My favorite Xmas song

[Not Afraid]

After tonight, I'll have to add Loudon Wainwright III's "Suddenly it's Christmas".


Oh, and The Roches STILL do a mean version of the Hajaluah Chorus.

Suddenly It's Christmas:

Suddenly it's Christmas,
Right after Hallowe'en.
Forget about Thanksgiving;
It's just a buffet in between.
There's lights and tinsel in the windows;
They're stocking up the shelves;
Santa's slaving at the North Pole
In his sweatshop full of elves.

There's got to be a build-up
To the day that Christ was born:
The halls are decked with pumpkins
And the ears of Indian corn.
Dragging through the falling leaves
In a one-horse open sleigh,
Suddenly it's Christmas,
Seven weeks before the day.

Suddenly it's Christmas,
The longest holiday.
When they say "Season's Greetings"
They mean just what they say:
It's a season, it's a marathon,
Retail eternity.
It's not over till it's over
And you throw away the tree.

Outside it's positively balmy,
In the air nary a nip;
Suddenly it's Christmas,
Unbuttoned and unzipped.
Yes, they're working overtime,
Santa's little runts;
Christmas comes but once a year
And goes on for two months.

Christmas carols in December
And November, too;
It's no wonder we're depressed
When the whole thing is through.
Finally it's January;
Let's sing "Auld Lang Syne";
But here comes another heartache,
Shaped like a Valentine.

Suddenly it's Christmas,
The longest holiday.
The season is upon us;
A pox, it won't go away.
It's a season, it's a marathon,
Retail eternity.
It's not over till it's over
And you throw away the tree.

No, it's not over till it's over
And you throw away the tree;
It's still not over till it's over
And you throw away the tree.

[Gemini Cricket]

I still like the Mitch Miller "Must Be Santa" song that Not Afraid told me about last year and then I told her about after forgetting that she was the one who told me about it in the first place.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Click here to hear my new favorite Xmas song. Keep listening, it's full of surprises.

Greg has never sounded better.
Two thumbs up.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Ach, I can't listen to the original link!

While I looove Guaraldi's soundtrack, my heart's with Judy Garland's "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." That song just hurts.

[Not Afraid]

I refused to keep listening after about 30 seconds. Heavens!

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Fav's for me:

"This Christmas" - Chicago (naturally)
"Christmas Song" - Mel Torme or Nat King Cole
"Noel"
"Silent Night"

And all the songs used in Candlelight.