Favourite Christmas Carols

[StittsvilleJame]

What is your favourite Christmas carol? Mine is O Holy Night. I even like the french version, Minuit Chretien. I find it embodies the essence of Christmas for me.

To me, it sounds like how a Christmas tree looks at midnight, or how those big fluffy snow flakes feel on your skin.

 

[PeteAtoms]

Mine is definitely God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.

Mostly because I like the way it sounds when I play the melody on an electric guitar

 

[LightSpectra]

Either "What Child is This" or "O Come Emmanuel."


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[Camikaze]

A good version of 'O Holy Night' is impossible to beat, IMO. 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing' is also a good'un.

 

[shadowplay]

Carol of the Bells immediately comes to mind.

O Holy Night as menioned in the OP, aswell.

 

[bombshoo]

I despise Christmas Carols. They wouldn't be so bad if you didn't hear them incessantly for 2 months of the year.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I love Christmas carols. Since I play the organ, the ones that lend themselves to cranking up the volume and the bass pedals are the ones that I enjoy the most: O Holy Night, Do You Hear What I Hear?, What Child is This (Greensleeves), The Little Drummer Boy, etc.

I also enjoy turning Christmas carols into filksongs...

 

[bob_page]

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. My favourite version:


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[Tank_Guy#3]

I despise Christmas Carols. They wouldn't be so bad if you didn't hear them incessantly for 2 months of the year.

Quoted for truth. I've learned to hate them after hearing them 6-10 hours a day, 5-6 days a week from Thanksgiving until Christmas at work.

 

[Ataxerxes]

I love Christmas carols. Since I play the organ, the ones that lend themselves to cranking up the volume and the bass pedals are the ones that I enjoy the most: O Holy Night, Do You Hear What I Hear?, What Child is This (Greensleeves), The Little Drummer Boy, etc.

I also enjoy turning Christmas carols into filksongs...

I love all the ones you mentioned. I don't mind the one month of Christmas carols solid, it's the other 11 months I have trouble with. And I'm with the majority, O Holy Night is the best carol. It's actually probably my favorite song, period.

 

[_random_]

Definitely O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Traditional:

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Hard rock:

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The sheer versatility of the tune is a testament to its greatness.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Some of the folks over at the Cheezburger Network have been making "Kitteh Carols" and "Catmas Carols" lols. Would anyone be interested in my posting a few here?

 

[Ataxerxes]

Some of the folks over at the Cheezburger Network have been making "Kitteh Carols" and "Catmas Carols" lols. Would anyone be interested in my posting a few here?

Sounds like fun! We always risk this becoming serious.

 

[Heretic_Cata]

The pogues one.