Christmas Carol favourites

[goldieoldie]

Oholy night is one of mjne among others ---anyone else got any--the Traditional -ones I find are the best--though the Pogues -Fairytale of New York find its sad as the female singer lost her life in a wreckless speedboat accident-KIrstyMcoll-lost her life,by pushing her 2 children out of the way 19 december 2004

[goldieoldie]

sorry it was 2000 yearVery sad mother of 2

[Hidden]

I like Hark, the Herald Angels sing.

[goldieoldie in reply to Hidden]

Thats a good one ,most traditional are!!will always be around ,I love a good sing song lol--

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

That's a favorite of mine too! Such a triumphant tune and awesome words.

[Missy_D]

I love the traditional ones - Hark the Herald, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Once In Royal Davids City. All of these have a fantastic descant for the final verse 😀

[goldieoldie in reply to Missy_D]

Im not so familiar with little townof Bethlehem,I always remember in primary school RC the crib going up and how lovely and exciting ,the onset of Christmas------When a child was born---Johnny Mathis----all the tinsel and decorations ,magical I loved it even though we got very little in our stocking ------

[Missy_D in reply to goldieoldie]

youtu.be/VJqgspx57C0(Not working as expected?) O Little Town of Bethlehem Kings Choir Cambridge xxx

[Tillymay]

The love silent night.such a shame my child’s school isn’t doing their church service this year I love listening to all the traditional carols.

[goldieoldie in reply to Tillymay]

What a pity how old is she-why dont you have some indoor carols-I have no one to celebrate the festive season ,but Im kind of used to it------my family are a strange lot!!

[Tillymay in reply to goldieoldie]

He is in primary school and I always look forward to the church service.But because of Covid it can’t happen.thats a good idea For Christmas Carols indoors I will do that this year.Also as for family I have the same problem my family are strange we don’t really see them so don’t worry your not on your own with that one.Remember there is always someone on here for you.

[goldieoldie in reply to Tillymay]

Yes,I dont know where I would be without HU,and thaks for your reply,its also a good idea to get a cd/whatever of carols ---it saves you trying to think ha,and yes my siblings are so mean-minded couldnt sing along with them,........better on my own.....

[Tillymay in reply to goldieoldie]

Lol we sound so much alike I have brothers and a sister but I couldn’t see myself singing along with them.I would much rather sing along with you.Im off to buy a carol cd tomorrow and when I’m singing along to it I will think of you my goldieoldie friend.I love the traditional carols.

[Tillymay in reply to Tillymay]

I remember my mum having a tape of max someone years ago.Do you remember him she always use to sing along I just can’t remember the surname? Bless her she is in heaven now shouting the surname to me.

[goldieoldie in reply to Tillymay]

was it Max bygraves?what is the name of the song---

[Tillymay in reply to goldieoldie]

That’s the name thanks.she use to sing along to lots of them I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.i remember that one! She always Sang Songs when I was little.Oh how I miss her she was great fun.She would be singing along with us,if she was here x

[goldieoldie in reply to Tillymay]

Bless,theres no one more precious than your mom----hopefullyyou will be singing along to IM dreaming of a Nice Christmas,I like her already-

[Tillymay in reply to goldieoldie]

Yes with good memories to keep me going I will be singing. do you remember the song when a child is born.I like that one as well There are so many nice ones.

[goldieoldie in reply to Tillymay]

Johnny Mathis sang when A child was born remember buying the single record 45s you wont remember that ,I was a lover of the 60s and 70s nice voice

[Tillymay in reply to goldieoldie]

I don’t remember him but I remember my mum playing that one.thats another lovey one.

[goldieoldie in reply to Tillymay]

Tillymay,thankyou your kind words,thats cheered me up after I had some adverse affect on another member on this site-happy hunting-and take care!!

[Tillymay in reply to goldieoldie]

Bless you I’m sure you didn’t mean to whatever it was.keep your chin up your a wonderful person who cheered me up yesterday.just keep being you!

[goldieoldie in reply to Tillymay]

Thanks ,I have explained as there is a difference between Traditional-and Modern-pop versions of Christmas Carols----and I wouldnt dream of changing them----everyone to their own taste musically------and we both love music,carols are wonderful,for cheering people up not for making a big song and dance over a wrong interpretation----however small,;nevermind we will carry on our carol singing regardless ,signed an older but more professioal singer/person lol

[Agora1]

Little Drummer Boy!

[goldieoldie in reply to Agora1]

Thats a lovely one ,makes me sad---lots of tunes do that to me,as well as the opposite.

[Hidden]

I'm going to focus on the positives of that post & say "SIlver Bells" always puts me in the Chrissie mood. And to show my age, I want to add "Merry Christmas Everyone" by Shakin' Stevens. It's a little boppy number. I highly recommend dancing around at inopportune times & at inappropriate places whenever you can. If you have a mental disorder, you might as well have fun & look crazy lol.

[AnxM]

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

[mcginnmx]

My favorite is “ Mary did you know” I got to sing that in the daycare church I was working for. None of the other teachers wanted to sing so I did. I was never so happy in my life. Too bad my parents didn’t come it was a huge deal to me. They said I was to grown up for them to come. But on there behalf I was near 25 or “carol of the bells!” I was a soprano in high school and if you ever been a soparano in a choir doing “carol of the bells”. You barely have a moment to breath if done right. Hardest song to ever sing.

[Hidden in reply to mcginnmx]

My mum adores that one. I also love Amazing Grace but don't know how Christmasy that one is. I always get teary with the "once was lost but now I'm found" bit...guess because I felt lost my all whole life lol.

[goldieoldie in reply to Hidden]

I get teary with those words too,it takes a lot for me to cry ,maybe a death...but music does it for me --I used to cry at when a child was born Johnny mathis ,But,we are supposed to be cheery ,so lets get some happy tunes on....what type of music,do you like.

[Hidden in reply to goldieoldie]

So envious goldieoldie, I like cry at a drop of a hat. Went exercising, cried 3 times during my hour walk, proceeded with another cry in the shower lol. Wish I was joking. In a bout of depression atm. Bright & cheery...dang, that's a hard one. Want to highlight the fact I used "dang" in a sentence....how often do you hear that nowadays. I digress...

Um musically all over the place, like Howard Keel's deep baritone, like Johnny Cash, the lovely deep voice of George Ezra, Rob Thomas. My favourite band atm is Imagine Dragon's, their best song for me is "bleeding out".

I am soooo not doing a good job of being cheery lol. Will pass the mic over to someone else.

[goldieoldie in reply to mcginnmx]

THats a pity your parents not turning up-soprano,I should have carried on getting my voice trained but opted out to sing in my brothers pop group---I was 17years and then agorophobia took over--I would very much like to hear you sing---I am going on 75 yrs missed my vocation;its nice to know you still sing in the church choir!

[Jakki-82]

I really love Aled Jones' Walking in The Air

[goldieoldie in reply to Jakki-82]

lovely tune----and the video that goes with it ,is sad snowman melts ,flying in the sky,all but a dream,the ad in is still on at this time of year!uk

[Jakki-82 in reply to goldieoldie]

There's another video of Aled as a child walking across some wilderness. It's pretty good too.

[goldieoldie in reply to Jakki-82]

cant recall that,but it stirs up warm memories!