# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/61 "2012-12-20T09:00:08Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I really like _Stille, Stille, Stille_, by the Vienna Boys’ Choir. Can’t find it on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_ZGUofVnyak?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque This is actually “Stille Nacht.” ---
**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 20, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/62 "2012-12-20T10:17:26Z")
> [@Thuringwethil](#): > > “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent” I’ve also performed this as a solo on Communion Sunday, regardless of the season. Even did it a capella once. I love the chant-like melody of the song. Another one of my favorites, which I forgot to mention earlier, is “Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella”. ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/63 "2012-12-20T18:08:02Z")
This Christmas by Donny Hathaway…[- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSBvJG2yLJQ) ``` Back Door Santa.. Clarence Carter.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0NoalRsk5w ``` ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/64 "2012-12-20T19:18:55Z")
Gary Hoey - [Carol of the Bells](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiIDxYtCP7s) ---
**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 20, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/65 "2012-12-20T23:16:35Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Used to you’d be inundated with Frosty the Snowman and All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth NON-STOP at this time of year, because they thought that’s what Western shoppers wanted. They’ve gotten a little more sophisticated in recent years. At least it’s not Grandma getting run over on an endless loop. My SO would do that if I’d let her. ---
**Author:** ![ethelbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/66 "2012-12-21T03:34:22Z")
I like **In The Bleak Midwinter**. I always look up [Alison Crowe’s version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNo5U3C0cB4&list=FLD5A1tuKAHQgaF2iMfnw4kA&index=36) this time of year. ---
**Author:** ![Ksnook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce7236/32.png) [@Ksnook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ksnook)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/67 "2012-12-21T17:50:38Z")
The Dixie Chicks with Rosie O’Donnell recorded a song titled, “Merry Christmas from the Family”. Call me a sentimentalist but the opening line is so evocative of my childhood, that it brings a tear to my eye . . . Mom got drunk and Dad got got drunk At our Christmas Party . . . Ah, nostalgia! [Merry Christmas From The Family - YouTube](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1nqMG3swOc) ---
**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 21, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/68 "2012-12-21T18:25:57Z")
^^^ That song is also done by country duo Montgomery Gentry which is actually the only copy of the song that I have ever heard. I had no idea that it was done by anyone else. God bless you and Montgomery Gentry always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/69 "2012-12-21T18:29:48Z")
Another vote for Annie Lennox’s [God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlsJD8RlhbI). ---
**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 21, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/70 "2012-12-21T18:53:10Z")
“Silent Night” sung by David Sedaris as Billie Holiday. Lady Dave, if you will. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2FXsCo9qTw) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/71 "2012-12-22T03:00:50Z")
> [@stui\_magpie](#): > > My new favourite, > > The season is upon us by the Dropkick Murphy’s > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-sdR6Yzk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-sdR6Yzk) You stole my answer. However, I’m also partial to [A Patrick Swayze Christmas.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyJCV_dyug) I really hate 99% of any “traditional” Christmas songs. Seriously, they’re all terrible. How does anyone like them? At least in this thread _most_ of you are posting something other than traditional songs. ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/72 "2012-12-22T03:18:46Z")
My absolute favorite is Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home.) But I am the ONE person who loves Wonderful Christmastime. The production and synth sounds in that song warm my heart. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/73 "2012-12-22T03:37:19Z")
Oooo!! Great thread and a good excuse for me to post this: [Wexford Carol with Alison Krauss and YoYo Ma](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDZjg_Igoc) Cristina Pato on bagpipes. All done in one take, this is a perfect little jewel. ---
**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 22, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/74 "2012-12-22T08:54:29Z")
^^^ To me, no other female singer is better than Alison! 🙂 🙂 🙂 God bless you and her always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly (a fan of her since 1994) ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/75 "2012-12-22T09:12:41Z")
“White Christmas”: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgs7eqsxPY8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgs7eqsxPY8) “Silent Night” (auf Deutsch): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUb8ySdERKs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUb8ySdERKs) “Silver Bells” (can’t believe I didn’t hear this one until my teacher started playing it a few weeks ago!): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stEjTFMb940](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stEjTFMb940) ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/76 "2012-12-22T16:39:37Z")
> [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](#): > > ^^^ To me, no other female singer is better than Alison! 🙂 🙂 🙂 > > God bless you and her always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 > > Holly (a fan of her since 1994) Thank you and ITA! She could sing the Chicago phone directory front to back including yellow pages and it would be enchanting. She just keeps getting better and teaming up with other giants too. And so frickin pretty! > **[Alison Krauss music, videos, stats, and photos | Last.fm](https://www.last.fm/music/Alison+Krauss)** > > Listen to music from Alison Krauss like Down to the River to Pray, Down To The River To Pray - From “O Brother, Where Art Thou” Soundtrack & more. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Alison Krauss. ---
**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 22, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/77 "2012-12-22T18:33:27Z")
^^^ May she get her 28th Grammy award in February! 🙂 🙂 🙂 God bless you and her always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/78 "2012-12-22T21:38:02Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > [I Believe in Father Christmas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq54OSEmJ44) by Greg Lake. Seconded. It sums up the mixture of joy and cynicism with which I greet each festive season as I get older. The Christmas we get we deserve. Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/79 "2012-12-24T20:47:20Z")
Some more fun songs: Mistress for Chrismas - AC / DC Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight) - The Ramones Christmas In Hollis - Run DMC ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288/80 "2012-12-24T20:54:03Z")
Almost forgot: Beethoven Symphony No. 9 IV “Ode To Joy”, otherwise known as “The Theme from Die Hard”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-christmas-song/644288.md?page=5)