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I never tire of this...Whole lotta church soul here!!

Darlene Love; Baby Please Come Home

Hurry-up Vikings, we ain't getting any younger! 

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Cheesy and as Melba Toast as hell, but I've been hearing this since the Nixon era...RIP Karen.

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I have seen these guys 8 times now.  Fantastic concerts!

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Sarah MacLachlan - River

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Sarah MacLachlan - O Little Town of Bethlehem

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This one has really leapt-up my list of most loved xmas music:

Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Canon 

Treat yourself to something beautiful and give this a listen!! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cP26ndrmtg

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@"purplefaithful" said: Cheesy and as Melba Toast as hell, but I've been hearing this since the Nixon era...RIP Karen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuVQEjhABM


Spread the cheese, man! We all have our weaknesses. And the Carpenters is mine. I listen to everything from Miles Davis to Social Distortion, but I grew up listening to my big sister's Carpenters records. And I'm not ashamed to admit that I love those songs. I know Paul Williams wrote a lot of 'em, but Karen had a pure, effortless voice and some of those songs are just brilliant. Particularly Superstar and Goodbye to Love. The lyrics to Goodbye to Love are as deliciously dark as anything by Morrissey or Trent Reznor. And I didn't realize just how brilliant Superstar was until I heard Sonic Youth's take on it. 

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#29 · Dec 20, 3:08 PM
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This is my favorite version of this song - Though Brenda Lee did a nice job!

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#30 · Dec 20, 3:55 PM
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And when I do want some Brenda Lee xmas music - this is it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6xNuUEnh2g

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#31 · Dec 20, 3:56 PM
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Give me some Elvis

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#32 · Dec 20, 3:59 PM
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This one always gets me  - chills in fact. And this is the version I remember growing up my parents would play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT1fA59oH7Q

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#33 · Dec 20, 4:07 PM
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ANd there was Band Aid in 1984 (my HS grad year!) Always loved this song

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#34 · Dec 20, 4:09 PM
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Who does not sing this during the holidays at least a couple times to themselves - I drive my wife crazy singing this in the kitchen getting dinner ready!

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#35 · Dec 20, 4:12 PM
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This always makes me smile - Eartha Kitt kills it! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFMyF9fDKzE

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I would have to say though, when I was just a little boy with a little record player (kind that opened up / portable for little kids) I had this album and played it ALL THE TIME during Christmas! His voice, to me, was christmas for a little boy. The one, the only, The Original Gene Autry Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer  Christmas album; Anyone else remember this record?

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This is very cool! Boogy Woogy Choo Choo Train!

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#38 · Dec 20, 4:28 PM
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I love Alabama, have to say this is one of my very favorite Christmas songs :D

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#39 · Dec 20, 8:37 PM
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Also one of my very favorites...

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#40 · Dec 20, 9:19 PM
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This has been my favorite Xmas song for the last few years....

Somewhere in my memory. The video here doesn't quite get it, but John Williams is a genius. From Raiders to Schindlers, the man is a genius at evoking emotion. 

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