Saturday, December 03, 2005
What Are Your Favorite Christmas or Seasonal Songs?
It’s that time again! Share your favorite songs (generic or by artist) of the season with us.
I always make a list and then say “ooh, ooh!” later, wanting to add some good one I forgot. But here’s a few off the top of my head:
Do You Hear What I Hear, the version by Andy Williams. Love to sing along with it.
Merry Christmas Darling by The Carpenters. I still miss Karen Carpenter, with her unmistakable voice.
Holly Jolly Christmas. The definitive one being Burl Ives, from Rudolph, but I also have fond memories of performing this song in junior high chorus.
Someday At Christmas, by Stevie Wonder. Beautiful, even if too unrealistically utopian.
A Soalin’ by Peter, Paul and Mary. I just now Googled to learn the official name of the song, which I’d have called “Soul Cake” otherwise.
I could name more, and specifically name one or more traditional ones. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, for instance, but it’s hard to choose. I am certain to see some of your choices and go “ooh, ooh!,” whether Kotter’s here or not. Five songs are enough to get it rolling.