# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/21 "2012-12-18T03:52:59Z")
> [@Small\_Clanger](#): > > 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 My favourite, too! Followed by [_Snoopy’s Christmas_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jlf---13Q0g). ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/22 "2012-12-18T04:25:14Z")
Another vote for “Fairytale of New York”. “Father Christmas”-The Kinks [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l-oVPVsCqs4/hqdefault.jpg "The Kinks - Father Christmas 1977") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-oVPVsCqs4) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/23 "2012-12-18T04:35:39Z")
Dan Hicks & The Christmas Jug Band “Somebody Stole My Santa Claus Suit” ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/24 "2012-12-18T09:50:05Z")
> [@Small\_Clanger](#): > > 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 On Christmas Day you can’t get sore. Your fellow man you must adore. There’s time to rob him all the more the other three hundred and sixty four. put me down as another Tom Lehrer fan. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/25 "2012-12-18T12:43:36Z")
[Christmas Cookies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDCmeKs8Zpk), by George Strait. > [@](#): > > Now, Christmas cookies are a special treat > The more she bakes the more I eat > And sometimes I can’t get myself to stop > Sometimes she’ll wait till I’m asleep > She’ll take the ones I didn’t eat > And put those little sprinkly things on top ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/26 "2012-12-18T14:41:04Z")
Christmas in Sarajevo by Trans Siberian Orchestra. O Holy Night by Mr. Michael Crawford. Mary’s Boy Child by Bony M. I get goosebumps from hearing each of these. Every single year. Always. For more mundane Christmas songs, I really like hearing Walking In A Winter Wonderland - by anybody! (Just the idea of spending a Christmas with my honey in a snowy cabin, with a fireplace, nothing to do but take a walk in the snow when we need to get some air - must be heaven!) And God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. The Annie Lenox video is beyond awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/27 "2012-12-18T14:47:16Z")
I really like _Stille, Stille, Stille_, by the Vienna Boys’ Choir. Can’t find it on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/28 "2012-12-18T15:47:02Z")
For fun enjoyment I like Baby it’s Cold Outside. Everytime I hear it, I picture a 60’s style couple teasing back and forth if she should leave or stay and face the scandal! Dean Martin/Doris Day type of characters. For sentimental enjoyment I like Silent Night. My dad had voice that could bring tears to your eyes when he sang this song (in a good way 🙂 ) It’s a very emotional song for me. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/29 "2012-12-18T15:50:25Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > Holy Shit! It’s Christmas I’m not sure if you’re kidding, but I actually like that one! It really captures that Xmas excitement. More serious - O Holy Night - Pavarotti Less serious - 12 Days of Christmas - The Yobs (On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a vibrator with a battery). ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/30 "2012-12-18T15:54:00Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > For fun enjoyment I like Baby it’s Cold Outside… Some people (okay, [Cracked.com](http://www.cracked.com/article_18431_8-romantic-songs-you-didnt-know-were-about-rape.html)) consider that the date rape Christmas song 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/31 "2012-12-18T16:18:21Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Some people (okay, [Cracked.com](http://www.cracked.com/article_18431_8-romantic-songs-you-didnt-know-were-about-rape.html)) consider that the date rape Christmas song 😉 Haha; I have a little more innocent mind, I guess. I think that she wants to stay; but knows that to be a good girl she shouldn’t. He of course wants her to stay and is gently chiding her into it. What’s funny is when I clicked on your link; I honestly didn’t know who sang the song. When I said Dean Martin and Doris Day; they were just who I thought of based on my watching their movies when I was a kid. ---
**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, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/32 "2012-12-18T16:21:23Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > [Christmas Cookies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDCmeKs8Zpk), by George Strait. When George gets to this part, “Some disappear to who knows where, but I make sure that I get my share, and them kids just stand there waiting for the ones I miss.”, I just want to smack him and say, “Those cookies are for the kids!” 😃 😃 😃 God bless you and him always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/33 "2012-12-18T16:37:36Z")
I’m also very fond of _[Carol of the Bells](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elAtcHU0iCU&playnext=1&list=PL32A82846753BCD3D&feature=results_video)_. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/34 "2012-12-19T01:53:14Z")
My favourite seems to change every year. One year it was Peter Warlock’s “Bethlehem Down,” another year it was “Gesu bambino.” I think I’ll have to go with “Fairytale of New York.” ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/35 "2012-12-19T01:57:20Z")
“Santa Claus and His Old Lady” by Cheech and Chong ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/36 "2012-12-19T03:41:58Z")
My new favourite, The season is upon us by the Dropkick Murphy’s [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qTx-sdR6Yzk/maxresdefault.jpg "Dropkick Murphys - "The Season's Upon Us" (Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-sdR6Yzk) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/37 "2012-12-19T04:44:42Z")
I _also_ love “White Wine in the Sun”! Minchin has an interesting perspective on things. “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”, “The Angel Gabriel” and “Keep Christmas With You” (from the _Sesame Street_ Christmas special) are right up there too. Generally speaking, my likes in this regard lean heavily towards hymns and not so much towards contemporary secular music. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/38 "2012-12-19T04:51:41Z")
[Walkin’ 'Round in Women’s Underwear](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kJ8kE5Kf3g). (NSFW and loud) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/39 "2012-12-19T05:15:26Z")
[I Believe in Father Christmas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq54OSEmJ44) by Greg Lake. ---
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I’ll go with [Darlene Love singing Baby Please Come Home](http://watching-tv.ew.com/2009/12/24/darlene-love-david-letterman/) She’ll be doing this Friday night on David Letterman. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288.md?page=3)