Christmas Song Poll, Part II: Traditional

[rachelmanija]

I love traditional Christmas carols. I especially love singing them. Yes I'm Jewish, I just really enjoy them as music.

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.

Poll #25014

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 112

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My favorite older/traditional Christmas song is...

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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...

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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%)

Comments

[darchildre]

I mentioned The Christmas Revels in the other post. I grew up on their recordings and have been attending the Puget Sound Revels every year for over a decade now. They perform a lot of beautiful traditional music and the program is different every year, but there are a few songs they always sing (with audience participation).

My favorite (that isn't the mummer's play about St George and the Dragon, or the Abbot's Bromley Horn Dance, which isn't properly a Christmas thing at all) is the Sussex Mummer's Carol.

[sovay]

I mentioned The Christmas Revels in the other post.

I can't believe I forgot to mention "Lord of the Dance." Which only sounds old enough to be relevant to this post and is not properly a Christmas song either—we sang it this year for Easter—but I heard it for the first time at the Revels and so always think of it first as solstitial. I love that it was recorded first by Donald Swann, of Flanders and Swann. I would link if I could find it streaming. [edit] Oh, what the hell: have a fileshare.