The thread about which Christmas song you hated the most made me think a little. I hate so many, not sure I could pick one I hate the most. I do know which is my favorite though.

Robert Earl Keene's Merry Christmas from the Family
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P37xPiRz1sg

 

Very nice. I hadn't heard that one before.

 

Makes a red neck cry from homesickness!

 

This will make me seem older than I am but the Christmas song by Mel Torme. lol

 

For me, that's an easy one -- "I'll Be Home For Christmas" by Bing Crosby.

My dad was in "The Battle of the Bulge" in WWII, and he always told the story about being huddled in his foxhole freezing his backside off and hearing this song being played on the radio. He said it was the most lonesome he had ever been, and he truly did doubt at that time if he would ever get home for a Christmas again. I can never hear that song without thinking of my dad and what he must have felt like at that time.

And now, as a displaced Minnesotan living in Texas, the line about "Please have snow, and mistletoe....." can bring a tear to my eye as I stare out at the brown grass of Houston in December -- no matter how long I live here, it just ain't Christmas without snow!

 

Mannhiem Steamrollers versions and White Christmas by Bing Crosby

 

Elvis Presley- "Blue Christmas"
Chuck Berry- "Run Run Rudolph"
Cheech and Chong- "Santa Claus and his Old Lady"(Not a "song",but still cool )
and Stan Freberg-"Green Chri$ma$" (there's 2 s's in Christmas and they're both Dollar signs...)

 

Manheim Steamroller or Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Carol of the Bells

 

Merry Christmas From The Family was a Montgomery Gentry song originally or atleast I thought so.
Maybe their version is a cover?

 

it is, REK wrote it many years ago, at least I think so

 

I think my favorite would have to be Silent Night, by a large Chorus.

 

I found this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_C...rom_the_Family

 

I never knew it wasnt theirs originally and Id never heard of REK before. Thanks for the info.

 

He is well known and popular around Texas. He and Lyle Lovett were roommates in college at Texas A&M. The stories about them get pretty wild.