Favorite Holiday Song?

[xxTrystanxx]

I confess... while I don't profess to be Christian, (actually my spiritual beliefs are closer to that of the ancient Celts.) many of us who appreciate music, that some of the most beautiful music in the world has been written in the name of Christ, of Christmas, and of the holiday season in general.

What are your favorite holiday songs?

Here are a couple of my favorites:

O Holy Night

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!


This one brings a tear to my eye whenever I hear it:

Newsong
The Christmas Shoes

It was almost Christmas time, there I stood in another line
Tryin' to buy that last gift or two, not really in the Christmas mood
Standing right in front of me was a little boy waiting anxiously
Pacing 'round like little boys do
And in his hands he held a pair of shoes

His clothes were worn and old, he was dirty from head to toe
And when it came his time to pay
I couldn't believe what I heard him say

Chorus:
Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, please
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir, Daddy says there's not much time
You see she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes would make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight

He counted pennies for what seemed like years
Then the cashier said, "Son, there's not enough here"
He searched his pockets frantically
Then he turned and he looked at me
He said Mama made Christmas good at our house
Though most years she just did without
Tell me Sir, what am I going to do,
Somehow I've got to buy her these Christmas shoes

So I laid the money down, I just had to help him out
I'll never forget the look on his face when he said
Mama's gonna look so great

Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, please
It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size
Could you hurry, sir, Daddy says there's not much time
You see she's been sick for quite a while
And I know these shoes would make her smile
And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight

Bridge:
I knew I'd caught a glimpse of heaven's love
As he thanked me and ran out
I knew that God had sent that little boy
To remind me just what Christmas is all about

Repeat Chorus

[Sinue_v2]

O' Holy Night
We Three Kings
Do you hear what I hear

I'm also not a very religeous person - and I generally hate christmas carols. But those three have always been special to me. There's another one I can kind of think of - but I don't remember the name, just the tune.

Speaking of god, there's also a saying that I've always been extremely fond of. John F. Kennedy used to keep a plaque of it on his desk, it reads: "Oh god, thy sea is so great - and my boat is so small."

[segadreamcast]

my favorite christmas carol has to be the opening song from the movie yogi bear's first christmas but i do not know what the song is called or the lyrics, but wenever i hear it it makes me wanna put on 200 pounds put on a santa suit and give presents to the world, sorry i guess i kinda got carried away.

[xxTrystanxx]

LOL it's ok. One show that I miss, is Garfield's Christmas special, that was always one of my favorites.

[Rekitheforce]

On 2006-12-24 10:32, xxTrystanxx wrote:
LOL it's ok. One show that I miss, is Garfield's Christmas special, that was always one of my favorites.

Yay Garfield! One of my favorite holiday shows was the Charlie Brown Christmas special. I love it when the adults talk... "womp womp womp, womp womp." http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[Moo2u]

All the music from A Charlie Brown Christmas is amazing.

[xxTrystanxx]

Don't forget this classic:

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum,
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen!

The news had come out in the First World War
The bloody Red Baron was flying once more
The Allied command ignored all of its men
And called on Snoopy to do it again.

Was the night before Christmas, 40 below
When Snoopy went up in search of his foe
He spied the Red Baron, fiercely they fought
With ice on his wings Snoopy knew he was caught.

Christmas bells those Christmas bells
Ring out from the land
Asking peace of all the world
And good will to man

The Baron had Snoopy dead in his sights
He reached for the trigger to pull it up tight
Why he didn't shoot, well, we'll never know
Or was it the bells from the village below.

Christmas bells those Christmas bells
Ringing through the land
Bringing peace to all the world
And good will to man

The Baron made Snoopy fly to the Rhine
And forced him to land behind the enemy lines
Snoopy was certain that this was the end
When the Baron cried out, "Merry Christmas, my friend"

The Baron then offered a holiday toast
And Snoopy, our hero, saluted his host
And then with a roar they were both on their way
Each knowing they'd meet on some other day.

Christmas bells those Christmas bells
Ringing through the land
Bringing peace to all the world
And good will to man

[Dj_SkyEpic]

You know? I like listening to Linkin Park's "My December"

This is my December... This is my time of year...

oo. So good

[Out_Kast]

I wouldn't say it was a holiday song. Oh, wait, maybe it is http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif
In that case, Blink 182's 'I won't be home for Christmas' makes the top of the chart for me http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wink.gif

[Sinue_v2]

Santa Claus and his Old Lady
Tommy Chong & Cheech Marin


CM: (Playing piano) "Mamamasita, donde esta Santa Cleese...the vacto wit da bony knees...he comin' down da street wit no choos on his feet...and he's going to..." No, no, that's ain't it... "Mamamasita, donde esta Santa Claus...da guy wit da hair on his jaws...he's..." Nah. Hey, man, come over here, man. I need some help, man.

TC: Yeah, man, I can dig that. Like, what are ya doin', man?

CM: Aw, I'm trying to write a song about Santa Claus, man, but it's not comin' out...

TC: About WHO, man?

CM: About Santa Claus, man. You know, Santa Claus, man?

TC: Oh, yeah, man. I played with those dudes, man.

CM: WHAT?

TC: Yeah, last year at the Philmore, man. Me and the base player sat in, man.

CM: Oh, hey, man, you think Santa Claus is a group, huh? No, it's not a group, man.

TC: Wha? They break up, man?

CM: No, man. It's one guy, man. Y'know, he had a..a red suit, man, on with black padded leather choos...you know the guy, man.

TC: Oh, yeah...he's with Motown, ain't he? Yeah, I played with that dude, too, man. He's a good singer, man.

CM: No, no, hold on, man. He's not with Motown, man.

TC: Well, then he's with Buddha, man.

CM: Aw, man, you don't know who Santa Claus is, man!

TC: Yeah, well, I'm not from here, man. Like, I'm from Pittsburgh, man. I don't know to many local dudes.

CM: Ohhh, I see. Well, hey, man, sit back and relax and I'll tell you da story about Santa Claus, man. Listen: Once upon a time, about, hmmm, five years ago, there was this groovy dude and has name was Santa Claus, y'know? And he used to live over in the projects with his old lady, and they had a pretty good thing together because his old lady was really fine, and she could cook and all that stuff like that, y'know. Like, she made da best brownies in town, man! Oh, I could remember 'em now, man. I could eat ONE of 'em, man...

TC: Wow, did you know these people, man?

CM: Oh, yeah, man. They used to live next door to me, y'know...until they got kicked out, man.

TC: Wha? They got kicked out of the projects, man?

CM: Yeah, you know what happened, man? They used ta live with all these midgets, y'know, and da midgets used ta make a lot noise, y'know, like pounding and hammering and pounding all night, man...

TC: Typical freaks, huh?

CM: Oh, yeah, man, they were REALLY freaks, man. As a matter of fact, they all moved up north together, y'know.

TC: Oh, they had to go get their head together, man?

CM: Yeah, get their head together. And they started a commune, y'know. It was called the...uh..."Santa Claus and his Old Lady Commune"; it was a real famous one up there, man. And they used to sit around and groove all the time, y'know.

TC: Oh, yeah?

CM: Yeah, a really good time there, man.

TC: That sounds heavy, man.

CM: Yeah, they eat da brownies, man, and they drink da tea, man...and what they did most of da time, though, was make a lotta goodies, y'know? And they had everything they needed; they only needed to come into town maybe once year or something like that...

TC: To pick up the welfare check and the food stamps, right.

CM: Yeah, man. No, no, what they did, man, is that, once a year, when they made all the goodies, y'know, they used ta put 'em in a big chopping bag and, then, they used ta take da chopping bag and give 'em to all the boys and girls all da way around da world, man!

TC: Hey, well, that's hip, man! That sounds real nice, man.

CM: Oh, yeah, they were really nice people man. And so much class, man... they had so much class, y'know. Like, give or take da way they used ta deliver da toys, y'know. It's, like, Santa Claus used ta have this really charp chort, man, y'know? It was lower to da ground, had twice- pipes, candy-apple red and button top. Oooo, clean!

TC: Hey, that sounds like a hip snowmobile, man.

CM: No, no, it wasn't a snowmobile; it was a sled, y'know. One of those big sleds, y'know? And he used ta have it pulled by some reindeers, y'know, like, reindeers?

TC: Some WHAT, man?

CM: Some reindeers, y'know. He used ta hook them onto da sled, and then he used ta stand up inside da sled and hold on to da reins, and then call out their names, like, "On, Donner! On, Blitzen! On, Chewy! On, Tavo! C'mon, Becto!" And then, the reindeers used ta take off into da sky and fly across da sky, man!

TC: Wow, man! That's far out, man!

CM: Yeah! And then, when they flied across da sky, they used ta come down to place like, oh, Chicago, L.A., Nueva York and Pacoima and all those places, y'know, and then land on top of people's roofs, and then 'ol Santa Claus would make himself real small, y'know, like, a real small guy, and he'd come down da chimney and then he would give you all da stuff that he made, man. And...dig this, man...he did it all in one night, man!

TC: Hey, just a minute, man. Now, how'd he do that, man?

CM: Oh, well, man, he took da freeway. How else, man?

TC: No, man. No, man, how'd he do all that other stuff, man? Like, how'd he make himself small, man. And, how'd he, like, how'd he get the reindeer off the ground, man?

CM: Oh, well, man, he had some magic dust, man.

TC: Some magic dust?

CM: Yeah, magic dust, y'know? He used ta give a little bit to da reindeer, a little bit to Santa Claus, a little bit more for Santa Claus, a little bit more...

TC: And this would get the reindeer off, man?

CM: Aw, got 'em off, man?!? Are you kidding, man? They flew all da way around da world, man!

TC: Hey, that's far out, man! Hey, I come I never met this dude, man?

CM: Oh, man, he doesn't do that bit anymore, man. It got too dangerous, man.

TC: Yeah, I can dig that, man, 'cause that's a dangerous bit, man!

CM: Yeah, lemme tell ya, it sure was, man. Like just two years ago, man, he got stopped at the border, y'know, and they took him into another room and took off his clothes, man, and searched him and searched his bag of goodies, man...and then, when he was leaving, man, he was flying through the air and somebody took a chot and his reindeer, y'know.

TC: Aw, that's a drag, man.

CM: Yeah, it really was, man. And then, man, he went down south, man, and they tried to cut of his hair and his beard, man. And all the time, he was getting stopped and pulled over and asked for his ID, man....just everywhere he went, he ran into too much recession, man.

TC: No, man, you mean he ran into too much REPRESSION, man.

CM: Aw, "repression"..."recession"...it's all da same thing, man.

TC: Yeah, man. But, it's a drag, man, 'cause we could sure use a dude like that right now.

CM: Oh, he still comes around, man.

TC: Oh, yeah?

CM: Yeah, but he comes in disguises now...

TC: Aw, he went "underground", man.

CM: Yeah, "underground", man.

TC: I can dig it.

CM: Yeah. But you ought to see his disguise; nobody would ever know it was him, man.

TC: Oh, yeah?

CM: Yeah. He's gotta job in front of da department store, ringing this bell and playing this tambourine next to this black pot, y'know?

TC: AW, I'VE SEEN THE DUDE, MAN!

CM: YEAH! You know who I'm talking about, man!

TC: Yeah, man! I played with that cat last year, man!

CM: WHA?!?!?

TC: Yeah, we played in front of a store, man! We made a lot of bread, man!

CM: Aw, hey, wait a minute, man! Santa Claus is not a musician, man!

TC: I'm hip, man! That cat didn't know ANY tunes, man!

CM: Oh, hey, wait a minute, man...no, he's not hip to that at all, man.

TC: No, but I played with THIS dude, man.

CM: Are you sure, man?

TC: Positive!

[Drakorn]

All i want for christmas is you - Mariah Carey
Lonely this christmas - Mudd
Do they know its christmas time? - Band Aid

[Eihwaz]

Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy by Bing Crosby & David Bowie.

A very interesting curio I found recently. You can watch the full video here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKTHvW2JcAA).

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Eihwaz on 2006-12-24 16:44 ]</font>

[washuguy]

On 2006-12-24 11:03, Moo2u wrote:
All the music from A Charlie Brown Christmas is amazing.

Amen!