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It's that time of year, I was wondering what everyone's favorite Christmas songs by what artists or albums are liked, personally my favorite is the Time Life Christmas album, it's got well 'known Xmas songs by different artists, who more or less put a mark on certain songs, like for instance "White Xmas" by Bing Crosby, "The Christmas Song" by Nat King Cole, here's some others.
Let It Snow, Let It Snow-Dean Martin.
Little Saint Nick-Beach Boys.
Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy-Crosby/Bowie.
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town-Bruce Springsteen.
Run Rudolph Run-Chuck Berry/Keith.
Feliz Navidad-Jose Feliciano.
Jingle Bell Rock-Bobby Helms.
Rocking Around The Xmas Tree- Brenda Lee.
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Xmas-Perry Como.
Have Yourself A Merry Little Xmas-Judy Garland.
Frosty The Snowman-Gene Autry.
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer-Gene Autry.
This is just a few, oh yes, Blue Xmas by Elvis, this is considered the top 10 Xmas albums, I don't agree with some, but here is a link.
http://oldies.about.com/od/buyersguides/tp/toptenxmascds.htm

Last year i became a big fan of Dylan's Little Drummer Boy...
A guilty pleasure is Christmas Rapping by The Waitresses
Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC was fun for the times...
and the worst is
that stupid chipmunk song where Alvin sing " A Hula-Hoop"...once that one gets
into my head, it's there until february

Everybody else can go home now! And for me, Christmas doesnt start until I hear Darlene Love's version of Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Springsteen's version of 'Merry Christmas Baby' is far better than his cover of 'Santa Claus is Comin' To Town'.

Elvis' bluesy rendition of 'Merry Christmas Baby' however is one of the greatest things he ever recorded.

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

John Lennon....So This Is Christmas.....hands down

I always like the soundtrack to Charlie Brown Christmas.
Movies- I really like The Polar Express'
I'd like to nominate Fred Claus for best use of Stones in a Christmas movie.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy does a great version of Mr. Heatmiser from the old Rankin/Bass special Year Without A Santa Claus

100 Greatest Contemporary Christmas Songs

1 White Christmas Bing Crosby
2 The Chipmunk Song The Chipmunks
3 Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry
4 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Jimmy Boyd
5 Jingle Bell Rock Bobby Helms
6 The Christmas Song Nat King Cole
7 Snoopy's Christmas The Royal Guardsmen
8 Here Comes Santa Claus Gene Autry
9 Little Drummer Boy Harry Simeone Chorale
10 Donde Esta Santa Claus Augie Rios
11 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Brenda Lee
12 You're All I Want For Christmas Brook Benton
13 Baby's First Christmas Connie Francis
14 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Bruce Springsteen
15 Home For The Holidays Perry Como
16 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Four Seasons
17 Do They Know It's Christmas Band Aid
18 Happy Christmas (War is Over) John Lennon and Yoko Ono
19 May You Always Harry Harrison
20 Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer Elmo and Patsy
21 Jingle Bell Rock Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell
22 Jingle Bells Singing Dogs
23 Frosty the Snowman Gene Autry
24 Merry Christmas Darling The Carpenters
25 Little St. Nick The Beach Boys
26 Please Come Home For Christmas Charles Brown
27 It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas Perry Como & The Fontaine Sisters
28 Feliz Navidad José Feliciano
29 Santa Baby Eartha Kitt
30 Do You Hear What I Hear Bing Crosby
31 Blue Christmas Elvis Presley
32 Run Rudolph Run Chuck Berry
33 (Sleep in Heavenly Peace) Silent Night Barbra Streisand
34 Nuttin' for Christmas Barry Gordon
35 Wonderful Christmastime Paul McCartney
36 Step Into Christmas Elton John
37 The Christmas Waltz Frank Sinatra
38 All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth Spike Jones
39 Please Come Home For Christmas The Eagles
40 Amen The Impressions
41 Monsters' Holiday Bobby 'Boris' Pickett
42 Holly Jolly Christmas Burl Ives
43 Give Love on Christmas Day The Jackson Five
44 Dominick, The Italian Christmas Donkey Lou Monte
45 White Christmas The Drifters
46 It's Christmas Everywhere Paul Anka
47 Gee Whiz, It's Christmas Carla Thomas
48 Christmas Dragnet Stan Freberg & Daws Butler
49 Sleigh Ride - (Instrumental) Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops
50 Pretty Paper Roy Orbison
51 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Darlene Love
52 If It Doesn't Snow on Christmas Gene Autry
53 What Christmas Means To Me Stevie Wonder
54 Marshmallow World Dean Martin
55 Winter Wonderland Aretha Franklin
56 Merry, Merry Christmas Baby Margo Sylvia & The Tuneweavers
57 Frosty the Snowman The Ronettes
58 Christmas Auld Lang Syne Bobby Darin
59 Jingle Bells (Instrumental) Booker T and The MG's
60 Silver Bells Johnny Mathis
61 Merry Christmas All Denise Montana
62 Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer The Melodeers
63 Santa Claus is Coming To Town The Crystals
64 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Frank Sinatra
65 Sleigh Ride The Ventures
66 The Most Wonderful Time of The Year Andy Williams
67 Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy David Bowie and Bing Crosby
68 Winter Wonderland Darlene Love
69 Happy Holidays Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme
70 Kissin' By The Mistletoe Aretha Franklin
71 The Man With All The Toys The Beach Boys
72 The Twelve Days of Christmas Ray Conniff Singers
73 Here Comes Santa Claus Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans
74 We Need A Little Christmas Percy Faith Orchestra
75 Last Christmas George Michael & Wham
76 Silent Night The Temptations
77 We Wish You The Merriest Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra
78 White Christmas Darlene Love
79 Santa Claus Is Watching You Ray Stevens
80 This Christmas Donny Hathaway
81 A Christmas Long Ago The Echelons
82 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Dean Martin
83 Sleigh Ride The Ronettes
84 Mistletoe and Holly Frank Sinatra
85 It's Christmas Once Again Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
86 'Twas The Night Before Christmas Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians
87 This Time of Year Brook Benton
88 Parade of The Wooden Soldiers The Crystals
89 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Dion
90 Chrissy, The Christmas Mouse Debbie Reynolds & Donald O'Connor
91 Marshmallow World Darlene Love
92 Christmas Serenade Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge
93 Christmas Ain't Christmas The O'Jays
94 You're My Christmas Present Jimmy Beaumont & The Skyliners
95 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus The Ronettes
96 I Believe in Father Christmas Greg Lake
97 Someday At Christmas Stevie Wonder
98 Merry Christmas Baby Otis Redding
99 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Frank Sinatra & Cyndi Lauper
100 Bells of St. Mary Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/music0_christmas.html

gimmekeef wrote on Dec 7^th, 2010 at 12:28pm:

John Lennon....So This Is Christmas.....hands down

''Happy Xmas (War is Over)" maybe? ;D

Gazza wrote on Dec 7^th, 2010 at 1:45pm:

gimmekeef wrote on Dec 7^th, 2010 at 12:28pm:

John Lennon....So This Is Christmas.....hands down

''Happy Xmas (War is Over)" maybe? ;D

Works for me.....I'm no Beatle expert mate!..but love that song.......lol

Springsteen's version of 'Merry Christmas Baby' is far better than his cover of 'Santa Claus is Comin' To Town'.

"Sigh"
Again this year Gazza you have it wrong. NOTHING is beter than Santa Claus is Coming to Town. he pure unadulterated fun of the song is just awesome. Merry Christmas baby is nice as well. However the best original Chrsitmas song with the most original imaginative lyrics (unfortunately I can't find a decent youtube video of it) is this Bruce Cockburn song The Cry of a Tiny Babe:

Mary grows a child without the help of a man
Joseph get upset because he doesn't understand
Angel comes to Joseph in a powerful dream
Says "God did this and you're part of his scheme"
Joseph comes to Mary with his hat in his hand
Says "forgive me I thought you'd been with some other man"
She says "what if I had been - but I wasn't anyway and guess what
I felt the baby kick today"
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
The child is born in the fullness of time
Three wise astrologers take note of the signs
Come to pay their respects to the fragile little king
Get pretty close to wrecking everything
'Cause the governing body of the whole land
Is that of Herod, a paranoid man
Who when he hears there's a baby born King of the Jews
Sends death squads to kill all male children under two
But that same bright angel warns the parents in a dream
And they head out for the border and get away clean
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe
There are others who know about this miracle birth
The humblest of people catch a glimpse of their worth
For it isn't to the palace that the Christ child comes
But to shepherds and street people, hookers and bums
And the message is clear if you've got ears to hear
That forgiveness is given for your guilt and your fear
It's a Christmas gift you don't have to buy
There's a future shining in a baby's eyes
Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption

I have a soft spot for Judy Garland's "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Dec 7^th, 2010 at 2:06pm:

Springsteen's version of 'Merry Christmas Baby' is far better than his cover of 'Santa Claus is Comin' To Town'.

"Sigh"
Again this year Gazza you have it wrong.

I dont. Its my opinion - so.. it's right... [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

I'm not a fan of holiday songs. I like the DBT song mrs. Claus kimono. That's about it.

It's just not my cup of tea.

Favourite album: Jorma Kaukonen's "Christmas"

BTW, 100% Jerry approved... and in advance Jerry Christmas to all of you believers or not

Best Songs:

Patti Smith - White Christmas
Robert Fripp - Silent Night a'la Frippertronics
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Nutrocker, I believe in father x-mas, Humbug and Troika
John Lennon - The above mentioned

Bingo wrote on Dec 7^th, 2010 at 8:12pm:

Yes! :) The Vince Guaraldi Trio...:)

And Judy Garland's version of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" from "Meet Me In St. Louis".

Oh, there are more.....but those are supreme. :)

I'm with Gazza on this one - what an album that is!

Personally, it doesn't have to be December for me to enjoy Darlene Love's Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Oh, you can't whack a bit of Noddy Holder and Wizzard to get us Brits in the mood!

Phil Spector's album and John Lennon's song are tops for me, but I also love Otis Redding's version of "Merry Christmas, Baby".
Brainy

I'd love to hear Patti Smith's version of "White Christmas."

Jingle Bells
Batman Smells
Robin Laid an Egg
The Batmobile Lost a Wheel
And Joker got away

it's not really Christmas till I hear this!

http://www.youtube.com/embed/MUELu8o5KJg

Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOe18JcatZo

The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwHyuraau4Q

The Polar Express is just magical during the Holidays.

U2 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCoZB4L8Kbs

Father Christmas - The Kinks
Another Christmas Song - Jethro Tull
Happy Christmas War Is Over - John

Chipmunks rule!

:smilebrian

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I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas. Bing Crosby, classic nostalgia, brings me back to my chidhood.

Bitch wrote on Dec 10^th, 2010 at 7:55pm:

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas. Bing Crosby, classic nostalgia, brings me back to my chidhood.

And that would be Andy Williams for me. :) After all....."It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year". ;D

Barbra Streisand had a marvelous Christmas album in the 60's. It's still in print. That takes me back as well....

Cyndi Lauper has a fun Christmas album. And, I like the Moody Blues' December album.

I have always loved the Bing Crosby/David Bowie version of Little Drummer Boy and Peace on Earth. I remember seeing Bing's Christmas special and was so impressed that he had Bowie on the show, considering how conservative he was. Bowie was considered pretty outrageous for the day. They sang beautifully together. I was finally able to find it on a compilation Christmas album. Still think it's one of the best I have heard.

Gemmie wrote on Dec 10^th, 2010 at 11:46pm:

Here is the Bing Crosby/David Bowie duet, amazing quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiXjbI3kRus

A Christmas Gift For You is on the i-Pod right now afterwards it'll be Elvis' Christmas Album. It doesn't get much better than I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) and Winter Wonderland. :willya

Zack wrote on Dec 10^th, 2010 at 1:35pm:

Chipmunks rule!

:smilebrian

Yes they do Zack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dnrosVyamY

Stevie Nicks W/Tom Petty. Never heard this one before tonight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACWbyemV-F4&feature=related

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