Here's a list of some of my favorite music; songs that I seem to listen to most. Let me know what your faves are ...
Top 10 Christmas Carols
1) Joy to the World
2) Silent Night
3) Carol of the Bells
4) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
5) How Great Our Joy
6) The Birthday of the King
7) O Come All Ye Faithful
8) O Come O Come Emmanuel
9) Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire
10) I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Top 10
Classics1) I’ll Be Home for Christmas
2) It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
3) White Christmas
4) Here Comes Santa Claus
5) Santa Claus is Coming to Town
6) Mary’s Little Boy Child
7) It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
8) Sleigh Ride
9) The Christmas Story
10) Do You Hear What I Hear?
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I like many of the same Christmas songs as you do Pastor but "Mary Did You Know" is one I cannot listen to without welling up with tears at the very thought of Mary kissing the face of GOD, that is so profound......
"Silent Night" is probably my favorite, largely because the story of its writing shows God's provenance -- the damaged organ, a simple guitar, the rush to write something before services, and the result an unimaginable masterpiece.
I also love the less well-known carol "I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In." It must be my English-Irish ancestry and the unmistakable joy in words and music.
For Christmas classics, anything by Bing Crosby is fine -- he is the voice of Christmas to me. Well, anything except "The 12 Days of Christmas," which I consider aural torture. My family had a version by Burl Ives when I was a kid ... so bad it drove me from the living room.
Thanks for this item -- it puts me in mind of so many joyful celebrations of the season!
Welcome to our world - Chris Rice
and While you were sleeping - Casting Crowns!
Pastor, I'm with you, I love listening to Christmas music all year round. I like all the songs on your list but you missed a couple of great ones.. Away in a Manger and O Holy Night. Another favorite of mine is Come Thou Long Expected Jesus.
Also, I am loving Chris Tomlin's new Christmas album. In my opinion, this is one of the best new Christmas albums I've seen in a long time. I know this is destined to be a classic for me.
According to the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP), here are the top 25 most-performed Christmas songs of the 21st century. Do you notice who is missing?
1. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
3. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
4. Winter Wonderland
5. White Christmas
6. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
7. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
8. Jingle Bell Rock
9. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
10. Little Drummer Boy
11. Sleigh Ride
12. It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
13. Silver Bells
14. Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
15. Feliz Navidad
16. Blue Christmas
17. Frosty The Snowman
18. A Holly Jolly Christmas
19. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
20. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
21. It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
22. (There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays
23. Carol Of The Bells
24. Santa Baby
25. Wonderful Christmastime
So, after 2,000 years, the One whose birth started the holiday--the "holy day"--whose very name was used to name "Christmas" no longer is the theme of the top songs sung at Christmas. What a sad comment on our generation. Yes, these are nice songs, but without Christ, what joy is there in snow, bells, sleigh rides, trees or fat men in red suits? Our hope is in Christ who died for us. Without Him, Christmas is just another wintry day.
Love Christmas music year round. I'm with anonymous above--love Come Thou Long Expected Jesus by Derek Webb & Sandra McCracken. Beautiful.
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