# Favourite Christmas song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 17, 2012, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288 "2012-12-17T08:47:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/1 "2012-12-17T08:47:17Z")
[My favourite Christmas song is White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNvZqpa-7Q) Funny, intelligent and sentimental. What’s yours? ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/2 "2012-12-17T09:12:06Z")
Shoulda posted this in IMHO even though its more of a MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/3 "2012-12-17T09:18:38Z")
_Silent Night_ and _The First Noel_ are my two favorites. If I had to pick just one it would be _The First Noel_. ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/4 "2012-12-17T12:44:59Z")
Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses. Linus & lucy by Vince Guaraldi Trio (tie) ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/5 "2012-12-17T12:53:15Z")
[The Promise](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWD84K8nwjA) by Michael W. Smith. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/6 "2012-12-17T12:54:31Z")
Fairytale of New York by the Pogues and Kristy MacColl [The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrAwK9juhhY) I am also partial to any one of several versions of The Christmas Song [Sammy Davis Jr. - The Christmas Song - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPmLR1ZCLEk) And the Carol of the Bells [carol of the old ones - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ftld7Ohojg) And I have many Bob Rivers tunes on my seasonal playlist. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/7 "2012-12-17T14:30:17Z")
Kill the turkeys ducks and chickens Mix the punch - drag out the Dickens Even though the prospect sickens Brother - here we go again Tom Lehrer, A Christmas Carol ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/8 "2012-12-17T14:45:00Z")
None of them. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/9 "2012-12-17T14:47:20Z")
> [@antechinus](#): > > Shoulda posted this in IMHO even though its more of a MPSIMS. Actually, Cafe Society. 😉 twicks, a “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” fan ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/10 "2012-12-17T15:03:23Z")
Not really a Christmas song, but my favorite Christmas music is Handel’s “Messiah”. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/11 "2012-12-17T15:19:42Z")
[O Come, O Come Emmanuel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wq3Tv3c20I) - Joan Baez version [Riu Chiu](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_hlYgCNFZc) - as interpreted by The Monkees 🙂 [Gaudete](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN9AJj9rtlk) - Steeleye Span version [God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGVNzgUxE-g) - Barenaked Ladies version ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/12 "2012-12-17T20:06:10Z")
The 12 Pains of Christmas Holy Shit! It’s Christmas Walking in an Essex Wonderland \*You can make an ornament from a Bud Can And then yous can hang it from the tree ‘Sherry are you pregnant?’, she’ll say ‘No man’ But I’m 13 so ain’t it time to be? We’re calling Donnie up in jail We’re raising money to post his bail Our neighbor is cranked and Uncle Jimmy is tanked We’re walking in an Essex Wonderland ``` Happy Holidays Hon ``` - ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/13 "2012-12-17T20:14:24Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Actually, Cafe Society. 😉 > > twicks, a “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” fan Did you know the original was a fairly morbid song written during WWII. The lyrics were changed for Judy Garland to make it more cheery. The lyrics were changed a second time in 1957 because Frank Sinatra still thought they weren’t jolly enough. So the feel of the song changed quite a bit from the original. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/14 "2012-12-17T20:29:59Z")
For my fellow Yinzers, [“Santa Claus is Goin’ Dahntahn”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asK9twaaQq4) by Johnny Angel and the Halos Then theres ["You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=porh2dNbdlY) by the Raleigh Ringers. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/15 "2012-12-17T20:33:57Z")
Celine Dion’s version of [O Holy Night](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PmI1yGKvQg). Those six Noels in the last verse often give me goosebumps. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/16 "2012-12-17T21:03:35Z")
The following are my top three favorites. 🙂 🙂 🙂 “Fall Softly Snow”-Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius “What Do You See?”-Sonya Isaacs “Only You Can Bring Me Cheer”-Alison Krauss God bless you and them always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly (a fan of Alison since 1994) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/17 "2012-12-17T21:10:31Z")
The ones I personally make a point of listening to each Christmas: Serious: This version of “[I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-yHUACjTfU)” Not so serious: “[Satan Claus](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3xEArOA4lk)” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/18 "2012-12-17T21:30:35Z")
[“Winter Wonderland” - Harry Connick, Jr.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng8zdQeSruI) [“Winter” - The Mellomen backed by Spike Jones.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYUjUIaTi28) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/19 "2012-12-17T23:45:04Z")
Jorma Kaukonen “Downhill Sleigh Ride” ---
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/20 "2012-12-18T00:13:47Z")
To me no one sings “O Little Town Of Bethlehem” better than Kenny Chesney and no one sings “Silver Bells” better than Travis Tritt. 🙂 🙂 🙂 God bless you and them always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288.md?page=2)