What is Your Favorite Christmas Song?

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  1. sandy Banned Banned

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

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    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!
     
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  5. sandy Banned Banned

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    :roflmao:

    LOL!

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  7. MacGyver1968 Fixin' Shit that Ain't Broke Valued Senior Member

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  8. visceral_instinct Monkey see, monkey denigrate Valued Senior Member

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    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.
     
  9. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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  10. Avatar smoking revolver Valued Senior Member

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    "A silver rain fell" - a Baltic folk song.
    listen to 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
     
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  11. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Nice Avatar, it somehow reminds me somewhat of the Lapps

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  12. Avatar smoking revolver Valued Senior Member

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    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.
     
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  13. Deathfromabove Hopeless and Useless Registered Senior Member

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    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'
     
  14. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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  16. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    ??Santa looks like he has Down Syndrome.
    I remember watching this as a kid. I never noticed that about Santa before though.
     
  17. visceral_instinct Monkey see, monkey denigrate Valued Senior Member

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    @ Avatar: That's so cool! And I love the Slavic/Baltic languages, harsh, but also very lilting...
     
  18. lucifers angel same shit, differant day!! Registered Senior Member

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    silent bloody night!
     
  19. mrow Unless Registered Senior Member

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    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.

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  20. iceaura Valued Senior Member

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    "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.
     
  21. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    lol, sounds like a horror movie.
     
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  23. pjdude1219 The biscuit has risen Valued Senior Member

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

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