O/t Best Christmas record

[Brin]

Nothing beats Jona Lewie Stop The Cavalry....brass bands ... tambourine playing...jingle bells the lot. Truly a magical Xmas song. Reminds you of World War one and Two.. 'Wish I was at home for Christmmas

[sickly_child]

I'm going for the standards:

Fairy Tale of New York - The Pogues

I Believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake

Great calls, though Lakes is an anti-Christmas song.

[CTMilller]

Great calls, though Lakes is an anti-Christmas song.

Fair point, sickly. It was written as a protest against the over-commercialization of Christmas. Still an excellent song, though. I've always admired how he worked in one of the well-known themes from Prokofiev's "Lieutenant Kije'

[frogmiller]

[great_fire]

[sickly_child]

Fair point, sickly. It was written as a protest against the over-commercialization of Christmas. Still an excellent song, though. I've always admired how he worked in one of the well-known themes from Prokofiev's "Lieutenant Kije'

Agree, i always wondered how many people listened to it without ever paying attention to the lyrics.

[great_fire]

Stop the Cavalry isn't really a Christmas song either if we're nitpicking.

[jocksgloves]

Two great spoof videos on YouTube, 'Rockin around the Christmas tree', by Mel Smith and Kim Wilde, and 'Jingle bell rock', by Hall and Oats.