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MadAboutRunning · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:42 pm Post subject: Christmas Carols

OK - someone had to be the first to post a "Christmas" thread and it is only 20 days away after all....

SO, whats your fave Christmas carol and why?

For me - as a tear-jerker/memory-jerker: "When a Child is Born."
For singing really loud to: "Snoopy's Christmas."
For prancing round the living room like a total idiot to: "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer." Embarassed

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tinkle · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 8:49 pm Post subject:

Well.

I do get a lump in my throat when I hear that quintessential classic crissy song;

Ho f'ing Ho

as sung by Kevin Bloody Wilson.

Anyone need me to sing a chorus?

*warming up,just in case*

Pilbara K · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:19 am Post subject:

Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. Must be a childhood thing.

For me, the most meaningful Christmas song is "Santa never made it into Darwin" about Cyclone Tracy. I live in a cyclone area and have lived through two direct hits (plus more alerts). You can become complacent over time but you always remember your first one!! We are in cyclone season now and we have a cyclone "box" packed for evacuation and/or surviving without food/water/power for a week. The power of mother nature is awesome and very, very scarey. Generally though, you at least get a warning with cyclones.
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flip n twist · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:28 am Post subject:

As a Christian, I'm moreso into that side of carols...I can't really stand any of this Rudolf (not our Ausrun poster!)/Santa/Father Christmas train of thought...well I can, but I don't like the way it infiltrates kids' minds as what Christmas is all about.

But I don't think we had one carol last week at church (surprising), so my memory is scratchy at the moment.
Sentimental favourite is "Silent Night" - it's just a beautiful song;
"Gloria in Excelsis Deo" (part of Mary's Boy Child/Hark the Herald as well? Can't remember) is always fun, because as an alto-soprano, it's still near dead impossible to sing properly, so way more fun to belt out at the top of your lungs in your most anti-choir style voice ever; and
the Hallelujah Chorus - special sentiment, because we spent 6 weeks last year learning the chorus for a Christmas item. About 20 of us started, and it, erm, sounded questionable at the start, but was pretty fantastic by Christmas Day.

deege · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:57 am Post subject:

I am with flip for general preferences and for pretty much the same reasons.

I love the classics like Hark, Mary's Boy Child, O Holy Night and similar. My current favourite "pop" version is a David Bowie Song "Peace on Earth" sung in counter-point to the Little Drummer Boy. Followed closely by Dave Matthews singing the Christmas Song. Lyrics:

Em · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:53 am Post subject:

Xmas! As Austin Powers once said "it's not my bag, baby".

A funny story though, my mum told me once that she thought one of the lines from Silent Night was "Round Young Virgins" Laughing

And I have fond memories of singing Six White Boomers at the school Xmas play when I was young. Also for some reason, despite being a total heathen I was always chosen to play Mary in the nativity, then by about grade 6 I got a tragic short haircut and I was relegated to Drummer Boy Rolling Eyes

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Leizel · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:23 pm Post subject:

I love Bruce Springsteen's live version of 'Merry Christmas Baby' - it's on my playlist at the moment.
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Sharon · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:52 pm Post subject:

The most beautiful xmas song for me is by The Smashing Pumpkins - "Christmastime"

I have it on my ipod all year round

PJ · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:59 pm Post subject:

Em, lol.....if you haven't had a previous stint as a comedienne, you are now a budding one.

flip n twist · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:27 pm Post subject:

Stu Mac · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:48 pm Post subject:

I think the Sex Pistols sang my favorite version or was that Happy Birthday or God Save the Queen.... Rolling Eyes

I couldn't find ANY in my CD collection, so I suspect I do not have a favorite or like any!

MadAboutRunning · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:27 am Post subject:

Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..... come on Stu (and Em!) you know you want to tie some reindeer antlers to your head and go running round the Tan singing "Rudolf the Red Nosed..." Laughing

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fem_physique · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:16 am Post subject:

cant go past Billy Mack - Christmas is All Around from the movie Love actually. Laughing

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/loveactually/christmasisallaround.htm

schtumpie · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:08 am Post subject:

Em · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:24 am Post subject:

Clarkey · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:51 pm Post subject:

I don't know about carols, but doing a running tour of local streets checking out the light displays was very nice tonight.
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Em · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:26 pm Post subject:

It came to me like a bolt of lightening today, not strictly a carol but I absolutely love Fairytale of New York (Shane McGowan of The Pogues and Kristy McNicol).

Gets to me every time, a total classic.

For those who don't know it, tis about a drunk locked up on Xmas eve reflecting on better times.
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Boston · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:35 pm Post subject:

Jose Feliciano's Feliz Navidad is a song that gets played to infinite in the shopping malls...

Surely it has beene translated to lots of languages...

Feliz Navidad, feliz Navidad!
Feliz Navidad, prospero año felicidad!
Feliz Navidad, feliz Navidad!
Feliz Navidad, prospero año felicidad!
I want to wish you a Merry Christmas!
With lots of presents to make you happy!
I want to wish you a Merry Christmas!
From the bottom of my heart!
I want to wish you a Merry Christmas!
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deege · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:21 am Post subject:

"round yon' (yonder) virgin, mother and child"
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frankie · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject:

a song i heard on the radio the other day is Happy Xmas (War is Over)
John Lennon, Yoko Ono
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Adam RR · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:47 pm Post subject: