My Advent Calendar

I've decided to play one special Christmas song each day for my Advent Calendar. Here's my list. What's yours?


1 - Jingle Bells - Barbra Streisand
2 - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autrey
3 - Silver Bells - Bing Crosby & Carol Richards
4 - C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S - Del Rubio Triplets
5 - A New York Christmas - Rob Thomas
6 - Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
7 - Run Rudolph Run - Bryan Adams
8 - The Coventry Carol - Alison Moyet
9 - Frosty the Snowman - Ella Fitzgerald
10 - Christmastime is Here (Charlie Brown Christmas theme)- Vince Guaraldi Trio
11 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
12 - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting...) Nat King Cole
13 - It Feels Like Christmas - Cyndi Lauper
14 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - John Cougar Mellencamp
15 - Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives
16 - Merry Christmas Darling - The Carpenters
17 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - The Pointer Sisters
18 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland
19 - Carol of the Bells - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
20 - O Holy Night - Josh Groban
21 - Christmas Canon - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
22 - O Come All Ye Faithful - Andy Williams
23 - Hark the Herald Angels Sing - Robert Shaw Chorale
24 - Silent Night - Stevie Nicks
25 - Joy to the World - Julie Andrews

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That is a truly spectacular list, Goth. Just lovely.

You mean the "Peace on Earth" duet he did with David Bowie? You could've just credited it to Bowie.

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"Bishop Nick Baines of Croydon said "all sorts of fantasies have grown up around Christmas" that leave many people thinking of the celebration as "nothing more than some sort of fairy story."
In his new book, "Why Wish You a Merry Christmas," Baines cites the line in "Away in a Manger" that goes "no crying He makes," and wonders, "How can any adult sing this without embarrassment?"

"It's nonsense," he says, adding that he finds it "slightly bizarre" that parents could sing that carol "as if it actually related to reality."

For good measure, the bishop attacks another well-loved Christmas hymn, "O Come, All Ye Faithful," suggesting that it should more accurately be called "O Come All Ye Faithless."

Baines noted that it was not the "faithful" but the shepherds — "the great unwashed," as he described them — and the "pagan" Wise Men who went to see the baby Jesus.

The bishop describes such Christmas fantasies as "nothing short of tragic, because nothing could be further from the truth.""
Blast you pagans!

What about "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"?

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