Favorite Christmas Songs of All Time

Posted in: Musicouching by CHAN LEE PENG on January 26, 2010 | 21 Comments

These are the best songs of all time emulating the glory of the Christmas celebration.

C’mon, my dear friends, let’s rock and dance along these lively rhythms of all time- favorite Christmas songs to joy the world! Let Triond and the whole world as well, sparkling with your “inner touch”! Let’s dance! Bravo, you did it pretty well! Cheers!

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Originally, the lyric of “Deck The Halls” is from Welsh, but its middle verse was later added by folk singers. In the 18th century, Mozart used its tune in a piano and violin concerto. It was then tuned into a traditional Christmas song during the Victorian re-invention of Christmas and in 1881, its first English version came out in The Franklin Square Song Collection, edited by J.P.McCaskey.

“We Wish You a Merry Christmas” is one of the traditional carols that mentioned about the “New Year” celebration.  Actually, this famous Christmas song is a secular 16th century English carol from the West Country of England.

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“Jingle Bells” (also known as “One Horse Open Sleigh”) was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822 – 1893) which is regarded as the best ever secular Christmas song sung by the world. It’s so popular that it has been translated into many languages. Its tune is used in German and French songs to celebrate winter fun. Both German versions of “Jingle Bells” – Christkindl (means “Christ child” in German) and Christmastime (means “Christmas day” in German) are popular Roy Black rated songs.

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“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” is another traditional Christmas song which was written by Haven Gillespie and J.Fred Coots. In November, 1934, it was first broadcasted on Eddie Cantor’s radio show. In the same year, its earliest known recorded version of the song was performed by the Hotel Taft Orchestra and George Hall. In 1970, Rankin-Bass based upon this song to produce an hour-long animated television special, with its narrator Fred Astaire telling a story of Santa Claus.

“Frosty The Snowman” is a popular Christmas song that tells about a story of a snowman. By the end of the adventure, the children were saddened by Fosty for having to hurry on his way for the last time. He then reassured them for his return by exclaiming, “I’ll be back on Christmas Day!” This popular song was written by Steve Nelson and Walter “Jack” Rollins, and in 1950, it was first recorded by the Cass Country Boys and Gene Autry. Like “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”, it was then adapted into a thirty-minute animated television special of “Frosty the Snowman” in 1969 by Rankin-Bass company with Jackie Vernon as the title character and Jimmy Durante as a narrator.

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