[foot-loose]

Yudster is right RE All I Want For Christmas.

Topher is wrong.

[MK Chris]

No. What is it about a normally shit song that makes it good just because it has Christmassy lyrics?! Using that logic, The Darkness would have a good Christmas song and they simply don't.

[Andy B]

In all seriousness I have to say Mariah is my all time fab Christmas song. I think it's a combination of things.

The tune is upbeat and happy, the lyrics are jolly and positive. In fact it's the most positive song I can think of. I'd happily listen to it all year round.

[QWERTYo8]

# Away in a manger. #

[ALFIE]

Mariah's All I want for Christmas was played in the background while Richard Curtis wrote Love Actually, he said it helped him focus on the Christmas Spirit!

And it's probably a love it or hate it track just as the film is a love it or hate it film.

I happen to love them both despite the layers of cheese!

[Andy B]

Everything that Alfie said.

Long time no see. Welcome Back!

[Yudster]

See All I Want is a genuine Christmas song. Fairytale, whilst brilliant, really isn't a Christmas song, in that its a song about despair and hopelessness.

[Nicola_Red]

Nobody has mentioned mine yet - I Believe In Father Christmas by Greg Lake. Can't beat a bit of seasonal prog! That song actually sends a chill down my spine. I also really like the John Lennon one, and River by Joni Mitchell.

[Yudster]

I like the Greg Lake song, but again, if you listen to the lyrics, its hardly a Christmas song. Classic though. I don't think I know the Joni Mitchell one, i'll have to find it and have a listen.

[Nicola_Red]

I actually know River cos there is a cover of it by Vonda Shepherd and Robert Downey Jr on the Ally McBeal Christmas album (ah, the 90s). But since then I've heard the original and it's a beautiful song. I think the Greg Lake one is about Christmas! "A veil of tears for the Virgin birth"? "The peal of a bell and that Christmas tree smell"? How is that not Christmas??

[Yudster]

Oh I know it mentions Christmas, but its all very dismal and joyless! I always feel its ultimately a song about disapointment. Which might be very Christmassy for some people, I guess. It is a lovely tune and a beautiful song in its own right though.

I think maybe In Dulce Jubilo is a rare piece of justification for the existence of Mike Oldfield.

[MK Chris]

Where does Shakin' Stevens sit in your opinion of Christmas songs, Yudwuk?

[Yudster]

Well, its a necessary part of any Christmas album, and familiar enough to qualify as a "favourite" - but it really is rubbish!

I love 'em all, me.

[saint2e]

What was the song Chris was playing earlier this week? Something about "over and over and over again"....

I kinda caught the end of that whole bit, but didn't get where it came from.

[Yudster]

That's the Geraldine/Peter Kay one.

[mummy2bee]

Hang on. Surely the best Xmas song has to be Dominic The Donkey?

(Longman Drunken Mix).

i have just downlaoded it as a ringtone and the song looking forward to monday and releaseing it to my work mates pmsl x

[Nicola_Red]

i have just downlaoded it as a ringtone and the song looking forward to monday and releaseing it to my work mates pmsl x

No text-speak, please.

[bmstinton93]

Top 6:
All I want for Christmas Is You
Fairytale of New York
Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)
Driving Home For Christmas
Geraldine Mcqueen - Once Upon A Christmas Song
Proper Crimbo

[bmstinton93]

i have just downlaoded it as a ringtone and the song looking forward to monday and releaseing it to my work mates pmsl x

No text-speak, please.

ROFL

[Nicola_Red]

Oy you, watch yourself.

On topic, I see that I posted mine last time this thread was about in 2008, they haven't changed!

[Bonanzoid]

Hang on. Surely the best Xmas song has to be Dominic The Donkey?

(Longman Drunken Mix).

i have just downlaoded it as a ringtone and the song looking forward to monday and releaseing it to my work mates pmsl x

This post is so full of fail.

[Travis Bickle]

Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard
Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade
Last Christmas - Wham!
Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea

Apart from The Pogues the rest can change order year to year.

[DarroM]

Top 6:
All I want for Christmas Is You
Fairytale of New York
Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)
Driving Home For Christmas
Geraldine Mcqueen - Once Upon A Christmas Song
Proper Crimbo

Your list is pointless for having the top song on there. I REALLY hate that song but this is coming from someone who doesn't like Mariah Carey whatsoever so I am somewhat biased. I do like the rest of them though with the 2nd song being my favourite Christmas song.

[DarroM]

Some of my favourites (apart from the top song, the rest are in no particular order)
Fairytale of New York - The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl
A Spaceman Came Travelling - Chris de burgh (mentions about Christ's birth and that but not really a Christmas song technically I guess but I count it).
Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea
Lonely this Christmas - Mud

Other ones I've seen are mentioned as well l ike When A Child is born, I believe in Father Christmas etc. A lot of Christmas songs I tend to like bar anything from Mariah Carey.

Looking back at this thread's history I am so glad I am not the only one that hates All I want for Christmas is you from what Topher said. Plus, I am not a fan of Dominic the Donkey also. (Hearing it being played every show during the month of December will do that).

[Munki Bhoy]

Funnily enough, I've found myself singing along in recent days and saying things like "the Italian Christmas horse".