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rachelmanija) wrote2020-12-18 12:09 pm
Christmas Song Poll, Part II: Traditional
Please link your favorite version of your favorite carols for my and others' enjoyment! This poll is very English-language centric; please link non-English traditional Christmas songs you love.
My favorite older/traditional Christmas song is...
Silent Night
28 (25.0%)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
27 (24.1%)
What Child is This
18 (16.1%)
Away in a Manger
5 (4.5%)
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
11 (9.8%)
We Three Kings
31 (27.7%)
Deck the Halls
12 (10.7%)
O Little Town of Bethlehem
15 (13.4%)
Angels We Have Heard on High
27 (24.1%)
The First Noel
15 (13.4%)
Carol of the Bells
43 (38.4%)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
44 (39.3%)
I Saw Three Ships
18 (16.1%)
In the Bleak Midwinter
27 (24.1%)
O Come All Ye Faithful
38 (33.9%)
The Seven Joys of Mary
5 (4.5%)
12 Days of Christmas
10 (8.9%)
Something else which I will name and link in comments
29 (25.9%)
I HATE that song! My most hated older/traditional Christmas song is...
Silent Night
9 (13.0%)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
0 (0.0%)
What Child is This
6 (8.7%)
Away in a Manger
15 (21.7%)
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
3 (4.3%)
We Three Kings
1 (1.4%)
Deck the Halls
6 (8.7%)
O Little Town of Bethlehem
8 (11.6%)
Angels We Have Heard on High
1 (1.4%)
The First Noel
5 (7.2%)
Carol of the Bells
5 (7.2%)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
1 (1.4%)
I Saw Three Ships
2 (2.9%)
In the Bleak Midwinter
2 (2.9%)
O Come All Ye Faithful
3 (4.3%)
The Seven Joys of Mary
3 (4.3%)
12 Days of Christmas
25 (36.2%)
Something else which I will name and link in comments
9 (13.0%)
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My favorite is maybe Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen / Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming
Or maybe Veni Veni Emmanuel / O Come O Come Emmanuel (which I suppose many Christians would classify as an Advent hymn, but since my church doesn't celebrate Advent I call it a Christmas carol)
I really liked Carol of the Bells and 12 Days of Christmas when I was a kid and before I had to sing them in choir. Carol of the Bells is terrible to sing if one is not a soprano (and not that much fun as a soprano either), and 12 Days of Christmas is... well, we sang this every year at a Christmas party where each choir member led a table or two of happy drunk people singing each number, which I have to say was actually pretty fun but I could do with not ever having to sing it again.
While Silent Night is not generally my favorite, I also have to link this gorgeous arrangement of Silent Night which may in fact be one of my favorite Christmas arrangements. The choir director said, "I've done a lot of Christmas music and I'm never impressed by new arrangements... but I was impressed by this one," and our church choir did it last Christmas. I bought a cheapo viola so I could play the cello part and sweated bullets to flog the rest of the string quartet (besides me, two 9-year-old kids and one 12-year-old kid... it is insane that this actually worked) into being ready to do; the parts aren't hard but the counting can be difficult if you're 9, let's just say.
A's favorite, somewhat oddly, is Good King Wenceslas. Our plan is to do a very silly home video of this this weekend!
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