“Bo Selecta's 'Proper Crimbo' just seems to sum up the wonderful meaning of Christmas to me. A truly beautifully crafted piece. I like 'Away In A Manger' too.”

“Fave Christmas pop song..... Last Christmas by Wham. Nothing else comes near IMHO
Fave Christmas carol .......Silent Night, sang in German”

“`It was on a starry night`. Never heard this one til my youngest went to primary school. Now I can`t hear without a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat.
Fave chart song has to be Greg Lakes I believe in Father Christmas.”

“Ever heard 'Freiheit's Keeping the Dream Alive'? Very McCartney-esque but without Googling it I don't think he had anything to do with it. A lovely tune, great harmonies, if a little over-produced.

I have not heard the tune you mentioned but will look out for it Floss.”

“Just watched Keeping the Dream Alive, never seen air violin before.”

“Bonny little tune. Don't you think it's a bit Paulie?”

“I get the wham ... I also like a bit of slade or tommie connor... hate Cliff Richard ...but silent night in German?

Too continental for me ... do listen to that whilst eating roll mop herring and salami for breakfast ... eeeeuuuuwwww”

“Silent night was originally German or Austrian I think. (Stille nacht).Made a lot of good men cry together nearly a century ago.

Assuming you are joking about Bo Selecta and Wham here's my top three.
1 Fairytale of New York
2 Happy Xmas (war is over)
3 I believe in Father Christmas.”

“Silent Night in German or as an instrumental by Anton Karas on the zither.”

“Classical is 'Carol of the Bells'. Popular is Greg Lake's 'I believe in Father Christmas' just like Flossy. I listen to both with a tear.”

“albaz,
Why do you assume I'm joking about Wham? I think it's the best Christmas pop song.
Out of your three, the only one I rate is Greg Lake's, the other two, nah.”

“steveodore;
Sorry,thought you was 'avin a laff.
If I was picking "soppy" I'd say Pretty paper (R. Orbison)”

“albaz,
I suppose any proper Christmas song is better than the dross served up every for the last decade or so by Simon Cowell and ITV's cynical manipulation of the music buying sheep.”

“don't know where the "every" came from in the post above.”

“A link for " It was on a Starry Night"

http://tinyurl.com/bq6m3l4”

“I remember my little 'un singing that at school when we lived at Beverley. Very touching tune Floss. My bottom lip would be a-quivering.”

“albaz, yes I was joking about Proper Crimbo but I'd say my favourite is probably Fairytale of New York followed by Wizzard and Shaky (Merry Christmas Everyone). That Freiheit tune always has a happy factor for me too. Haven't heard Pretty Paper for years, shall dig that one out.”

“Hull only likes CRIMbo songs cos it's a filthy "crim"”

“Er, perhaps I should have said Xmas songs, Christmas is such a long word to spell.”

“Has to be Slade.”

“There's a Steeleye Span tune called 'Gaudete' which is lovely. Never heard it on the Radio.

By the way, looking at my above posts it sounds like I'm having a blonde moment when I said i hadn't heard 'On A Starry Night' but I recognised it when I Googled it and remembered my daughter singing it at school.”

“I still like the original version of the Band Aid single.”

“So do I steveo and there's some decent singers on there. I remember when I first heard 'Time, Clock Of The Heart' by Culture Club I thought "Wow what a voice". So Boy George is on there, let's see Bono, George Michael, Paul Young, I think old Jim Kerr is on there from Simple Minds too. All very distinctive. if I catch it at the right moment it still brings a lump to my throat, mind you, I cry at a good episode of Emmerdale so who am I to talk, eh?”

“I think I would cry if I had to watch ANY episode of Emmerdale Farm.”

“Lol! Er, any soap then.”

“Johnny Mathis - When a Child is Born.
Close second - Dominic the Italian Christmas Donkey”

“Aw. Nice. Do we know you Rubes? Have you been reborn?”

“The Singing Dogs - Jingle Bells or The Singing Cats - Silent Night.”