Snow"; Eartha Kitt's version of "Santa Baby", (RIP), Carol of the Bells (most performers), old English carols and many others... check out Diana Krall's new Christmas album, can't believe I just discovered her. "Mary's Boy Child" made more playlists this year. I did not like it much before, but I'd like to hear Belafonte doing that one more time. I find that it's not in my collection. Somehow the Carpenters old albums bring back Christmas, even their non-xmas songs. I still like Jose Feliciano's
"Feliz Navidad". Chuck Barry's song about Rudolph. What's that title?

Disgusting: Madonna singing anything. Or performing in any manner, in any media. "Little Drummer Boy", "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (no, I don't theenk so...); Burl Ives' "Holly Jolly Christmas". What a bore. He should stick to "Jimmy Crack Corn" and forget it. Jingle Bells. I was sick of that by second semester Kindergarten. Brenda Lee singing anything. Whew.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Run Rudolph Run (even though that phrase is never once uttered during the sung. Many people mistakenly think the song's title is Run, Run, Rudolph).

Oh. And about Diana Krall, John...I've been singing her praises for years here! That Elvis Costello is one lucky dude! She is ultra-talented...and very easy on the eyes!