FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS SONG # 19 - In Dulci Jubilo

 

Despite the general awfulness of the Christmas song there are however always exceptions to the rule and I have a short list of personal favourites.
Without exception all my choices not only include the song but the best performer of that song and so in no particular order here is my nineteenth selection.

 

In Dulci Jubilo

Music by Mike Oldfield, Lyrics by M. Oldfield / W. Murray

 

Good Christian men, rejoice,
With heart and soul, and voice;
Give ye heed to what we say:
Jesus Christ is born to-day;
Ox and ass before him bow,
And he is in the manger now.
Christ is born to-day!
Christ is born to-day!
Good Christian men, rejoice,

With heart and soul, and voice;
Now ye hear of endless bliss:
Jesus Christ was born for this!
He hath oped the heavenly door,
And man is blessed evermore.
Christ was born for this!
Christ was born for this!
Good Christian men, rejoice,

With heart and soul, and voice;
Now ye need not fear the grave:
Jesus Christ was born to save!
Calls you one and calls you all
To gain his everlasting hall.
Christ was born to save!
Christ was born to save!

SEASONAL GREETINGS FROM EASTHERN EUROPE

 

Bohemia

Vesele Vanoce

Bulgaria

Tchestita Koleda;

Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo

Czech Republic

Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok

Hungary

Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket

Poland

 Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie

Romania

 Sarbatori vesele

Slovakia

Sretan Bozic

Vesele Vianoce

A stastlivy Novy Rok

Slovenia

Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto

HAPPY CHRISTMAS AUNTIE PEGGY

 

For Christmas I bought my Auntie

A brand new wooden leg

I didn’t have it specially made

No I just got it off the peg

You may say it’s not a nice gift

Or even that it’s a killer

It wasn’t her main present though

It was just a stocking filler

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SILVER BELLS (2013)

 

Sports caster Bruce Dalt (Bruce Boxleitner) is relentlessly competitive and has a ceaseless go-for-the-gold attitude.

Unsurprisingly his natural urge to win gets him into trouble, in particular while watching his son Jason (Kenton Duty) at his High School basketball game. Where he gets into an altercation with an umpire that lands him in court and he is ordered to do community service as a bell-ringer for the Salvation Army.

Worse than that because the incident was captured on video and quickly went viral and negatively impacts his job, where he is demoted, and his family, affecting the design business of his wife Kasey (Laura Spencer).

Major Melvin Lowell (Antonio Fargas) of the Salvation Army, knowing of God's love, guides his actions, and shows Bruce that the charity of Christmas stretches way beyond just coins gathered in a collection pot.

FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS SONG # 18 - Merry Christmas Everybody

 

Despite the general awfulness of the Christmas song there are however always exceptions to the rule and I have a short list of personal favourites.

Without exception all my choices not only include the song but the best performer of that song and so in no particular order here is my Eighteenth selection.

 

Merry Christmas Everybody

Music & lyrics by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea

Performed by Slade

 

Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall?
It's the time that every Santa has a ball
Does he ride a red nosed reindeer?
Does a 'ton up' on his sleigh
Do the fairies keep him sober for a day?

Chorus:
So here it is merry Christmas
Everybody's having fun
Look to the future now
It's only just begun
Are you waiting for the family to arrive?
Are you sure you got the room to spare inside?
Does your granny always tell ya that the old songs are the best?
Then she's up and rock 'n' rollin' with the rest

Chorus:
So here it is merry Christmas
Everybody's having fun
Look to the future now
It's only just begun
What will your daddy do
When he sees your Mama kissin' Santa Claus?
Ah ah
Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall?
Are you hoping that the snow will start to fall?
Do you ride on down the hillside in a buggy you have made?
When you land upon your head then you've been slayed

Chorus (3x)
So here it is merry Christmas
Everybody's having fun
Look to the future now
It's only just begun

SEASONAL GREETINGS FROM NORTHERN EUROPE

Belgium (Flemish)

Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar

England

Merry Christmas      

Esperanto

Gajan Kristnaskon

France

Joyeux Noel

Frisian Islands

Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!

Germany

Froehliche Weihnachten

The Netherlands

Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!

or Zalig Kerstfeast 

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS # 1

 

Well I only got a sweater for Christmas

Not the best thing to get for a dreamer

Because I got a sweater for Christmas

When I wanted a moaner or a screamer