Favourite Christmas Song

[MichaelJH]

Well it's a week on from my birthday so I have now started to think about Christmas a fortnight away. I was wondering what people's favourite Christmas song was. As a Chris Rea fan mine is:

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P.S. Sadly I have read it is also the favourite of Demonic Cummings! ☹️

[080311]

Oh Michael, belated happy birthday hope you were able to celebrate a little.Love Chris Rea too, also the Pogues Fairy Tale of New York.

[gladliz in reply to 080311]

Original version of Pogues with Kirsty McCool is a favourite too.

[Thanksnhs]

Happy belated birthday, it's got to be slade for me 😀

[Sanpedro2019]

Happy Birthday when it comes . There are so many Joy to the world white Christmas O holy night to name a few

[MichaelJH Heart Star in reply to Sanpedro2019]

It's 358 days away!

[Stuart2441]

Was that 'Dominic the Donkey' (The Italian Christmas Donkey) by Lou Monte. 😂😂

[MichaelJH Heart Star in reply to Stuart2441]

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[Hidden]

Hello

Happy belated Birthday

I have so many favourite Christmas songs from I'm dreaming of a white Christmas and the list goes on , I don't think I could pick one

Take Care x

[SpiritoftheFloyd]

Happy belated birthday Michael. It's got to be The Pogues Fairy Tale of New York or Slade Merry Xmas Everybody

[gladliz in reply to SpiritoftheFloyd]

Yes I'll go with those.😊

[Milkfairy Heart Star]

Happy Birthday Michael.

I am a bit of a fan to Oh holy night too.

Always sing at my daughter's school every Christmas.

[Qualipop in reply to Milkfairy]

yep O Holy Night for me too.

[SpiritoftheFloyd]

I've just looked the the latest singles charts for this week, and 46 out of 100 are Christmas related! Chris Rea is at number 17.

[MichaelJH Heart Star in reply to SpiritoftheFloyd]

You are absolutely right! The scary thing is three of them (Christmas songs) are by Michael Buble (Mr Lift Music)! ☹️

[Lezzers in reply to MichaelJH]

Hey, what's wrong with Mr Buble? He's got a lovely voice. Happy birthday Michael, here's a pressie for you! ☺ youtu.be/WU7qQsoMMbY(Not working as expected?)

[MichaelJH Heart Star in reply to Lezzers]

Let's party Lezzers!

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[Lezzers in reply to MichaelJH]

Can't party without a bit of Chas & Dave!! 😂youtu.be/6cKjYwoebuM(Not working as expected?)

[Speakeazi]

Has to be Greg Lake and The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl. It’s 20 years since she died.

[gladliz in reply to Speakeazi]

Doesn't time fly! It was such a horrible accident and I can't remember if anyone was ever found guilty of any crime relating to it😡

[Magicfairy]

🥳Happy belated birthday Michael, hope you had a good day🙂, I think I like them all, they put a smile on my face, wishing you well x

[Meatless]

Happy belated Michael! Yes Pogues Fairytale of NY for me. Such happy memories with that song at Christmas over the years..

[Smerblue]

Has to be a toss up between Driving home for Christmas (being a Teesside lad) and the fairytale of New York. Happy Birthday Michael and Merry Christmas everyone. As kids we were always woken by Mario Lanza's Christmas album playing.

[kingsnorth]

Happy belated birthday Michael it was my birthday last week as well!! My favourite Christmas song is Fairy Tale of New York by the Pogues as well as Johnny Mathis A Ray Of Hope

[Magicfairy in reply to kingsnorth]

🌺Happy belated birthday kings north, hope you had a good day too 🙂x

[DD13]

Happy belated birthday Michael. Well there are too many favourite Christmas songs to choose from. But got to be slade, mud, Pogues, east 17, just to name a few.

[Ianc2]

Carol of the bells. It is a tune that gets into your head and takes a great deal of getting out again. Happy birthday Michael. In the words of the ancient toast " Here's to us and all like us, and who are they? damn few".

[Supernanu]

Happy belated birthday Michael. Fairytale of New York, Driving Home for Christmas and Band Aid. But also Little Drummer Boy - my mother’s favourite.

[panda22]

It has to be the Pogues. Fairy tale In New York

[CabbagePatch67]

Fairy tale of New York, the best.

[spinningjenny]

When our children were very young we used to go carol singing around old folks homes with a group from church. The kids hated it and the only thing that would persuade them to join in was the promise that we would play Mr Blobby very loudly, between venues, with the car windows wound down.

We arrived at one home during Coronation Street which didn’t go down well so we sang Ding Dong Merrily on High to the budgie.

Favourite Christmas song is probably Fairytale of New York though Mr Blobby alway makes me smile.

[Handel]

😂😂!!! Got to be Fairytale in New York. Great fan of the lovely but late Kirsty McColl but also a huge fan of Chris Rea. Happy birthday for whenever it is xxxx

[Danceawaytheblues]

I am in the minority, but I can not stand either the Chris Rea or Pogues song. lol. 😂😂😂

[Manhattan1]

Happy Birthday Michael!🎂.. 2 Favourites.. Silent Night.. and O Holy Night

[Qualipop]

The most moving thing I ever heard was when I took my son to Eurodisney the week before Christmas. As we sat on the pavement watching the parade, Silent Night started to play and every single child joined in. There were voices singing in English, German, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Japanese, Chinese,you name the language, you could hear it. Just to hear so many nationalities come together to sing the same carol was incredible.

[080311 in reply to Qualipop]

Now that’s given me goosebumps. X

[Gladwyn in reply to Qualipop]

Wonderful! Reminds me many years ago as a young soldier in Germany a group of us on a snowy Xmas eve went into a German pub and were directed into a small room on our own. After a couple of drinks, we got melancholy and started to sing Xmas carols and when we were singing Silent Night the landlady brought candles in and switched off the lights .... in the next room the Germans started to sing it too. Was lovely. 😀

[Qualipop in reply to Gladwyn]

Truly international

[jowalk6]

Happy belated birthday. Mine in Fairytale of New York. The original not the Bon Jovi one!! ☹️

[gladliz]

Belated Happy Birthday to you. Reading through the posts it's amazing just how many of us vote for the Pogues. Is it an age thing?☺

[080311 in reply to gladliz]

Must admit thought the same thing, or maybe us with a heart issue just have good taste 😂

[gladliz]

Definitely good taste😊😊

[Stuart2441]

In the bleak mid winter by Sissal. In fact any song by her, once played never forgotten. Beautiful singer especially when singing with any of the tenors.

[Qualipop in reply to Stuart2441]

Oh I Love In the Bleak Midwinter; an atmospheric tune and stirs your imagination

[summer768]

One of my favourite Christmas songs .Merry Christmas and keep well.

[Fluffybee]

Belated happy birthday to you Michael, thinking of a favourite Xmas song ??????!

[Ninjacat]

Happy belated 🥳... for me it’s gotta be ‘Baby it’s Cold Outside’, Dean Martin x

[Sunnie2day]

A belated Happy Birthday to you, Michael, I hope you got cake!

As for my personal favourite Christmas song, it's O' Little Town Of Bethlehem.

Erm, followed closely by the Pogues, and a wee giggle tune from the States titled 'Granma Got Run Over By A Reindeer'.

My late MILs were both lovely ladies and I hope my children's spouses feel the same about me but that song is a must-play for my scattered family (UK and US) during every Skype Christmas. We all fall about laughing and singing along. (I wonder what that says about our sense of humour!)

[080311 in reply to Sunnie2day]

That made me laugh out loud, I have a Santa that sways and sings that, bought by my late much loved sister-in-law, and sent from the USA. 😂

[Qualipop in reply to Sunnie2day]

Never heard of that- must try to find it

[Sunnie2day in reply to Qualipop]

If you can access YouTube, enter the search term 'Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer', it's genuinely hilarious if your sense of humour permits

[Qualipop in reply to Sunnie2day]

I found it. Grandpa doesn't seem too worried LOL

[Pippa80]

From a Distance (Christmas Version) very appropriate when many of us cannot see our loved ones