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gopiscrap

(24,778 posts)
Sun Dec 24, 2017, 12:15 PM Dec 2017

Christmas Poll

Favorite Christmas Hymn


4 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Angels We Have Heard on High
0 (0%)
Silent Night
0 (0%)
Away in a Manger
0 (0%)
O Come All Ye Faithful
0 (0%)
The First Noel
0 (0%)
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
0 (0%)
Mary's Boy Child
0 (0%)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
0 (0%)
O Holy Night
1 (25%)
other (name it)
3 (75%)
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Christmas Poll (Original Post) gopiscrap Dec 2017 OP
Santa claus is coming to town Soxfan58 Dec 2017 #1
This one: The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #2
The tune name is Forrest Green. PragmaticDem Dec 2017 #5
Yes. It's a lovely tune. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #10
I love it and it is much better than the more common version in the US. PragmaticDem Dec 2017 #11
Agree 100%. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #12
Carol of the Bells bearsfootball516 Dec 2017 #3
Ah, so you side with Ukraine. n/t Igel Dec 2017 #8
My fav also. LakeArenal Dec 2017 #16
I love that one too! smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #18
Of the Father's Love Begotten PragmaticDem Dec 2017 #4
Good King Wenceslas n/t FSogol Dec 2017 #6
O Holy Night got my vote workinclasszero Dec 2017 #7
Yes, a favorite JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2017 #17
Great singers can really workinclasszero Dec 2017 #19
"Ave Maria" sung by Pavarotti, Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, 1978. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #9
Lippai/Upon the Mountain... cbreezen Dec 2017 #13
Not a hymn - "Father Christmas" by The Kinks underpants Dec 2017 #14
Winter Song Cattledog Dec 2017 #15

The Velveteen Ocelot

(131,246 posts)
2. This one:
Sun Dec 24, 2017, 12:21 PM
Dec 2017

The Vaughan Williams setting of O Little Town, not the better-known one, which I do NOT like.



I also totally hate Silent Night, because whenever it's sung it gets slower and s.l.o.w.e.r and s..l..o..w..e..r until it's absolutely dirge-like. It should be andante, not molto largo.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(131,246 posts)
12. Agree 100%.
Sun Dec 24, 2017, 12:36 PM
Dec 2017

If you go to a Christmas service in an Episcopal church you'll probably hear the Vaughan Williams version. The better-known one is ...meh. Never liked it.

Irish_Dem

(82,378 posts)
9. "Ave Maria" sung by Pavarotti, Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal, 1978.
Sun Dec 24, 2017, 12:30 PM
Dec 2017

Doesn't get any better than this.

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