Well as the festive season gets closer i was wondering what yer favourite Xmas Carols and Songs are?
For me it's......
Carols.
Once in royal Davids City.
Little Donkey.
Away in a Manger.
Hark the Herald Angels Sing.

Songs.
Marys Boy Child (Boney M)
Do They Know It's Xmas (Band Aid)
Winters Tale (David Essex)
Xmas Time Don't Let the Bells End(The Darkness)

The Pogues-Fairytale of New York.

Contest over.

It's a great song but it's played to death all year round on MTV etc.

Carols:

Silent Night
O Little town of Bethlehem

Songs:

I believe in Father Christmas (Greg Lake)
Fairytale of New York (Pogues)

Anything by Jim Reeves/Perry Como/Bing Crosby

I think you always like what you heard as a kid so for me it'd be Wizzard, Slade, the various American 50s/60s crooners, plus Bowie 'n' Bing and that Greg Lake song.

The crooners I (Crosby, Martin, Nat King Cole, Ella Fizgerald etc) probably are the best songs performed by the best singers but its the way they make you feel, as do the 70s ones, that make them the best for you. They make you feel just a hint of the magic you felt as a child.

Carols don't get listened to as much which is a shame as I like them all.

Was saying to our lass yesterday that you can't get a perfect Christmas album. Whatever you get has some personal classics missing yet is still padded out with recent songs or, even worse, cover versions.

Its not christmas until you hear the opening line "And so this is christmas, and what have you done..."

rl29 years ago todayrl

Little donkey
Away in a manger
War is Over
Band Aid
Fairytale of new York.
Abba - Happy new year

As long as its not that crappy Darkness effort

Low - Just like christmas (give it a spin on youtube if you dont know it)

Pogues - Fairytale of new york, I agree it's done to death and by mid december your sick of hearing it but christmas wouldn't be christmas without it now.

Very True P.A i should of put Greg Lake on my list aswell!

Oh Holy Night.. sung by someone who can get the high note (not me !)