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Whether your holiday be Christmas, Yule, Saturnalia, or even Ononharoia, Mid-Winter is a time of sharing. How about sharing our favourite seasonal songs?

Give us a title and a link to a performance, preferably your favourite as well...

I'll start with Annie Lennox's spirited rendition of "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Ah! What a voice!) in a delightful video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hucUB-3ZMcw
 
Nice! Reminds me of Sting's rendition of Gabriel's Message for some reason. Perhaps the minor key and the sparseness of the instrumental. In any case, both are nice, crisp counterpoints to the usual sugary holiday fare.

I also love Jewel's performance of O Holy Night. One of those less-popular carols that had a few respectable singers take a crack at it over the years, but no one really nailed it until she stepped up to it.
 
Personally, I think there's little to beat Silent Night, Holy Night in the original German,
as a reminder of that first war-torn Christmas in Flanders fields [WW1].

[This version is sung by Nana Mouskouri]
 
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - the Muppets' version. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)- original John Lennon version.

Least favorite- any version of the 12 Days of Christmas.
 
Tio_Narratore said:
Whether your holiday be Christmas, Yule, Saturnalia, or even Ononharoia, Mid-Winter is a time of sharing. How about sharing our favourite seasonal songs?

Give us a title and a link to a performance, preferably your favourite as well...

I'll start with Annie Lennox's spirited rendition of "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Ah! What a voice!) in a delightful video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hucUB-3ZMcw
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I LOVE it, Tio!!!

Thank you. :):rose::kiss:

I'll make a contribution in a couple of hours - right now I'm off for a nap.
 
Harry Connick Jr. Must Have been Old Santa
Love this big brass feel more than the smell of bourbon at Christmas.

I got this CD when my son was maybe 5 or 6 and it he just loved it when he woke up with a big red hat :catroar:. Now that he goes off fighting fires in Yosemite and being Smokey Bear in his spare time, it reminds me that he hasn't always been well over 6 and a half feet tall wielding a chainsaw.

I hope that everyone enjoys their special season, stays warm and eats well.
 
Well - the link doesn't seem to work right now, but then again maybe I'm doing it wrong.
(I probably am.) :eek:

My favorite is Mel & Kim - "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree."

I'll try to attach a link later.
 
This song makes me wish for a more open-minded family than mine. <sigh>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCVt_j1A68c (Dar Williams, The Christians and the Pagans)

My favorite traditional carol is Angels We Have Heard on High because I've always loved singing the Gloria part (I jump around between the SAT parts because I can). I love Unto Us a Child Is Born from Messiah for pretty much the same reason.

For more modern tunes, this is probably my favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUM947oqnBU (LOVE this version, too)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPf2snTB2wo


And of course:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsDieLwIaaw

I love all the 60s Motown stuff, too.
 
Thanks for introducing me to Ononharoia!

Hadn't heard of Ononharoia. Had to look it up, of course, and found this:
The Ononharoia was the main Huron winter festival. It was a soul-curing ritual. The ceremony was celebrated to rid the village of the evil spirits associated with illness or depression. During this three-day celebration, people broke into houses, upset furniture, and shattered pots. Those who were sick then went about the village seeking out objects that had appeared in their dreams. If they got what they were looking for, it meant that their troubles were over.
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Evidently, the tribe helped the dreamers out in other ways. It wasn't just objects that they could seek out from their dreams. If, for example, the dreamer was having dreams of doing something with another person (like, say, sex) the other person would pantomime doing it with them so the dreamer could have what he/she was looking for and, thus, end their troubles.

Sounds like a plot bunny to me! :devil: And I think we should celebrate this in lieu of all the other holidays this time around ;)
 
And here's some love songs for the season. One of love lost, one of love distant, and one of love found.

The first is an all-Canadian - River, written and performed by Joni Mitchell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpFudDAYqxY


The second is all-Canadian as well - Gordon Lightfoot's Song for a Winter's Night performed by Sarah Mclachlan (my favourite version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLGSZisx7ks


And the third is White Snows of Winter, performed by the Kingston Trio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBtfL9UoIDs
 
The festive season, as we all know, is not festive for everyone, and at our house we traditionally give a large basket of food and treats to two single parents who are eking out an existence while working hard for an education. There'd be toys, too, of course, for the kids.

This year, inspired a bit by this song, we did it a little differently. A basket of food and treats, for sure, but instead of presents from an unknown donor (we varied the gifter - Santa, naturally, but sometimes Befana or even Balthazar), this year we gave the parents each a Mall-wide gift card ample enough to have for themselves the honour and pleasure of buying gifts for their children.

So then, I offer the Merle Haggard classic, If We Make It Through December

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99itWXANxw8
 
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