Favorite Christmas tune?

[BAG]

No favorite but this is certainly the most perplexing (lyrics below):

"...There'll be parties for hosting
Marshmallows for toasting
And caroling out in the snow
There'll be scary ghost stories
And tales of the glories of the
Christmases long, long ago"

Who the **** is telling ghost stories to their kids as a prelude to Christmas?!? No wonder the little darlings can't sleep.

Riis

Probably referring to "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens? There are the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.

 

[Trayster2]

Merry Christmas, Baby- Charles Brown & Bonnie Raitt

 

[Inky13]

Christmas Wrappining has a killer bass line as well as being a great song. Run with the fox is super awesome. Greg Lake song same.
John Lennon happy Xmas is great until Yoko sings. The Kinks Xmas tune brings much needed snark. Vince G. Is timeless.

 

[Inky13]

No favorite but this is certainly the most perplexing (lyrics below):

"...There'll be parties for hosting
Marshmallows for toasting
And caroling out in the snow
There'll be scary ghost stories
And tales of the glories of the
Christmases long, long ago"

Who the **** is telling ghost stories to their kids as a prelude to Christmas?!? No wonder the little darlings can't sleep.

Riis

Funny.... I just read an article today that said that Christmas used to be considered more of a time of paranormal events than Halloween.
Go figure. Something to do with the holiday falling near the winter solestice and other Druid shenanigans. Silent night scary night indeed.

 

[Inky13]

This. Really anything from this whole soundtrack, but this is the standout for me.

And Vince gives the bassist a couple of solos!

 

[solarfly]

Eagles "Please Come Home for Christmas"... probably because I've been playing it lately and it's stuck in my head.

 

[Spiketronic]

We count off "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" as a fast jazz waltz and by the third chorus are really tearing into it. But the above 'Christmas Time is Here' always gets the best audience response.

 

[nolaguy]

In New Orleans it's not really Christmas season until you hear this song's opening- (no offense Don Henley fans)

 

[zontar]

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

 

[plav1959]

I Believe in Father Christmas by Greg Lake.

And for a laugh F**k Christmas by Eric Idle

 

[Batmensch]

Father Christmas - The Kinks. I just like the subversive quality of it. I'm just a bit jaded about the perpetual sappiness of most Xmas music.
This is a breath of fresh air to me.
And it rocks, too.

 

[40Hz]

In Praise of Christmas (also known as To Drive the Cold Winter Away) - traditional.

Pretty much anything off the Merry Christmas Charlie Brown album by Vince Guaraldi.

 

[FilterFunk]

I noticed the Vince Guaraldi Trio's "A Charlie Brown Christmas" mentioned a lot in this thread; it's one of my all-time favorites, too!

FYI, there are some tracks that were in the animated special that didn't make it to the soundtrack, but they are certainly worth a listen:

"Frieda (with the naturally curly hair)":


"Happiness Is":


"Surfin' Snoopy" (it's the music playing while Snoopy is decorating his doghouse):


And perhaps the most curious omission of all - "Charlie Brown Theme" (no, not the tune many people think is the Charlie Brown theme - that's actually called "Linus and Lucy"):