Fa-la-la-la-la, La Friday Five

1. A favorite 'secular' Christmas song.
I love "I'll Be Home for Christmas" - sung by Bing Crosby during WWII.

2. Christmas song that chokes you up (maybe even in spite of yourself--the cheesier the better)
I love "I'll Be Home for Christmas" - sung by Bing Crosby during WWII.

3. Christmas song that makes you want to stuff your ears with chestnuts roasted on an open fire.
Little Drummer Boy - I can't stand the Pa Rum pum pum pum

4. The Twelve Days of Christmas: is there *any* redeeming value to that song? Discuss.

Helps build memory skills, students learn to count/sing backwards, fills up concert/cd time, helps remind folks that there ARE 12 days of Christmas and the 1st one IS on December 25!

5. A favorite Christmas album
It is really unfair to only select one, but there is one I like that is a little off the beaten path. It's Maddy Prior's Carols and Capers.
I also like Anonymous 4's Wolcum Yule

Comments

[zorra]

I like Wolcome Yule, too. There are so many great albums, it's impossible to keep from forgetting a few. I totally forgot my husband's favorite, Loreena McKennitt's To Drive the Cold Winter Away.Will have to find the Maddy Pryor album--I'm sure I'd like that too.

[will smama]

Good ol' Bing.

[Chartreuseova]

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I made it here!

[Deb Vaughn]

Well, *I* got here! :D Anonymous 4 rocks. Totally!
:)
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[Songbird]

I enjoy the Anonymous 4, too!

[Sue]

I can't say as I've heard of Anonymous 4, but now I'll be looking for them.

[Mary Beth]

ooh, Anony 4 is great!