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

[rachelmanija]

Got any links of good recordings?

[telophase]

Since I was coming to the comments to mention the Coventry Carol, I'll jump into this thread. I really love Alison Moyet's version of the Coventry Carol, after imprinting on it as a teen from one of the big Christmas charity albums. There's an arrangement I haven't heard before from the 2019 King's College Choir if you like ethereal boys' voices. And here's a more traditional rendition from the Collegium Vocale Gent. And there's always Loreena McKennitt.

[isis]

And here is a version by a high school friend of mine which is slightly mashed up with Shine On You Crazy Diamond!

[naath]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIvH5GdY4JE although it seems there is >1 recording, It is properly for the feast of holy innocents not Christmas (it's the 28th) which event is almost certainly a fiction and an antisemitic calumny, but it's a pretty song.