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Since it's that time of year...what is your favorite Christmas song?
Mine is Let it Snow, but I don't have a certain version picked out (since so many people redo all these songs).
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"I am Santa Claus" (sounds like Iron Man by Black Sabbath)
Just kidding. There are too many classics to pick just one.
Holly Cole has a great Christmas CD...
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I'll be home for Christmas is my favorite, sung by just about anybody. However, Judy Garland's original version from the movie Meet Me In St. Louis is about as good as it gets. "Christmas" and "home" are so closely tied together, even if being "home" is "only in my dreams." Dorothy had it right when she said "There's no place like home! There's no place like home! There's no place like home!"
Regardless of our physical location, may we all be "home" for Christmas this year.
Jack
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For me, Silent Night always signals the start of Christmastime. Haven't heard it yet this year...
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Off the top of my head (may change by tomorrow  )
Bing Crosby's White Christmas,
Sleigh Ride (peppy instrumental version)
Nutcracker Suite
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For me, one of my all time favs (and there's many) is "Oh Holy Night". Depending on who's singing it, it can knock ya off your feet.
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I like Jack's post.
Also, I like the Trans-Siberian Orchestra stuff and the Vince Guaraldi Charlie Brown Christmas album, among others. It's hard to beat Ella Fitzgerald singing any standard, and the production on Natalie Cole's Holly and Ivy is simply wonderful.
Does anybody have feedback on the Diana Krall, Jethro Tull or Brian Setzer Christmas disks?
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Happy Christmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon
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In reply to:
Does anybody have feedback on the Diana Krall, Jethro Tull or Brian Setzer Christmas disks?
The Brian Setzer version of the Nutcracker Suite is fun. Don't know about the other Christmas discs. But I agree, the Vince Girauldi's Charlie Brown Christmas album is by far a classic.
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Tom,
The Diana Krall cd is worth buying. If you want to hear selections from the cd just log onto amazon.com, search Diana Krall and choose her Christmas album. They have song bites you can listen to etc.
Cheers,
Shaun
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