Anonymous wrote:U2- Christmas, Baby Please Come Home

Anonymous wrote:Loving Taylor Swift's new song - Christmas Tree Farm!

Anonymous wrote:Another vote for "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas". I don't know why they don't play it on the radio, but everyone that hears it at our house loves it.

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Anonymous wrote:The winner thus far is O'Holy Night with five votes

I'm surprised how little overlap there is. I counted 54 different songs.

I remember an NPR program years ago about the histories of traditional carols. Oh Holy Night was, early on, banned in French churches. The music not being pious, too arousing, and politics were involved.

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear--besides being a Unitarian hymn (I'm a UU) and beautiful music, it is also a kind of antiwar song (written just after the Mexican American War, which I kind of believe is what messed this country up).

Silent Night (our h.s. choir had a version with a soprano descant that made me shiver it was so beautiful)--the same PBS/NPR (maybe there were a couple of programs that year, because I do remember an animation for this part but only audio for the other stuff) was when I first learned about the WWI Christmas Truce.

Love Nutcracker. Hate the traditional way the ballet is done (the rats and all that)--first live version I ever saw had a very different approach and will always be my personal standard of how it should be performed.

Anonymous wrote:The winner thus far is O'Holy Night with five votes

I'm surprised how little overlap there is. I counted 54 different songs.

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Anonymous wrote:Emmanuel by Amy Grant I have great memories caterwauling to it on my disc man growing up. I'm sure my parents loved that.

And Mary Did You Know also because of strong memories singing it in church choir (when I finally learned to at least carry a tune)

The Pentatonix version of Mary Did you Know is amazing!

Pentatonix is the WORST! They make me wish I were born without ears!

How dare you!

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Anonymous wrote:Emmanuel by Amy Grant I have great memories caterwauling to it on my disc man growing up. I'm sure my parents loved that.

And Mary Did You Know also because of strong memories singing it in church choir (when I finally learned to at least carry a tune)

The Pentatonix version of Mary Did you Know is amazing!

Pentatonix is the WORST! They make me wish I were born without ears!