Which Christmas Songs And Carols Do You Love Or Hate?

[Zombie]

my love and hate list is too long to post but one of my "loves" is The Little Drummer Boy. It's been recorded so many times by different artists and you've probably heard most, but maybe not this version by the legendary Marlene Dietrich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ugLpyQaYIl8

 

[Daddydavek]

Since I love most of them, I have to show my favorite Christmas Album:

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTzbqUyI3sc

[Valkyrie]

"The Little Drummer Boy" is one my favorites, too.  I think my all-time favorite is "Do You Hear What I Hear" by Bing Crosby.  I also love The Barenaked Ladies version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen".  Another fave is "The King" by Loreena McKennitt. 

 

My not so faves..."I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" and "All I want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth".  I have a love/hate relationship with "O Holy Night".  It's a beautiful song, but my mom and aunt used to sing it every Christmas Eve very loudly and very out of tune.  Drove me nuts. LOL 

[Hunter Thomson]

I can't stand "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas". It's so overplayed.

 

I admit that beyond the sentimental reasons, I love "Do they know its Christmas time?". It just lends itself well to group harmonies and arrangements, which I love to see and hear (and sometimes attempt to mimic).

[craftingmom]

I don't like "Santa Baby" but I love the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Christmas Eve in Sarajevo.

[AC Benus]

Here's one you may not have heard before

 

 

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Edited December 23, 2015 by AC Benus

[TetRefine]

By far the dumbest and cheesiest Christmas song ever.

 

[Mikiesboy]

Oh ... let see.. Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody .. and Bowie and Crosby's Little Drummer Boy, Harry Belafonte's The Gifts They Gave, Jehovah The Lord Will Provide.

 

You can see Slade here:

 

Edited December 23, 2015 by Mikiesboy

[AC Benus]

Oh ... let see.. Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody .. and Bowie and Crosby's Little Drummer Boy, Harry Belafonte's The Gifts They Gave, Jehovah The Lord Will Provide.

 

You can see Slade here:

 

Thanks, Tim! I don't think I've heard the Slade song before. I like it - it's full of holiday cheer.

[Ashi]

Some of my favorites: Feliz Navidad, Have Yourself a Merry Christmas, Last Christmas.

[Former Member]

Some people will probably hate me for saying this, but in my opinion no one does Silent Night like the Temptations. Some will probably hate me more, because I believe the worse version I've ever heard of this timeless classic is sung by Stevie Nicks.

[Renee Stevens]

My favorite Album is:

 

 

I don't really have a song or album I really dislike....

[Mikiesboy]

Some people will probably hate me for saying this, but in my opinion no one does Silent Night like the Temptations. Some will probably hate me more, because I believe the worse version I've ever heard of this timeless classic is sung by Stevie Nicks.

Not gonna hate you for your opinion!  I'd like to hear that Temptations version.. Stevie.. not so much. 

[W_L]

Blink 182- Won't Be home for Christmas is my favorite

 

[Daddydavek]

Here's a Christmas montage from the Temptations featuring their version of Silent Night

 

 

[blake_logan]

Here's my all-time favorite Christmas song.  It's a pretty rude, but I just love it

 

[rustle]

My brother played folk music in the 60s, and this song was released.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4NjrBcn0PA&feature=share 

[Defiance19]

John Rutter's Candlelight Carol remains one of my favorites.. 

 

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SMKYbSCXh8c

[Dayne Mora]

By far the dumbest and cheesiest Christmas song ever.

 

This song makes me barf and barf and barf and barf

[Suvitar]

Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody is one of my favourites, and so is John Lennon's Happy Xmas (war is over)

 

[Suvitar]

Here's another one I've always loved and have to listen to every Christmas

 

[Mikiesboy]

Here's another one I've always loved and have to listen to every Christmas

 

Oh Cool... just saw this the other day!!!

[Former Member]

Here's a Christmas montage from the Temptations featuring their version of Silent Night

 

 

 

All I can say is...soulful. Thanks for adding the video. 

[DynoReads]

I have a soft spot for Stille Nacht (Silent Night in German). When visiting family or our mom in the hospital, the radio reception could be sketchy  in the mountains, before CDs and MP3. Dad would sing a line in German and my brother and I would echo back the English line. Wonderful memory. Beyond my favorites include Little Drummer Boy, Old Toy Trains, Emmanuel (haunting tune) and Walking in a Winter Wonderland.

 

I despise the comedic version of Jingle Bells. I don't like Grandma got run over by a Reindeer, Santa Baby and most of the songs that play up the commercial/greedy part of the seasons.