Fave traditional christmas carol

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muskrat

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Not so much 'what song?', but 'by whom?'. I like a Rat Pack Christmas, Frankie, Dino, and Sammy. Ol Bing, do ya. Nat Cole. The classic crap. Oh, and I LOVE Christmas tunes by any of those big 'wall of sound' Phil Spector girl groups from the early sixties, The Crystals, the Ronettes. I crank that stuff at holiday parties, call it a Phil Spector X-Mas--people look at me funny. Hey, that's just good music.
 

Kurben

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That was beautiful, Kurben!

I second O, Holy Night. There is a tenor at my mom's church that sings it for their Christmas service each year that will give you chills.
I have sung that christmas song (the Swedish one) since I was a little kid. It is one of the more popular christmas psalm in sweden. Written around 1900 so it has been around awhile. Church, schools, daycare or tv some how it does not grow old. We have a Swedish version of holy night (O, Helga Natt) And of silent night (Stilla natt) here that also are Very popular.
 

Doc Creed

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Not so much 'what song?', but 'by whom?'. I like a Rat Pack Christmas, Frankie, Dino, and Sammy. Ol Bing, do ya. Nat Cole. The classic crap. Oh, and I LOVE Christmas tunes by any of those big 'wall of sound' Phil Spector girl groups from the early sixties, The Crystals, the Ronettes. I crank that stuff at holiday parties, call it a Phil Spector X-Mas--people look at me funny. Hey, that's just good music.
Yeah, the Ronettes version of All I Want For Christmas Is You has been in several movies. Home Alone or Gremlins...can't recall. I love that lead singer's voice.
 

Grandpa

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I can still sing "Adeste Fideles" ("O Come All Ye Faithful") in Latin. I guess that's something. The only other song I can remember in native tongue is "Mein hut der hat drei ecken," which is not really a Christmas song, so never mind.

"Carol of the Bells" is my favorite Christmas song, but I'm not sure how traditional that is. If it's disallowed, I'd fall back on "Gloria in excelsis Deo."
 

not_nadine

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Carol O'Conner.

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