Hark the Herald Angels Sing, sung by the Peanuts
Classic around the holidays.
"Linus and Lucy" - Vince Guaraldi's jazz tune was used in many of the animated TV specials featuring Charles Schulz's Peanuts characters, but is particularly associated with A Charlie Brown Christmas and commonly played on the radio during the holiday season
It's Getting To Look A Lot Like Christmas: The Holidays, as seen in River City Iowa.
Good King Wenceslas: Yeah there was a real one - but he was just a Duke.
I'll be home for Christmas: The traditional American "Gone to war" carol.
The Carol of the Bells: A story of the birds and the bells.
The Star Carol; Caroling, Caroling: A son, in his last hours of life, puts his father's poems to music.
Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth: Bing thought Bowie, "a nice, clean cut kid;" Dr. Frankenfurter chuckled evilly.
Jingle Bells: It's not really a holiday song at all - it was written to promote drag racing in Boston. Really.
Rocking Around the Christmas Tree: The Jewish composer of this song earned his place in the Songwriters Hall of Fame solely based on his three incredibly popular Christmas songs. This is one of them - the others are hidden below.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: This song is based on a promotional coloring book given away at a department store.
The Christmas Song: An inadvertent Christmas song, written in the dog days of summer simply to beat the heat.
Here Comes Santa Claus: A song written by an actor upstaged by a fat man in a red suit.
The Wassail Song: Based on an old Druidic tradition, this song hails tossing alcohol-soaked bread at apple trees.
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day: This Civil War poem was altered to reflect a universal fear.
White Christmas: As originally written, this Christmas song takes place in Los Angeles.
Twelve Days of Christmas: You don't remember the lyrics, because you're not supposed to.
Frosty the Snowman: This song was sold as a twofer, along with "Here comes Peter Cottontail," to the cowboy singer who made them both famous.
The Chipmunk Song: This song has its roots in a technical difficulty in the recording studio.
Hark the Herald Angel Sing: This song was made against the expressed wishes of both the composer and the lyricist.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: This song was about loss during the holidays, until the singer/starlet had the lyrics changed.
We Wish You a Merry Christmas: Actually a processional song for a favorite desert.
Joy to the World: The words are straight out of the bible; the tune was ascribed to Handel, but it was a hoax.
Oh, Holy Night: A combination of the talents of two world famous musical experts, the result bombed with contemporary music critics.
Silent Night: Over a hundred different versions of this song are sung around the world.
The First Noel: With 36 repetitions of essentially the same word, this song really hammers the point home with a sledgehammer.
2007-12-21 08:41:40
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answered by Anonymous
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The best classic christmas carols that I grew up listening to in my house are:
Adestie Fidelis- Bing Crosby
Jingle Bells- Rosemary Clooney
Silent Night- Bing Crosby
Ave Maria- Enzo Stuarti
O Holy Night- Marilyn McCoo
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Raindeer- Ray Charles
White Christmas- Kenny Rogers
Rockin around the Christmas Tree- Brenda Lee
O' Little Town of Bethlehem- Pat Boone
I saw Mommy kissing Santa Clause- Lynn Anderson
I saw Three Ships- Glen Cambelll
Lullay Lullay- Larry Sinclair Singers
A Holly Jolly Christmas- The Fireside Singers
Toyland- The Fireside Singers
The Chimpmunk song- The Chimpmunk Chorus
O' Come, O' Come Emmanuel- Larry Dalton
Let it Snow- Bing Crosby
The First Noel- Emmylou Harris
Thats pretty much the christmas songs I grew up with! have fun and good luck with everything, I hope I was helpful
2007-12-21 08:50:58
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answered by KMC!! 2
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Tis the season to be jolly, Oh little town of Bethlehem, Away in a manger, Little Drummer boy, We wish you a merry Christmas, I'll be home for Christmas, I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, The Christmas song (chestnuts roasting lala etc.), Santa Claus is coming to town, Silent Night, Jingle Bells, Over the river and through the woods, I saw Momma kissing Santa Claus, Frosty the snowman, Rodolph the red nosed reindeer, Do you hear what I hear, Oh tannenbaum, Silver Bells, We three kings of Orientar, Good King good king Wenceslas and----The twelve days of Christmas!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
2007-12-21 08:46:44
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answered by Anonymous
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More info at the link below. Dracula by Bram Stoker Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Storms of Vengeance by John Beachem The Belgariad by David Eddings The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Emma by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Little Women by Louisa May Alcott My Antonia by Willa Cather Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Gulliver's Travels Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Great Expectations and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck East of Eden by John Steinbeck The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
2016-04-10 11:53:39
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answered by Anonymous
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Carol of the Bells is my favorite.
2007-12-21 08:38:07
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answered by Anonymous
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Look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_songs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christmas_carols
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christmas_hit_singles
You'll be saturated in Christmas songs!
2007-12-21 08:43:00
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answered by MNL_1221 6
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