fajrdrako | Christmas songs...

Spent part of the day working on my Apaplexy contrib. While writing, I listened to Christmas songs on YouTube, making a list of my ten favourites. I may change my mind about them all tomorrow, of course - except for the first, they're always in flux. So here's my ten favourite Christmas songs, carols, and hymns:

In the Bleak Midwinter - Sung here by Julie Andrews. The music is by Gustav Holst. Can’t even say why I like this one so much: something about how the Christina Rossetti words and the way it is different from most Christmas songs and hymns. There is an alternate tune, which I don’t like at all.
Santa Baby - this is Taylor Swift singing it, though it’s an Eartha Kitt classic and no one sings it as well as she does. Flirty and silly.
Chestnuts Roasting on a Open Fire - Michael Bublé. Romantic.
Baby It's Cold Outside - Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone. I never liked this song till I heard this version; I do love Leon Redbone.
Snoopy and the Red Baron by the Royal Guardsmen.
O Holy Night - sung here by Celtic Woman/Chloe Agnew - I like the song in general, but I love the way they use the harp here. - I love the evocative drama of this song.
We Three Kings, sung here by the Beach Boys: . So traditional; nice memories of childhood here, and I’ve always loved the words: Westward leading, still proceding...
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen: Annie Lennox singing it. Beautiful words: Tidings of comfort and joy.
Adeste Fideles - how often do I get to sing songs in Latin? This link is to the Vienna Choir Boys’ concert.
O Little Town of Bethlehem - as sung by Frank Sinatra.