Christmas Carols: a Poll

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what a great thread indeed…

i voted for silent night… but the version i like more than anything in the world is the version done by Enya… its in Gaelic…

here it is on you tube… for those who have not heard it,you will love it,it just melts you as you listen to it.

btw…close your eyes while listening,👍👍👍

youtube.com/watch?v=jjOH8FyXqO8&feature=related
 
I voted for The Holly and The Ivy. A beauiful carol!

My favorite song sung during Advent/Christmas, while not a carol per se (it is actually a song of Eucharistic devotion), is Let All Moral Flesh Keep Silence.

Oh, and The Boar’s Head Carol is great. 🙂
 
centurionguard said:
A Popular French Hymn I remeber well when Pendant son séjour dans la province de Québec à Ville de Québec, Messe de Minuit de Noël.
Venez, Divin Messie - Cantique de Noël
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Another beautiful Christmas Hymn
‘Veni, Veni, Emanuel’
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Venez Divin Messie is really an Advent Carol, known in English as “O Come, Divine Messiah”.

It was written by abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin (1663-1745) based on Isaiah 4,14 ; Luke 2,4-14 ; John 3,16-18

It’s set to a traditional French tune from the 16th century (Laissez paître vos bêtes). It was translated to English in 1877 by Sister Mary of St. Philip.
 
What, were’s Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer? 😛

I’m kidding.

I guess I don’t have a favorite (I do enjoy Bing Cosby & David Bowie’s cover of The Little Drummer Boy), but I didn’t see Oh Come All Yea Faithful on the list.
 
LoyalViews said:
I had mental block I think 😛

I forgot both Adeste Fideles AND Joy to the World.

Also, I forgot “Little Town of Bethlehem” and "While Shepherds watched their flocks by night"
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My husband grew up in England and went to a Catholic boys’ school…They used to sing, “While shepherds washed their socks at night, all seated on the ground…the angel of the Lord came down and gave 'em 'alf a crown.”

😃

I know it’s not a Christmas carol, but “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” is my favorite song of Advent and Christmas. I just adore it.
 
Let’s see, I like the song “Gloria a Te, Christo Gesu” (particularly by Andrea Bocelli), or his other hymn, “God Bless Us Everyone”. Another one that gets me is “The Gift” by Garth Brooks (listen to it if you’ve never heard it and even if you don’t like country music!). Another good one by Garth Brooks is “Belleau Wood”… and he positively does the best rendition of “God rest ye merry gentlemen” (which is what I selected for the poll)
 
garn9173 said:
I suppose it is if you are fluent in the language.
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One doesn’t need to be fluent in Latin to learn the words to the song and then learn the translation. One just needs to be lazy to avoid doing such a thing.

I’m not going to get into a whole Latin discussion, but it is still the official language of the Latin Catholic Church and an important part of the Church’s history and tradition. I’m far from fluent in Latin and yet I know many Latin prayers and hymns. I’m sure there are many on this forum who are the same. If you have no desire to learn Latin then that’s cool. However, not knowing a language also doesn’t prevent someone from enjoying a piece of music.
 
garn9173 said:
I suppose it is if you are fluent in the language.
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I’m not fluent in Latin but I can sing Adeste Fideles, I learned it when I was 7, over 50 years ago.

I’d much rather sing it in Latin than sing “O Come, All Ye Faithful” or “Peuple fidèle”. Even my Protestant husband can sing it in Latin, he learned it in public school where he took Latin (which wasn’t taught in my Catholic school) and his United Church of Canada parish.
 
Phemie said:
I’m not fluent in Latin but I can sing Adeste Fideles, I learned it when I was 7, over 50 years ago.

I’d much rather sing it in Latin than sing “O Come, All Ye Faithful” or “Peuple fidèle”. Even my Protestant husband can sing it in Latin, he learned it in public school where he took Latin (which wasn’t taught in my Catholic school) and his United Church of Canada parish.
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When I was young my mom loved singing “Oh Come All Ye Faithful” in Latin so much that when everyone else was singing it in English at our Church she would just start singing it really loud in Latin.Ha Ha.

Can you post the words of Adeste Fideles. I can pronounce Latin and I would like to learn this by heart.
 
onmyknees said:
When I was young my mom loved singing “Oh Come All Ye Faithful” in Latin so much that when everyone else was singing it in English at our Church she would just start singing it really loud in Latin.Ha Ha.

Can you post the words of Adeste Fideles. I can pronounce Latin and I would like to learn this by heart.
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If you get the first verse down pat, you’re doing great.

*Adeste fideles laeti triumphantes,
Venite, venite in Bethlehem.
Natum videte Regem angelorum.
Venite adoremus (ter)
Dominum.

Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine
Gestant puellae viscera.
Deum verum, genitum non factum.
Venite adoremus (ter)
Dominum.

Cantet nunc ‘Io’, chorus angelorum;
Cantet nunc aula caelestium,
Gloria! Soli Deo Gloria!
Venite adoremus (ter)
Dominum.

Ergo qui natus die hodierna.
Jesu, tibi sit gloria,
Patris aeterni Verbum caro factum.
Venite adoremus (ter)
Dominum.

En grege relicto, humiles ad cunas,
Vocati pastores adproperant:
Et nos ovanti gradu festinemus,
Venite adoremus, venite adoremus,
Venite adoremus Dominum.*
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adeste_Fideles#Lyrics
 
onmyknees said:
When I was young my mom loved singing “Oh Come All Ye Faithful” in Latin so much that when everyone else was singing it in English at our Church she would just start singing it really loud in Latin.Ha Ha.

Can you post the words of Adeste Fideles. I can pronounce Latin and I would like to learn this by heart.
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Google is your friend.

Adeste fideles laeti triumphantes,
Venite, venite in Bethlehem.
Natum videte Regem angelorum.
Venite adoremus (ter)
Dominum.

Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine
Gestant puellae viscera.
Deum verum, genitum non factum.
Venite adoremus (ter)
Dominum.

Cantet nunc ‘Io’, chorus angelorum;
Cantet nunc aula caelestium,
Gloria! Soli Deo Gloria!
Venite adoremus (ter)
Dominum.

Ergo qui natus die hodierna.
Jesu, tibi sit gloria,
Patris aeterni Verbum caro factum.
Venite adoremus (ter)
Dominum.
 
garn9173 said:
I suppose it is if you are fluent in the language.
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I was raised Methodist and we had this song on a Perry Como Christmas album. Growing up, none of my Catholic friends knew Latin- they were all born after the Second Vatican Council. It has always been one of my favorites, though I know minimal Latin and I really don’t have a desire to learn any more of it. Perhaps it’s just nostalgia for my childhood Christmases in the 1970’s and 80’s that make me like that song so much. It just brings back wonderful memories.
 
Phemie said:
Can you appreciate “Lily Marlene” in German? Or “La vie en rose” in French?
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Which is what? Sorry, i’m just an at heart Iowa farm boy who might know maybe 5 words of Spanish.

Sorry to derail the thread, but not everyone is a pre-Vatican II Catholic.
 
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