Christmas Carols

Dexter Sinister

Dexter Sinister

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Best version I've ever heard of what I think is the best Christmas carol of all time. Wish I could find a video for it, I have it on an ancient VHS tape of a Peter Paul and Mary Christmas concert, but I don't have the equipment to do anything else with it. This song... the yearning, the pain, the grief, the hope it expresses... even this unrepentant old atheist finds this powerful and moving, an eloquent expression of what we would most like to be true. Even I cannot entirely escape my cultural conditioning, and this song can move me to tears. "Forever death's dark shadows put to flight..." Who who's ever seen death wouldn't wish for that? I think of my beloved parents...
YouTube - Peter, Paul, and Mary - Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel

And it's ecumenical too. Jews could sing that song with just as much conviction as any Christian.
 
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bobnoorduyn

bobnoorduyn

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Though I'm not a real Pegger, Winnipeg was my home base for quite a while and I really got to appreciate the arts scene there, (I think the cold keeps people locked up for far too long, but it does encourage creativity). I posted this on another similar thread, it is my favourite Christmas carol, (other that Hark! the Herald Angels Sing). These guys may be considered alternative, but they are still good, they've had some chart toppers too.

YouTube - Crash Test Dummies: The First Noel
 
Goober

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bobnoorduyn said:
Though I'm not a real Pegger, Winnipeg was my home base for quite a while and I really got to appreciate the arts scene there, (I think the cold keeps people locked up for far too long, but it does encourage creativity). I posted this on another similar thread, it is my favourite Christmas carol, (other that Hark! the Herald Angels Sing). These guys may be considered alternative, but they are still good, they've had some chart toppers too.

YouTube - Crash Test Dummies: The First Noel
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OK - Get in the Spirit.
 
Walter

Walter

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Ave Maria by Franz Bieble is exquisite. I'm not a Mc but this music is very inspiring.
 
Bar Sinister

Bar Sinister

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I like almost all traditional Christmas carols. I have very little use for lounge lizard renditions of Christmas favourites or most other pop music Christmas songs. My all-time favourite - Adeste Fideles preferably by someone with an operatic voice.
 
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