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I think the idea that there are no good Christmas songs is a lie, some of my favourites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25fUl3NpeBc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOe18JcatZo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cdEzG0xZ0A

Chiron Beta Prime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsWhc62gj-0

Don't we have this thread?

Don't we have this thread?

Apparently not.

mary did you know?

my favorite version is by kathy mattea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm4ssPrLwm0

It's not really a christmas song, but it's a religious song, and it goes well with the season.

Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil, especially #5

Also, O Holy Night

A particularly fine example by Luciano Pavarotti (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EbQYYaGdoM)

Christmas in Hollywood. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xszS8SPrBno)

O Holy Night for sure!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rYoO3xmmyqk

I Am Santa Claus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgEGMZQDEYQ)

Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Good King Wenceslaus.

I like ''Los Peces en el Río''. If I can find the mp3, I'll link you to it.

Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K8WAXEPlz8)!
Not the best one, though.

This one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2LtOVBHgoY)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IAfK1pMUUBU This. Dyakovo, that was really cool.

I like ''Los Peces en el Río''. If I can find the mp3, I'll link you to it.

Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K8WAXEPlz8)!
Not the best one, though.

That is good, thanks Nanatsu

Modern - Has to be I wish it could be Christmas every day

Traditional - I don’t know the name but "Oh rest ye merry Gentlemen yet nothing you dismay"

That is good, thanks Nanatsu

You're welcome there, Mr. Dyako.

John Lennon - and so this is Christmas:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=-xV7GmbUARI&feature=related

John Lennon - and so this is Christmas:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=qwrxwAiDC8U

You will make me cry. *shakes fist at Coll*

You will make me cry. *shakes fist at Coll*

Watch this version, it actually will make you cry. http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=s8jw-ifqwkM&feature=related

Watch this version, it actually will make you cry.

That's why I said it. And I'm not PMSing.:(

That's why I said it. And I'm not PMSing.:(

No, I forgot to post the vid, sorry. It's in the post now, take a look.

No, I forgot to post the vid, sorry. It's in the post now, take a look.

*sniffs*
The images are so sad.

*sniffs*
The images are so sad.

It's the kids I worry for the most. We're supposed to be advanced nowadays, but take a look at 2/3rds of the countries, and they're in a right state. Even in Europe, there's Bosnia, Kosovo, Belarus, Moldova, Wales, Russia, Albania etc.

It's the kids I worry for the most. We're supposed to be advanced nowadays, but take a look at 2/3rds of the countries, and they're in a right state. Even in Europe, there's Bosnia, Kosovo, Belarus, Moldova, Wales, Russia, Albania etc.

Wales is that bad?

But yes, I know. Progress isn't something all people share. There's so much pain around.

Wales is that bad?

Yes, they give free drugs at pharmacies to those that need them! In all seriousness parts of it are like a 3rd world country, but most of it's fine. I just have to insult it as an Englishman. It's my racial duty.

But yes, I know. Progress isn't something all people share. There's so much pain around.

But I don't understand how somewhere like Italy is just across the seas from somewhere like Albania. And you'd think, what with them being in Europe and all, our governments would help them out before helping out the Congo or wherever.

Not a fan of many Christmas songs in truth; my childhood memories are forever harrowed by those god awful Christmas discoes to Slade and such.

Not a fan of many Christmas songs in truth; my childhood memories are forever harrowed by those god awful Christmas discoes to Slade and such.

Blasphemer. Everyone loves that song and you know it.

Yes, they give free drugs at pharmacies to those that need them! In all seriousness parts of it are like a 3rd world country, but most of it's fine. I just have to insult it as an Englishman. It's my racial duty.

I see. And yes, it's your duty as an English person to feel irked at the state of a part of your country.

But I don't understand how somewhere like Italy is just across the seas from somewhere like Albania. And you'd think, what with them being in Europe and all, our governments would help them out before helping out the Congo or wherever.

Yeah, I know. It happens here in Spain. Some parts of Madrid are slums where the poor struggle. We're not a paragon of progress anymore other parts of the world are. I think we don't take care of our own. It's truly saddening.

I see. And yes, it's your duty as an English person to feel irked at the state of a part of your country.

Wales is a different country. Don't ever call Wales part of England to a Welshman, or he'll set a sheep on you.

Yeah, I know. It happens here in Spain. Some parts of Madrid are slums where the poor struggle. We're not a paragon of progress anymore other parts of the world are. I think we don't take care of our own. It's truly saddening.

Over here the police have started spraying doorways, often while the homeless people are there, with water so that they can't sleep.

Wales is a different country. Don't ever call Wales part of England to a Welshman, or he'll set a sheep on you.

That happens with the Basque here. :tongue:

Over here the police have started spraying doorways, often while the homeless people are there, with water so that they can't sleep.

That's rather cruel. Wouldn't it be better to take them and try to put them in homes? But that does costs a lot of money. It seems this crisis will take more of a toll what we think.

Blasphemer. Everyone loves that song and you know it.

You try being rejected at the age of 12, after spending hours mustering the courage to ask somebody out, and then tell me Slade is great.

That happens with the Basque here.
Ah, but Wales is actually technically a country, but not a sovereign one, and it's a principality, and it all gets very silly.



That's rather cruel. Wouldn't it be better to take them and try to put them in homes? But that does costs a lot of money.

It's very cruel, and it probably costs a lot to have coppers out on the street at 2 in the morning. Anyway, I'm off to bed, and I won't be back on NSG until the 27th at the earliest. Hasta luego.

Well here's Good King Wenceslas - based on a charitableBohemian king, much beloved English carol:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=l4MWOpEXe5w&feature=related

Sadly as topical now as it was 28 years ago when I first heard it. Sounds not great here but still.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg_wNS5QQAw

Probably the greatest christmas song ever written
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff3aoSyYOVs

"Now the winter comes down
I can't stand the chill
That comes to the streets around Christmas time
And I'm buggered to damnation
And I haven't got a penny
To wander the dark streets of London "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNQpMCxh-ww

When the Scots, the Germans and French, put aside their arms and fraternised at The Western Front on Christmas Eve 1914, it shocked the authorities who made sure that these fraternising troops never got a chance to be near each other in that war again. You can't have the ordinary soldiers making peace, can you? It's positively unChristian.
From the film, "Joyeux Noel":
It was the first time that I heard the Scottish "I'm dreaming of home". You'll also love the German tenor's "Silent Night" accompanied by a Scottish bagpipe:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=c5iDz8Ul_AQ&feature=related

I think Sleigh Ride is the most Christmasy song.

I like your Pogues numbers Nodinia. Here's Dolores O'Riordan doing "Salvation"

"Inject yourself with liberty. It's free! It's free!

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=W6_sZd3viG8

Here's a link to my aforementioned Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil #5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyOXlbaYSCY

This will probably cement me as NSG's token Russian for a long time to come, but w/e... :p

I like
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4bM_l443VV4&feature=related

hope you do to xx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY1otyfwu1o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suqWNk1vi0o

Everyone loves Adeste Fidelis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZKFU2Aq1oI). Man, I used to know all the words to that........


Ok, that version is a bit ass. This one is rather different (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHih508J-vA)

Thanks for Anarchy in the U.K., Bird Chasers. They were so good!
Mind you, it's not specifically for Xmas.

Someone has to mention The Kinks - Father Christmas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjaPXihbORk)

(lyrics (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/k/kinks/father+christmas_20079042.html))

(I'm in a silly mood. Could be the eggnog. :p)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSlpCBek1_M

A Christmas Carol, by Tom Lehrer. I'm surprised this one isn't already up.

Well, it's now christmas where I am and I'm listening to this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njPWBTIv9qw), does it count?

Angels We Have Heard On High
Silent Night
O Holy Night
O Come All Ye Faithful
Little Drummer Boy
Hark! The Herald Angel Sing

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon

Thanks for Anarchy in the U.K., Bird Chasers. They were so good!
Mind you, it's not specifically for Xmas.


Your welcome. If you think about it, it ties in with Christ-mass for the line I am an Anti-Christ. So it's Anti-Christ-Mass.

Happy Anti-Christ-Mass and a Happy New Year for whichever date that would work out to be. I pledge for dinosaur remembrance day.

Best Christmas song ever. (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7V2lXog3tBY&feature=related)

my totally favorite 'christmas' song is the one about the christians and the pagans, this family that has both, getting togather and getting along and having/wishing each other a happy midwinter's eve.

more then one singer/group has done this one, and all of them have done it wonderfully well, though i don't for sure remember who wrote it or performed it first. its fairly contemporary, or seems to be, sometime in the last ten/fifteen years i think.