♫ What's Your Favorite Christmas Carol Or Song? ♫

alexcc said:

My favorite
My favorite is Drummer Boy then O Holy Night

just heard Christmas Shoes
just heard Christmas Shoes while on my lunch...in my car...

chenheart said:

My favorite is "O Come All
My favorite is "O Come All Ye Faithful".

When I was a little girl ,maybe 4 or 5 years old, I was singing that song to my mom and dad. I stood tall and sang, "O come all ye faithful, joyful and umphant." My mom looked at me and said "Triumphant, sweetheart." To which I replied, " I AM trying umphant!"

So that song always is in the front of my favorites list.

Chen, that is freakin
Chen, that is freakin adorable! :-)

For we need a little Christmas, right this very minute...
For this year, the song is “We need a little Christmas”. I first heard this song in the musical “Mame” on broadway a long time ago. Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur were the stars.

“Haul out the holly
Put up the tree before my spirit falls again
Fill up the stocking
I may be rushing things but deck the halls again now”

My parents have had their lives turned upside down. One had a very nasty break in a femur and due to age is slowly healing. The other deals with has congested heart failure and trips to the ER are so frequent. They have had a long, productive lives. It still doesn’t make it easy watching them struggle with their new circumstances of leaving their home, moving. At their age, they shouldn’t have to make so many new adjustments.

“For I've grown a little leaner
Grown a little colder
Grown a little sadder
Grown a little older”

I’ve been off hormonal therapy for my widespread lungs and lining metastasis since last spring when progression showed failure of the drug. My plans are to restart the drug again. I had a ct scan yesterday which showed progression along with many more tumors, and bone mets. I have so many other medical issues. At times, I do want to throw myself a “Pity Party”. So this year, I feel this song is very apropos.

“And I need a little angel
Sitting on my shoulder
I need a little Christmas now”

TraciInLA said:

Baby, It's Cold Outside
Love that song too, Ayse!

Anyone else hear Ben Folds and Sara Bareilles murder it on The Sing-Off Christmas special last night? It's supposed to be flirty and sexy (i.e., it's NOT a song about the weather! :-), but instead they made it this artsy piece that sounded like 2 people singing completely different songs in different rooms. They're both good singers, but this just wasn't it....

My favorite version of it is still the Glee duet from last Christmas....:-)

Traci

More on "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
For all you "trivia geeks" out there (like me!):

Ayse's question got me curious, so I Wikipedia'd "Baby It's Cold Outside" -- it was written in the 1940s for the songwriter's wife, and they used to perform it together at parties. She was apparently furious when he sold it to MGM, because she considered it "their" song (bet he had to buy her a nice big piece of jewelry for that one!).

It premiered in the 1949 musical "Neptune's Daughter," where it was sung by TWO couples: Ricardo Montalbán and Esther Williams, and Red Skelton and Betty Garrett, who actually sang the man's part (quite scandalous for 1949!). The song earned an Academy Award that year.

I'm a huge fan of MGM musicals, so "Neptune's Daughter" is now in my Netflix queue!

Traci

natly15 said:

My 2 favorites are Oh Holy
My 2 favorites are Oh Holy Night and the Christmas song, sung by Nat King Cole. Mary did you Know runs a close second to Oh Holy Knight.

Traci I grew up with MGM movies and love watching them. I would get all the movie star magazines and coloring books. I go way back to Betty Grable. I loved June Haver, Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Vera Ellen and Esther williams just to name a few. They were movies with simple plots but the there was so much dancing and singing and romance and glamour. Growing up with MGM movies was a magical time for a little girl. I guess as magical as the Disney Princesses are today, however we did have Snow White and Cinderella.

White christmas and Easter Parade are 2 of my favorite musicals.

Musicals of the 1950's
Hi Natly,

You grew up in those same era I did. How I love those old musicals. I remember the movie magazines and love to baby sit at one of the hair dressers home. She tell me to read the magazines in her shop after the kids were in bed.. She had them all. I had a feast reading about Debbie, Liz and Eddie. I loved the movie White Christmas and purchased the film in VHS format back when they first became available. The costumes were so beautiful and could some of them dance.

I remember hearing that the Christmas song was written in July. I don't know if it is true but every time I hear it, I think of summer. A good way to cool off in a heat wave.

Best,

Doris

disneyfan2008 said:

I got to thinking NO one
I got to thinking NO one (around here anyhow) goes Caroling..when I was a kid 52 yrs ago we'd all get together at the library and sing our hearts away...everyone from town...NOw nothing...as far as I know..

even my grandsons school does not have concert-play or anything (he's in 2nd grade)

I miss that..

MY kids always had a big event each year..

Denise

With my name, it is easy to
With my name, it is easy to guess, isn't it? LOL

TraciInLA said:

Okay, Doris and Cousin Natly, that does it...
...I've now added White Christmas to my Netflix queue, too.

I've actually never seen it. I'm so in love with Gene Kelly (seriously, if he were alive and young and knocked on my door today, I would probably leave my girlfriend for him :-), that I tend to gravitate toward his movies. But it's the perfect season for curling up with Bing and Rosemary!

Traci

I don't like "White
I don't like "White Christmas". The chorous isn't bzd BUT as a SW FL native it's always been a bit nasty to me. "It's December the 24th and I'm longing to be up North" (first verse) has always come across as a slap at Southerns because we don't have snow everywhere. Even here in SW SD we don't always have a "White Christmas".

TraciInLA said:

Okay, Doris and Cousin Natly, that does it...
...I've now added White Christmas to my Netflix queue, too.

I've actually never seen it. I'm so in love with Gene Kelly (seriously, if he were alive and young and knocked on my door today, I would probably leave my girlfriend for him :-), that I tend to gravitate toward his movies. But it's the perfect season for curling up with Bing and Rosemary!

Traci

Movies
The difference between today and yesterday is if these actors and actresses led depraved lives, they kept it to themselves. They probably were not perfect people but, you enjoyed everything they did. Who could not love Gene Kelly in "Singing in the Rain"? It is a perfect season for curling up and revisiting Bing and Rosemary by the fire.

Best,

Doris

SIROD said:

Movies
The difference between today and yesterday is if these actors and actresses led depraved lives, they kept it to themselves. They probably were not perfect people but, you enjoyed everything they did. Who could not love Gene Kelly in "Singing in the Rain"? It is a perfect season for curling up and revisiting Bing and Rosemary by the fire.

Best,

Doris

I met Gene Kelly on a flight
I met Gene Kelly on a flight way back when. He was small of stature with a large personality. He was quite congenial and generous with conversation and autographs. I didnt get an autograph but enjoyed talking with him. He looked fresh, young and healthy and I guess he was probably in his late 50's at the time. Must admit I had a crush on him when I was little girl. Oh give me the good old days, MGM movies, singing, dancing, large production numbers, Westmore makeup, Edith Head costumes and glamour.

Ragu I've lived in the north and the south and without question prefer a sunny warm christmas in Florida even tho the movie "White Christmas" continues to be one of my faves.

Mary, Did you Know
Silent
Mary, Did you Know
Silent Night in German (my mom use to sing it to us)
O Holy Night
Drummer Boy
Away in a Manger

I just love all of them!