All time favourite Christmas song?

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Mines got to be Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Frank Sinatra, but the modern versions (Buble, Sam Smith Et al) are also grand.

This song just instantly puts me in the Christmas mood. Hot chocolates, stockings hanging from the fireplace, cosy jumpers, frost on the windows, love and laughter

The others I love are It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas, Merry Christmas Everyone. and Silent Night (ok that's a carol, but same thing).

Oh holy night.

Last Christmas
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
In the Bleak Mid Winter

I forgot "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" to the tune of The House of the Rising Sun. Also by Bob Rivers.

I Believe In Father Christmas wouldn't mind Greg lake in my stocking either

Last Christmas

Gaudete - Steeleye Span

Fairytale Of New York

It's taken me until a few minutes ago to figure out that the Christmassy tune I hear in the background of ads and trailers for Christmas specials is Carol of the Bells. Love it.

Great thread, I'll make myself a new Christmas playlist tomorrow!

Carols are my favourite. Silent night will play at my funeral come Sun or Snow. Torches is another.
Songs- driving home for Christmas

"When we're together" from Olaf's Frozen Adventure

I can totally leave Frozen. But that song is the Christmas nail on the head for me. Rarely can I sing it with DC without crying.

Definitely José Feliciano's, "Feliz Navidad"

Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)

I constantly change favourites but at the moment:

Christmas All over Again - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Must Be Santa - Bob Dylan
Sleigh Ride - Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Do they know its Christmas
Fairytale of New York
Last Christmas

Fairytale of New York bit also Walking in the air with that flying sequence takes me right back to childhood

Fairytale of New York
Driving home for Christmas. Chris Rea
The power of love, Frankie goes to HollywoodRea
O Holy Night Michael Bolton

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Mines got to be Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Frank Sinatra, but the modern versions (Buble, Sam Smith Et al) are also grand.

This song just instantly puts me in the Christmas mood. Hot chocolates, stockings hanging from the fireplace, cosy jumpers, frost on the windows, love and laughter

The others I love are It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas, Merry Christmas Everyone. and Silent Night (ok that's a carol, but same thing).

Completely agree with your number one, OP, and also your others!

I'm genuinely surprised that nobody has said I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas yet. I had never jeardof until 6 years ago on this website on a thread just like this one, it's the first song I seek out every year and my little boy loves it too. This is a lovely thread :)

Fairy tale of New York
Last Christmas
Driving home for Christmas
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
In dulci jubilo Mike oldfield
Do they know it's Christmas
In the bleak midwinter
John Rutter Carols are lovely too

Oooh so many! I've had to do a top ten, in no particular order:

Christmas in Hollis - Run DMC
Merry, Merry Christmas - NKOTB
Oh Holy Night - Il Divo
Happy Xmas War is over -John & Yoko
Silver Bells - Michael Bublé
Christmastime - Bryan Adams
The most wonderful time of the year - Andy Williams
2000 Miles - Pretenders
Happy New year - Abba
Last Christmas - Wham

My favourite Band Aid is actually Band Aid 2 of Stock, Aiken & Waterman fame. I can't find it on any streaming platform except YouTube, but Matt Goss and Jason Donovan absolutely nail 'Bono' s line'.

I have just realised I am a huge ball of cheese!

Ring Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull, In Dulce Jubilo by Mike Oldfield and Gaudete by Steelye Span.

Carols - The Sussex Carol and the Coventry Carol. Completely different but both really capture the season for me.

At the moment Wrapped in Red by Kelly Clarkson.

However, last year I bought The Piano man at Christmas by Jamie Cullam and it is a wonderful Christmas album

When the angelus is ringing
Silver bells
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
White Christmas

Anything old by the Rat Pack.

Oh and Christmas Alphabet. I used to go Carol singing when I was a child and we always sang this.

I believe in Father Christmas Greg lake

Kate Bush - December will be magic again
Elton John - step into Christmas
Coldplay - Christmas Lights (gives me goosebumps)

Forgot O Holy Night!!!!

Tinsel and lights by Tracy Thorn

Sufjan Stevens' O Come Emmanuel

White winter hymnal by fleet foxes even though it's not technically a Xmas song