Favorite Christmas songs

[Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103]

 

[Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103]

 

[Subdeacon Joe]

41 minutes ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said:

 

 

One of my favorite versions,  her enthusiasm is amazing.  

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

More Lexi

 

 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

On 12/9/2024 at 6:09 PM, Tell Sackett SASS 18436 said:

Ok, here’s an odd thing. I’m a non religious guy, but I’m sick and tired of secular Christmas songs!! I want to hear Christmas carols!

Frosty the Snowman, Jingle Bells, etc., have nothing to do with Christmas.

My personal favorite: O Holy Night!

Atta boy, Tell.  I agree.

 

Except for that little drummer boy.  It's a good message but I simply can't stand it.

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

I'm kinda partial to "Auld Lang Zine" ......

 

                         .... which indicates Christmas is over .......  🥸

[Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L]

I Saw Three Ships

 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

From the time I was 9 years old until  was 23 we lived less than 90 miles from Salt Lake City.  Mom and Dad were both very active in the Mormon church and several times a year we would drive down to visit relatives and get to watch the Tabernacle Choir practice.  Their Christmas Cantata was especially wonderful and I still compare a lot of other music to what we heard there.

Edited December 12, 2024 by Forty Rod SASS 3935

[Whitey James]

 

[DocWard]

 

I enjoy almost all Christmas music, especially traditional carols. My junior and senior years, I was in my high school choral ensemble and we would perform out many times over the course of the season, and it was always a great time. I will admit it can also make me melancholy, because a few years after we graduated, my ensemble partner was murdered. When we were out, people would always guess us to be a couple because we were so close as friends, but we were one of the few that weren't dating. At any rate, I like Christmas music.

 

A Wexford Carol has already been mentioned, and it is simply amazing.

 

I performed this in choir in college a couple of times, and always enjoyed it
 

 

Another of my favorites:
 

 

Then when it comes to "alternatives" I am a fan of Gary Hoey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Subdeacon Joe]

 

 

 

[MizPete]

They told me, if I could play piano, I could play a harp.  Petey bought me one - a 26-string clairseach with sharping pins.  The only thing I ever learned to play with any competence was Il est ne.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

On 12/9/2024 at 11:01 PM, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

 

  ......... U.S. residents note:

            The motor vehicle featured in this video is a Holden Utility vehicle ....... usually referred to as a "Ute".

 

                       (it is not a pick-em-up truck)      🙃

Hey, Jack.  Got a Holden question.  Send me a message so we don't screw up this bunch.

 

Thanks 4T Rod

[watab kid]

On 12/9/2024 at 7:43 AM, Widder, SASS #59054 said:

I have many.

"An Old Christmas Card" by Jim Reeves is one of them.

Noel, Noel  is another.

 

But one of my favorites comes from a video that I really enjoy.   Apparently, this story (song) holds some truth and information

about this event can be found on the internet or Google.

 

Hope Y'all in enjoy..........

 

..........Widder. (Merry Christmas from the Widder family)

 

 

 

 

that was most inspiring , i like that enough to save it for replay , thank you , 

[watab kid]

On 12/9/2024 at 10:39 PM, G W Wade said:

I have always wished my Grandmother had lived long enough to hear "Grandma got run over by a reindeer"      She was a feisty little women who would have loved it as much and much as I think of her when I hear it,       GW

mine too at just over 4-10 with the gravely voice of that gal on andy grifith show [she chain smoked - sometimes two at a time] she would have smiled at that one for sure , 

 

my mother was the nat king cole fan in our family , played his stuff all the time , my father was the wild card loving his dixie land but also keeping up with the modern stuff - he was a fan of "everybody must get stoned" for some reason , dont recall what he liked at christmas tho , 

[watab kid]

On 12/10/2024 at 12:01 AM, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

 

  ......... U.S. residents note:

            The motor vehicle featured in this video is a Holden Utility vehicle ....... usually referred to as a "Ute".

 

                       (it is not a pick-em-up truck)      🙃

i recognized it - never been there nor ridden in one but id seen photos from the relies over there my folks brought back when they visited , 

my great great grandfather and his brother left scotland back when - my side of the family migrated to canada then south into the US , the other side migrated to austrailia , ive never met that side but my folks did back in the 80s , maybe one day ill get there 

[watab kid]

On 12/10/2024 at 4:38 AM, Rye Miles #13621 said:

 

 

On 12/10/2024 at 3:32 PM, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Okay cmon Gene Autry wrote this, it’s a classic

 

 

i remember both of these well but ive not heard either in a long time , thank you for the memories , 

 

unfortunately the first also reminded me of my first wife - but thats ok , ive made my peace with that , the second was more childhood and ive got no esentment there anymore 

 

im going to admit that this time of year from halloween to new years is my least favorite time of year , i try , i make it work , but in my past lives this was always the time of year that bad chit happened , not at all sure why , but it did , as hard as ive tried i always have moments of bad memories and sadness , so please forgive if im not quite as festive as yall here , im trying to find all the good and happiness - i do that every year , it gets me thru it all , 

[Blackwater 53393]

On 12/11/2024 at 10:09 PM, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

From the time I was 9 years old until  was 23 we lived less than 90 miles from Salt Lake City.  Mom and Dad were both very active in the Mormon church and several times a year we would drive down to visit relatives and get to watch the Tabernacle Choir practice.  Their Christmas Cantata was especially wonderful and I still compare a lot of other music to what we heard there.

I recall “The Robert Shaw Chorale” when I was a kid.  It inspired me to take choral music classes when I got to junior high!  I’d bet that most of you who have heard me sing would never guess that I had a couple of years of formal training!

 

7 hours ago, MizPete said:

They told me, if I could play piano, I could play a harp.  Petey bought me one - a 26-string clairseach with sharping pins.  The only thing I ever learned to play with any competence was Il est ne.

 

When I was in those music classes, I learned, (memorized) “Il  Est Ne” in the original French!  If I had stayed in choral music, I’d have been invited to join the school’s Madrigal Choir! I didn’t know that until thirty years later when I met my music teacher at my class’ thirty year reunion!! For some reason, he remembered me and said he wasn’t surprised that I was singing and getting paid to do it!

 

Today, I can only remember the first line in that song, but I do remember the translation of that line. “There he lays, the devine infant,). It’s a very pretty and somewhat technical song for vocals!!

 

 

Edited December 15, 2024 by Blackwater 53393

[T.K.]

Come on now,     

"GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER"

 

"Red neck 12 days of Christmas"

Edited December 15, 2024 by T.K.

[MizPete]

11 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

There he lays,

'Il est ne' means He is born

Edited December 15, 2024 by MizPete

[Blackwater 53393]

48 minutes ago, MizPete said:

'Il est ne' means He is born

It’s what we were taught. As I said, I memorized the French, but I never learned the language.

 

I stand happily corrected!😎

[MizPete]

8 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

I memorized the French, but I never learned the language.

You did it the hard way.

[Chicken Rustler, SASS #26680]

It's still my favorite and it's also the best Christmas song.

 

[Blackwater 53393]

9 hours ago, MizPete said:

You did it the hard way.

Ain’t that the way I usually do it??

[Frederick Jackson Turner]

Here's a favorite of mine.  And entirely appropriate to this forum...

Cheers,

FJT

[Blackwater 53393]

This is one of the vivid memories of my childhood.  Probably an early influence toward my love for arrangement and harmony…

 

Listen on good equipment and enjoy!

 

[Blackwater 53393]