Favourite Christmas Carol, Hymn, or Song

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Go Tell it on the Mountain is my Mom's favourite, so I've always had a fondness for it. But O Holy Night is the one that always gets me teary-eyed.
 
Overall favorite - Christmas Canon
Favorite Hymn - Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Favorite Song - Where are you Christmas?
Favorite Theme - Theme to Elf
 
Hilary said:
Go Tell it on the Mountain is my Mom's favourite, so I've always had a fondness for it. But O Holy Night is the one that always gets me teary-eyed.
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Me too, Hilary - still trying to decide, though, which is my absolute favourite.
 
I like "Some Children See Him". Andy Williams does a version of it. When I was a kid my Aunt Ruby had a nativity set where all the people in it were black and I asked about that. She said it was probably made in a country where the people were black and that's how they saw people. That got me to loving that song, it really is beautiful. I also really like "Tender Tennessee Christmas" by Amy Grant.
 
One carol I like considerably better in another language is Oh Come All Ye Faithful. In English, there's that awkward, "lo, he abhors not a virgin's womb" bit that just makes me cringe. However, in Latin, as Adeste Fideles, it's much prettier and there's no singing of wombs, inhospitable or otherwise.
 
BetteTheRed said:
One carol I like considerably better in another language is Oh Come All Ye Faithful. In English, there's that awkward, "lo, he abhors not a virgin's womb" bit that just makes me cringe. However, in Latin, as Adeste Fideles, it's much prettier and there's no singing of wombs, inhospitable or otherwise.
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Why does that make you cringe Bette?
 
Abhorrence indicates a rather violent dislike. You clearly are not in possession of a body part that God "Himself", if the hymn is to be believed, generally considers rather loathesome, despite the fact that, if you believe the adverts, "he" designed the sodding thing.
 
BetteTheRed said:
Abhorrence indicates a rather violent dislike. You clearly are not in possession of a body part that God "Himself", if the hymn is to be believed, generally considers rather loathesome, despite the fact that, if you believe the adverts, "he" designed the sodding thing.
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Huh? The hymn says that he _doesn't_ abhor the virgin's womb.
 
Which implies that your average, everyday, non-virginal, not-Mary's womb IS abhorrent. Think about it, even for the sake of rhyming, you don't talk about someone "not abhorring" something unless they generally do. E.G. Jae: Look! She doesn't abhor fruitcake! (The implication being that the normative position supports yours, i.e. strongly disliking fruitcake.)
 
So many that I love, for meaning I would say Good King Wenceslas almost a tie with It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.
 
If you want an absolutely irreverent Jewish Christmas song, check out Dan Bern's "Joe Christ". Don't get mad at me if you don't like it. chansen, you will love it, maybe.
 
Hi BetteTheRed,


The Arrogant Worms are a good source of irreverent Christmas songs, too!
 
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