Your favorite Christmas carols?
December 13th, 2010 at 9:43:05 PM
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I have several personal "categories":
Most Beautiful: O Holy Night
Most Inspiring/Uplifting: Adeste Fideles (in Latin, of course)
Favorite Non-English: Stille Nacht
Favorite Lesser-known: Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (I love it in the original French)
Favorite to Sing: The Holly and the Ivy
I'd like to wish everyone a happy holiday season, however you celebrate it, and whatever your persuasion or creed. To me, this time of year is about family and friends, and celebrating the ties that we have with them. We gather in our respective circles, and pull ourselves a little closer to the center. We talk endlessly here about ways to win at gambling, but the love we celebrate at this time of year is what truly makes life positive EV.
Most Beautiful: O Holy Night
Most Inspiring/Uplifting: Adeste Fideles (in Latin, of course)
Favorite Non-English: Stille Nacht
Favorite Lesser-known: Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (I love it in the original French)
Favorite to Sing: The Holly and the Ivy
I'd like to wish everyone a happy holiday season, however you celebrate it, and whatever your persuasion or creed. To me, this time of year is about family and friends, and celebrating the ties that we have with them. We gather in our respective circles, and pull ourselves a little closer to the center. We talk endlessly here about ways to win at gambling, but the love we celebrate at this time of year is what truly makes life positive EV.
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.---George Bernard Shaw
December 13th, 2010 at 9:56:13 PM
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Is this supposed to be a poll, or is it a tear-jerker for the ages?
December 13th, 2010 at 10:23:44 PM
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Quote: mkl654321
I'd like to wish everyone a happy holiday season, however you celebrate it, and whatever your persuasion or creed. To me, this time of year is about family and friends, and celebrating the ties that we have with them. We gather in our respective circles, and pull ourselves a little closer to the center. We talk endlessly here about ways to win at gambling, but the love we celebrate at this time of year is what truly makes life positive EV.
I do not have a favorite, if I had to choose then White Christmas, but I listened to yours and they are all very nice.
The reason for the season... It is a birthday and we should celebrate it as a birthday.
We all should know Jesus was born in the month of April and that the "Evil Church" way back when changed the date to December to be more popular with a pagan celebration in hope that more pagans would embrace Christianity and new pagan converts could still hold onto old traditions. Yuck.
100% truth is my positive EV.
Happy Holidays
Fa La La La La, La La La La
December 13th, 2010 at 10:30:27 PM
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Quote: nope27I do not have a favorite, if I had to choose then White Christmas, but I listened to yours and they are all very nice.
The reason for the season... It is a birthday and we should celebrate it as a birthday.
We all should know Jesus was born in the month of April and that the "Evil Church" way back when changed the date to December to be more popular with a pagan celebration in hope that more pagans would embrace Christianity and new pagan converts could still hold onto old traditions. Yuck.
100% truth is my positive EV.
Happy Holidays
Fa La La La La, La La La La
I thought he was born in August.
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December 14th, 2010 at 5:51:23 AM
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Merry Christmas from the Family
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December 14th, 2010 at 8:12:07 AM
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O Holy Night. Preferably by Charlotte Church.
Walking in a Winter Wonderland. Preferably by Darlene Love
Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Preferably by Bruce Springsteen.
Little Drummer Boy. Preferably by Angela on The Office.
Walking in a Winter Wonderland. Preferably by Darlene Love
Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Preferably by Bruce Springsteen.
Little Drummer Boy. Preferably by Angela on The Office.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
December 14th, 2010 at 9:09:50 AM
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Quote: EvenBobA local census was taken by Quirinius during 6 CE, but that would have been when Jesus was about ten years of age.
I'm no historian, but wouldn't that make the year of Jesus' birth 4 BCE? I thought the whole point of the BCE/CE split (a.k.a. BC/AD) was based on the year of Jesus' birth...
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December 14th, 2010 at 9:47:26 AM
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - John Mellencamp
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - John Mellencamp
December 14th, 2010 at 9:58:53 AM
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Kind of a New Years song, but check out "My Dear Acquaintance" by Regina Spektor.
Absolutely gorgeous, might even bring a tear to your eye!
Absolutely gorgeous, might even bring a tear to your eye!
December 14th, 2010 at 10:21:40 AM
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Quote: teddysI like that carol that goes "Starlight ... etc. " and then they sing "Gloria in Excelcis Deo" ... geez I don't remember much of it but I do like it. Anyone know the name?
Perhaps, Angels We Have Heard On High? it has the Gloooo ooooo oooooo oooooo ria, but I'm not sure about the Starlight you mentioned.
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December 14th, 2010 at 10:47:01 AM
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I like :
It's cliched to be cynical at Christmas - Half-man, Half Biscuit (I also love All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague away kit, but it's not very seasonal).
You're a mean one, Mr Grinch - Aimee Mann (from "Another Drifter in the Snow")
O Little Town of Bethelhem - Traditional
Silent Night - Traditional
And of course, nothing says Christmas like the Fairytale of New York, by the late Kirsty MacColl and the very much alive somehow Shane MacGowan.
It's cliched to be cynical at Christmas - Half-man, Half Biscuit (I also love All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague away kit, but it's not very seasonal).
You're a mean one, Mr Grinch - Aimee Mann (from "Another Drifter in the Snow")
O Little Town of Bethelhem - Traditional
Silent Night - Traditional
And of course, nothing says Christmas like the Fairytale of New York, by the late Kirsty MacColl and the very much alive somehow Shane MacGowan.
"Then you can admire the real gambler, who has neither eaten, slept, thought nor lived, he has so smarted under the scourge of his martingale, so suffered on the rack of his desire for a coup at trente-et-quarante" - Honore de Balzac, 1829
December 14th, 2010 at 10:58:47 AM
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Posts about Jesus' date of birth have been moved to a new thread.
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow." -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 (NIV)
December 14th, 2010 at 11:34:18 AM
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Quote: WizardPosts about Jesus' date of birth have been moved to a new thread.
Great idea! Who cares when he was born....he was BORN, just like all of us. And we all celebrate birthdays regardless!
My favorite song: Oh Come All Ye Faithful
It was so popular, we used to sing it in the college dorms.
December 14th, 2010 at 11:45:42 AM
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Ones that remind me of Christmas when I was younger :-
Silent Night
Away In A Manger
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
White Christmas (By Bing Crosby)
One that is the most fun at Christmas time is :-
Fairytale In New York (must have similar taste to thecesspit :-) ).
Merry Christmas Everybody (By Slade) reminds me of being drunk down the pub singing along :-) :-)
Silent Night
Away In A Manger
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
White Christmas (By Bing Crosby)
One that is the most fun at Christmas time is :-
Fairytale In New York (must have similar taste to thecesspit :-) ).
Merry Christmas Everybody (By Slade) reminds me of being drunk down the pub singing along :-) :-)
December 14th, 2010 at 12:03:22 PM
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By the way, Happy Christmas to you all... Here's a youtube of the Half-Man, Half Biscuit song :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRDJgn68h1A
And a glass to absent friends as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRDJgn68h1A
And a glass to absent friends as well.
"Then you can admire the real gambler, who has neither eaten, slept, thought nor lived, he has so smarted under the scourge of his martingale, so suffered on the rack of his desire for a coup at trente-et-quarante" - Honore de Balzac, 1829
December 14th, 2010 at 12:56:47 PM
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Quote: AyecarumbaPerhaps, Angels We Have Heard On High? it has the Gloooo ooooo oooooo oooooo ria, but I'm not sure about the Starlight you mentioned.
Sometimes at soccer games, especially when the referee suck (which is frequent), I use that same tune to sing ...
"Fuuuuuu uuuuu uuuuu ck you! Fuuuu uck you!)
December 14th, 2010 at 1:18:40 PM
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teddys might have "We Three Kings of Orient Are" mixed with "Angels We Have Heard on High"; WTK has that "star of wonder, star of might, star of royal beauty bright" in it, and the general chord structure of the two is similar.
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December 14th, 2010 at 2:56:56 PM
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My favorite day of the year is Dec 26th because its as far away as you can get from NEXT Xmas. My second is June 25th, because its the farthest from Xmas in both directions. You think I'm joking. I'm not.
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December 14th, 2010 at 3:55:59 PM
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Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Bing & Bowie - Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth
Rudolph & The Gang - Here Comes Fatty (explicit)
Bing & Bowie - Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth
Rudolph & The Gang - Here Comes Fatty (explicit)
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