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lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
Wed Dec 25, 2013, 02:00 AM Dec 2013

What are you favorite Christmas songs?

I can't pick one.

I'm mostly a rock and roll kind of guy, and agnostic at best, but this song gets me *right here*.



Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas was written in the 40's for Judy Garland. It was written at a time during which nothing was certain and most families had lost someone. People didn't know what the future was going to hold and the lyrics "we'll have to muddle through somehow" reflected that. They were considered too downbeat for the studio heads... so they rewrote them. James Taylor re-recorded the song with the original lyrics - appropriate for 2006.


Handel's Messiah.


I hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas. Our family tradition is a deliberately low key affair financially, giving us an opportunity to reflect on how fortunate and blessed we are. Worrying about how to pay for it destroys the joy. We cherish the opportunity to spend time with family, friends and "acquantances at loose ends", but especially with our kids and their families.

I hope that you and your families have a wonderful day.

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What are you favorite Christmas songs? (Original Post) lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 OP
Merry Christmas! Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #1
I am not big on Christmas songs, but this is one of my favorites. Behind the Aegis Dec 2013 #2
That's NUTS. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #3
Speaking of Rock and Roll Doctor_J Dec 2013 #4
Here's my jumbled list name not needed Dec 2013 #5

Behind the Aegis

(53,955 posts)
2. I am not big on Christmas songs, but this is one of my favorites.
Wed Dec 25, 2013, 04:49 AM
Dec 2013



Guess which day is my favorite?!



May you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
4. Speaking of Rock and Roll
Wed Dec 25, 2013, 11:30 AM
Dec 2013

Steve Earle - Nothing But A Child - From one of the very best rock & roll albums ever



Bob Gibson (Folk) - Box Of Candy (XMas hilarity)

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