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It's that time of year again. For the next 25 days Christmas music will be everywhere. What do you look forward to hearing?

I make a distinction between Christmas Carols and Christmas songs. My favorite carol in "What Child Is This". My favorite song is a toss-up between "White Christmas" or "Silver Bells".

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I love Christmas Carols! Some of my favourites::

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Gabriel's Message

In the Bleak Midwinter

Past Three O'Clock

The Holly and the Ivy

The Sans Day Carol

The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy

Mary's Boy Child

Once in Royal David's City

I'm sure I'll think of more :)

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Here sung by the best boy choir in Finland where my cousins also used to sing:

I love it as we used to sing it every Christmas when I was a kid... it kind of brings the Christmas to me.

YouTube - Kauneimmat joululaulut - Sylvian joululaulu - Kun joulu on I just love this song!

Found some REAL FINNISH elfs! And teh MUST sing song when kids were small:

Musikalsikt: YouTube - Brita, Laila & Vieno - Tonttujen Jouluyö

And here in Norway:

YouTube - Sissel - NÃ¥ Tennes Tusen Julelys

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Maya you should have put that on the YouTube thread of Christmas Songs. :P

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:D Where... aa YouTube section.... mmm have to take a look... LDS.net is getting too big for the little me... :P

Thanks Pammie for helping!!

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FYI: Anyone who says their favorite is "Granma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" will be consigned to the outer darkness for eternity.

FYI 2: If you're invited to sing in a prison this Christmas, do not sing, "I'll Be Home for Christmas."

My personal favorite is probably "Oh Holy Night"

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I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.

I also like Carol of the Bells, although instrumental -- my daughter and I play it together as a piano and distortion guitar duet.

FYI 3: Might not want to sing "I'll be Home For Christmas" to a Mormon missionary who hasn't hit his hump day (1/2 way point in his two year mission) either!

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The radio station I listen to at work is now playing Christmas music till Boxing Day. I look forward to hearing: The Holly and the Ivy, Six White Boomers by Rolf Harris, a medley of We Three Kings and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen performed by the Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan, Wintersong by Sarah McLachlan and a bunch of others I can't think of right now. :)

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Silent Night-especially during the late night Christmas Eve service when the church is dark and everyone is holding candles.

The Holly and the Ivy

Greensleeves, I mean What Child is This

Hallelujah chorus from Handel's Messiah

O Little Town of Bethlehem

O Come, O Come Emanuel

O Holy Night

The First Noel

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I like that Mannheim Steamroller stuff. One in particular that has a duh-da-duh-duh-duh and something about bells.

Silent Night

First Noel

Greensleeves

Good King Wenceslas

and that Pachelbel's Canon Christmas Song

are all really nice. Christmas music really is a favorite.

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I love the Trans-Siberian Orchestra especially Christmas in Sarajevo, Wizards in Winter, Christmas of the Bells, and Christmas Canon.

We're presenting a play for our ward Christmas Party this year from Christmas Hang-ups and we love all the songs there! Especially the "On the First Day of Christmas" that intros into a traditional carol.

I don't really have a favorite traditional carol. Well, maybe What Child is This. But only if sung by a choir or bell instrumentals.

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It's that time of year again. For the next 25 days Christmas music will be everywhere. What do you look forward to hearing?

  • Last October's General Conference
  • A Robert Greenberg lecture series on the operas of Mozart
  • Nibley's "Time Vindicates the Prophets" radio addresses from 1954

Oh, wait, did you mean Christmas music? In that case, O Holy Night.

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I just updated the playlist on my profile page, so it's now my Christmas playlist. Some carols, some songs, all great versions.

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jsut a typo ;)

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