What is, to you, the best Christmas song ever? Why?

Question

What is, to you, the best Christmas song ever? Why?

Answer 1

Anything by Frank Sinatra or Nat King Cole.  Because it was the Christmas music my mother listened to and it reminds me of being a kid at Christmas and my mom being happy.

Answer 2

O Holy Night    sung by a great tenor. The high notes give me goosebumps.

Answer 3

John Lennon's X-Mas

Because while it is christmas orientated it has so much depth then that

Answer 4

The christmas song - chestnuts roasting on an open fire.

i was a kid, in the 70s, in the philippines, and everything in the song was foreign to me.

my father sat me down in his lap, we were at the balcon at night watching the parols, and he explained the song to me line by line while it was playing inside the house.  

Answer 5

Payapang Daigdig wherein the lyricist longed for a peaceful and better place for mankind.

Merry Christmas to all of us!!!!!

Answer 6

I'll Be Home For Christmas.

I am home but I like this song.  I always feel nostalgic whenever I listen to the song over the radio or in the malls.  So poignant....

Answer 7

"Do You Hear What I Hear"

Partly because I love the message of hope and the promise.  But mostly because it's attached to my fondest childhood memory.  I played Mary in our 5th grade Christmas play and wasn't allowed to sing along.  I just remember there being only me and the baby.  All I could do was hold him, look in his eyes, and cry.  It was perfect!

Answer 8

JINGLE BELL ROCK

Answer 9

Dreaming of a White Christmas, mostly because I usually always AM dreaming of a white christmas. Not to metion it doesn't have any quick snappy lines that can get annoying fast (unlike Let it Snow)

Answer 10

Mary, Did You Know, lyrics by Mark Lowery

my favorite version was done by Wynona Ryder and Kenny Rogers

Answer 11

12 days of christmas

Symbolic interpretation

Some Christians assign symbolism to the gifts in the song. One of the most common versions of these assigned meanings is:

The 'partridge in a pear tree' means there is only one God and is also symbolic of Jesus (see Luke 13:34).

The 'two turtle doves' are the Old and New Testaments. Though according to Zondervan's Twelve Days of Christmas the story behind a favorite Christmas song this is the 2 turtle doves sacrificed that Joseph and Mary brought when they presented Jesus at the Temple.

The 'three French hens' are the three Persons of the holy Trinity or the three virtues: faith, hope, and love, though according to Ace Collins' book "Stories of the Best Loved Christmas Songs", they represent the expensive gifts of the Wise Men: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

The 'four calling birds' are the Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; or their Gospels. Which makes sense because they are "calling" out the story.

'Five gold rings' are the first five books of the Bible, or the Pentateuch.

'Six geese a-laying' refer to the six days of the Creation.

'Seven swans a-swimming' are the seven sacraments and the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.

'Eight maids a-milking' are the eight Beatitudes.

'Nine ladies dancing' are the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit.

'Ten lords a-leaping' are the Ten Commandments.

'Eleven pipers piping' are the eleven faithful Apostles.

'Twelve drummers drumming' are the twelve doctrines in the Apostles' Creed.

Answer 12

This year, "I'll be home for Christmas". Because I WILL be home this Christmas.

Answer 13

Pasko Na Sinta ko by Gary V.,,,,im kinda emo maybe that's explain why.Merry Christmas!!!

Answer 14

Do They Know It's Christmas by Band Aid

Whose aim is to help Ethiopia from famine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_They_Kno...

Answer 15

Deck The Halls...

It was the first Christmas song that I sung in front of my classmates and the whole first year high school students way back 2005!

Answer 16

i saw mommy kissing santa clause or

santa baby.

Answer 17

Little Drummer Boy

OH Holy Night

Answer 18

last christmas, ang pasko ay sumapit. ((((: ,

all i want for christmas is you.. [=

Answer 19

Auld Lang Syne...

Answer 20

Christmas in our Hearts by Jose Mari Chan.  I first heard the song in my elementary years and its simple but just as powerfully striking lyrics really struck a chord in me.  

Here's the lyrics.  Isn't it very poignant and meaningful?

Whenever I see girls and boys

selling lanterns on the streets

i remember the Child

in the manger as He sleeps

wherever there are people

giving gifts, exchanging cards

i believe that Christmas

is truly in their hearts

[refrain]

Let’s light our Christmas trees

for a bright tomorrow

where nations are at peace

and all are one in God

[chorus]

Let’s sing Merry Christmas

and a happy holiday

this season, may we never forget

the love we have for Jesus

let Him be the One to guide us

as another new year starts

and may the spirit of Christmas

be always in our hearts

In every prayer and every song

the community unites

celebrating the birth

of our Savior, Jesus Christ

let love, like that starlight

on that first Christmas morn

lead us back to the manger

where Christ the Child was born

So, come let us rejoice

come and sing a Christmas carol

with one big joyful voice

proclaim the name of the Lord!

[repeat chorus 2x]

Be always in our hearts

Answer 21

My two favourites are:

Silent Night, and

Little Drummer Boy

Don't know why, they just are.