O Holy Night, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas, Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer, Christmas is Coming (done by the Muppets)
Love those classics like Joy to the World, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear...
For contemporary recordings, the one that always gets me emotionally is listening to George Winston's piano version of "Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head" on his "December" album.
I also really like Nancy Lamott's version where she combines "I Saw Three Ships" and "Bring A Torch, Jeannette Isabella."
AND of course "White Christmas" sung by Bing Crosby.
I'm a sentimental fool who hopes to be singing this as I pull into my hometown to visit my family in central NY..."please have snow...and mistletoe...and presents on the tree--ee...!"
"Good King Wencelas". I always loved it, and then many years ago I heard a version that changed a couple of the lyrics to be inclusive, adding "women, men" in there.
AND of course "White Christmas" sung by Bing Crosby.
Speaking of classics... for all its cheese and forties-era dripping sentimentality, I cry at the end of "It's a Wonderful Life" every time I see it. It helps that I only saw it for the first time when I was in my thirties.
Speaking of classics... for all its cheese and forties-era dripping sentimentality, I cry at the end of "It's a Wonderful Life" every time I see it. It helps that I only saw it for the first time when I was in my thirties.
Heck, some Christmas seasons I'm a sentimental time bomb. I'll cry at "It's a Wonderful Life," "White Christmas," "Meet Me in St. Louis," "A Christmas Carol" (the Alistair Sim version)... anything with a happy ending about does me in.
PS: Louis, the OP mentioned The Roches; they have a nice version of "Good King Wenceslas" if you get a chance.
AND of course "White Christmas" sung by Bing Crosby.
Speaking of classics... for all its cheese and forties-era dripping sentimentality, I cry at the end of "It's a Wonderful Life" every time I see it. It helps that I only saw it for the first time when I was in my thirties.
I've always loved that movie and manage to see it every year! But I try to cry earlier than the end because the line "Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings" just annoys me in the way the little actress delivers it. That alone would could almost make me wish for a re-make except that no one could replace Jimmy Stewart and the guy who plays "Clarence" the angel. (/Scrooge mode off)
Does anybody know the artist of the version that is done by an orchestra that is heavy on the string section, french horns, and timpani? The version that I really like has a very powerful feel to it with a definite crescendo.
I've listened to version after version on YouTube and I still can't find the one that I am looking for.
Of course, there's a difference between Christmas carols and Christmas songs. Here in Japan, Muzak is mostly Christmas songs. Oh, no - I saw Mummy kissing Santa again... <"¤">
Does anybody know the artist of the version that is done by an orchestra that is heavy on the string section, french horns, and timpani? The version that I really like has a very powerful feel to it with a definite crescendo.
I've listened to version after version on YouTube and I still can't find the one that I am looking for.
Thanks
now i read the whole thread....you're referring to sarajevo 1224 by trans siberian orchestra
