Mine is "O Holy Night". I get teary-eyed everytime I hear it sung well. :)

This is one of my favorite versions. IL DIVO has some very powerful voices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMLDT3fbMQo&feature=related

When they get to the "fall on your knees" part, I lose it every time. :bawl:

The ending is awesome. :bravo:

O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, the night when Christ was born;
O night, O Holy Night , O night divine!
O night, O Holy Night , O night divine!

Led by the light of faith serenely beaming,
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand.
O'er the world a star is sweetly gleaming,
Now come the wisemen from out of the Orient land.
The King of kings lay thus lowly manger;
In all our trials born to be our friends.
He knows our need, our weakness is no stranger,
Behold your King! Before him lowly bend!
Behold your King! Before him lowly bend!

Truly He taught us to love one another,
His law is love and His gospel is peace.
Chains he shall break, for the slave is our brother.
And in his name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
With all our hearts we praise His holy name.
Christ is the Lord! Then ever, ever praise we,
His power and glory ever more proclaim!
His power and glory ever more proclaim!

I Farted On Santa's Lap (Now Christmas Is Gonna Stink For Me) :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62SUfLfO6tM

:roflmao:

LOL! :D

"Santa Claus and his old Lady"
By Cheech and Chong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSH9ryRzHQ4

Definitely my favorite. :m:

I love making up bad taste versions of Xmas songs. You know that Nuclear Death song that goes, 'We three queens of venereal disease/Pay homage to our gangrene queen'? I love singing that to the tune of We Three Kings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWMTF5fLA6o&feature=related

"A silver rain fell" - a Baltic folk song.
listen to mp3 (http://www.piparmetra.net/ftp/Latviesu%20tautas%20muzikas%20kolekcija%20-%20Sidrabina%20lietins%20lija.mp3)


Sidrabiņa lietiņš lija, ka-la-dū, ka-la-dū! (A silver rain fell)
Ziemassvētku vakarāi, ka-la-dū, ka-la-dū! (At the evening of Winter celebrations*)

Visi sīki žagariņi, ... (All the little branches)
Sidrabiņu vizināja, ... (Were carrying silver)

Visu nakti sveces dega, ... (All the night candles were burning)
Sidrabiņa lukturosi, ... (In silver lanterns)

Mēnestiņis ceļu rāda, ... (The Moon is showing the way)
Saules meitas vedējiemi, ... (For the vedēji** of the daughter of the Sun)

Saule deva savu meitu, ... (The Sun gave her daughter)
No veļiemi šai zemēi, ... (From the spirits of the dead of this land)



The song takes back to the pre-christian times in Baltics, so not much Christ in it.
In Latvia Christmas is still called Winter celebrations.

* The evening of the 24th of December.
** people who ritually or actually help to steal the bride

Nice Avatar, it somehow reminds me somewhat of the Lapps :)

It has interesting cosmology in it as well besides being a beautiful song.
At the night of the Winter solstice the daughter of the Sun (a goddess) is being given as a wife by the Sun to the Moon , and the Moon is showing the way in the darkness for those who ritualistically stole the daughter, thus leading them to his house.

The Moon is a regenative power in myths throughout the world, everywhere it has the property to be born again after death (new moon after the old moon).
So what happens in the longest night of the year? The Sun gives her daughter, who apparently has died, as a bride to the Moon, thus raising her daughter from the dead.
The daughter of the Sun is regenerated to the living and thus nights become shorter and there is more light.

Like a candle flame and i especially like a hymn but i don't know its title. It goes something like 'when is he coming, oh when is he coming, the redeemer'

The Little Drummer Boy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CzsJO7RHyI

Hardrock, Coco, and Joe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT5Ohgl7eTM). It's an old stop-motion animation. It's funy because Joe seems a little retarded.

??Santa looks like he has Down Syndrome.
I remember watching this as a kid. I never noticed that about Santa before though.

@ Avatar: That's so cool! And I love the Slavic/Baltic languages, harsh, but also very lilting...

silent bloody night!

I Believe in Father Christmas by Emerson Lake and Palmer

also

What Christmas Means to Me by Stevie Wonder

I grew up with those around the holidays when I was little thanks to my parents. Hearing them still makes me feel Christmasy everytime. :)

"Brightest and Best"

Jean Ritchie sings it well.

There's a worthy instrumental version of 'Little Drummer Boy" played by Phil Heywood. "Ye Olde Wooden Guitar Christmas" is the album, IIRC.

silent bloody night!

lol, sounds like a horror movie.

LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D6wClE5bJk

i hate christmas music because it gets on my nerves when they play for 3 damn straight months

"Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel"
by unknown author, c. 1100
Translated by John M. Neale, 1818-1866

1. Oh, come, Oh, come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
2. Oh, come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan's tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save
And give them victory o'er the grave.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

3. Oh, come, Thou Dayspring from on high,
And cheer us by Thy drawing nigh;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

4. Oh, come, Thou Key of David, come
And open wide our heavenly home:
Make safe the way that leads on high
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

"No Presents for Christmas", by King Diamond

Christmas time is here again!
Santa needs a helping hand!
He cannot find a single sheep
To draw his sleigh across the night,
So all the waiting Christmas trees
Gonna hear the master say,

There's no presents!
Not this Christmas!
There's no presents!
Tom and Jerry, drinking sherry!
They don't give a damn!

Christmas time is here again!
Santa needs a helping hand!
It's getting very very late:
Saint Peter's closed the Golden Gate,
And Donald Duck is still in bed!
I wonder who is gonna help!

There's no presents!
Not this Christmas!
There's no presents!
Tom and Jerry,
All that sherry!
They don't give a damn!

There's no presents!
Not this Christmas!
There's no presents!
Tom and Jerry,
Still drinking sherry!
They don't give a damn!

I'm dreaming of a white sabbath!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUeCG4powX8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01u8YtVjDUU

Melee Kamikee Maca - Bing version.

drummer boy is nice too

Oi to the World- The vandals

Hardrock, Coco, and Joe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT5Ohgl7eTM). It's an old stop-motion animation. It's funy because Joe seems a little retarded.

LOL!!:D That was a blast from the past. I still think this one is cute:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dnrosVyamY&feature=related

Jingle Bells

I like the 12 Days of Kwanzaa, by Shirly Liquor.

Snoopy VS the Redbaron...same as last year.