Top 3 Favourite Christmas songs?

[Grey-gear]

Given it's drawing close to that time of year again, what are your top 3 Favourite Christmas songs?

 

Mine are: -

 

1. Stop the Cavalry

2. Merry Christmas Everyone

3. Fairytale of New York

[witch]

1. Have yourself a merry little Christmas (but only sung by Judy Garland or Frank Sinatra)

2. Driving home for Christmas - Chris Rea

3. Stop the cavalry

[newpersn]

1. Merry Christmas Everyone

2. Fairytale of New York

3. Do They Know Its Christmas - Band Aid (The original 1984)

[Dos_Box]

1. Fairytale of New York

2. Driving Home for Christmas

3. I Believe in Father Christmas (Greg Lake)

[sparkeh]

1) Last Christmas - Wham!

2) The Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby & David Bowie

3) Fairytale of New York - The Pogues

[6Foot2]

1. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl

2. I Believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake

3. The Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie and Bing Crosby

 

Perhaps a poll in this thread?

[Sagima]

1. Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie and Bing Crosby

2. Happy Xmas (War is Over) - John and Yoko

3. Driving Home for Christmas - Chris Rea

[kearton]

1) Snoopy's Christmas - The Royal Guardsmen (never heard it in the UK but it used to be on all the time in NZ when I was a kid)

2) Thank God It's Christmas - Queen

3) Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) - The Darkness

 

2. Driving home for Christmas - Chris Rea

Aarrgghhh Can't stand this one... I'll change channel/station if I hear this on TV or Radio...

 

 

1. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl

This would be my #4 Edited December 12, 2014 by kearton

[eyetea]

1. Stop the cavalry

2. I saw three ships

3. Proper Chrimbo (not even sorry)

[Grey-gear]

Perhaps a poll in this thread?

 

Good idea but I did think about it but I didn't want to miss any songs as there is a lot and I want to allow any song. If I get time this time next week I may make and post a graph or pie chart.

Edited December 12, 2014 by Grey-gear

[DalekSec]

Fairytale of new York - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl

Xm@$ - Corey taylor ( NSFW )

Spaceman came traveling - Chris de burg ( cant spell his name )

[unixman_again]

Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes , Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love (the entire 'A Christmas Gift For You' LP is superb), Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant - Siouxsie And The Banshees

[sonofsanta]

Last Christmas by Wham

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon etc.

Stop the Cavalry by Jona Lewie

 

But really, it's not about any one song... it's about the incessant, inescapable barrage of festivity that gets me in the mood I bloody love Christmas me.

[ICTDirect_Dave]

1) Carol of the Bells - The west wing made me fall in love with this one

2) Fairytale of New York

3) Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End) - The Darkness

 

Can't get my head around Driving Home for Christmas, it just gives me the image of a wrecked car somewhere on an A road. Far too morbid to give me any pleasure.

[abillybob]

1. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl

2. Cold December Night - Micheal Buble

3. Winter Wonderland

[hardtailstar]

anything not christmassy.....

[LeMarchand]

Too many years in retail have somewhat soured Xmas for me, so if it has to be 3:

 

3: Christmas is All Around - "Billy Mack" (should've reached #1 that Xmas)

 

 

2: Christmas Time in Hell - "Satan, The Dark Prince" (almost certainly NSFW)

 

 

1: Little Drummer Boy - Abney Park (who have 2 Xmas albums available!)

 

[sonofsanta]

1) Carol of the Bells - The west wing made me fall in love with this one

 

Ooh good shout - definitely the best carol.

[DalekSec]

anything not christmassy.....

 

You would want xm@$ by corey taylor then, WARNING NSFW

 

but extremely funny

[Smee]

1.Fairy tale of New York -The Pogues

2.It must be Santa - Bob Dylan (total madness )

3.Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt

 

But there's loads more I could add and in no particular order either.

[crc-ict]

1. Merry Christmas Everyone - Slade

2. Last Christmas - Wham

3. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day - Wizzard

 

Although got to give a shout for Bob Rivers Twisted Christmas with classics like 'Osama got run over by a reindeer' and 'Chipmunks roasting on an open fire'

Edited December 12, 2014 by crc-ict

[Novalee]

So difficult to pick!

1. Holy Night

2. Ding Dong Merrily on High

3. Fairytale of New York.

 

I love the carols!

[witch]

I presumed that we weren't talking about carols though - otherwise my list would be very different.

[kearton]

3: Christmas is All Around - "Billy Mack" (should've reached #1 that Xmas)

We've got some Top50 Xmas songs wossname (on telly) on in the background in the office at the moment. This has just been on.... it was #37

[Novalee]

I presumed that we weren't talking about carols though - otherwise my list would be very different.

ah okay, list re-do

 

1. Fairytale of Newyork

2. So here it is Merry Christmas

3. All I want for Christmas

It's a difficult choice though!