Of course, I love all the standard holiday songs that we all know, so I won't mention them.....

 

I think...???????...... its Kenny Rogers, maybe??? who has a version of this song?  Not sure who he's dueting with, but he probably could have done better!  I've only heard it in the last 3-5 years.  It's very pretty....."Mary Did You Know"

  No wonder I don't like country music..

 

I YouTube'd "Mary Did You Know" and found lots of wonderful versions.. I also discovered that Kenny Rogers dueted with Wynona Judd on this song. I never would have guessed.  Her part didn't add a whole lot to the song, and I was wishing she (whoever that female voice was) wasn't in it when I first started hearing it a few times.  Kenny Rogers could have done it better alone, and believe me, I'm no Kenny Rogers fan... It's definitely a song for a soothing voice though.. not a big voice.

 

Damn Wynona.. that Kentucky girl let me down!!    She kinda sucked on that beautiful song.

And who could forget Robert Earl Keene?

 

 

 

Fluff,

I LOVE John Berry!  And you're right...his version of O Holy Night is really moving.

 

My favorite old Christmas song is from a Bing Crosby album my folks had when I was little.  Love hearing Bing sing Silver Bells, and The Twelve Days Of Christmas.

 

My very favorite more recent one is Aaron Neville's Ave Maria.

 

Oh...almost forgot.  Still Ave Maria, but Andrea Bocelli is amazing.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL9AjrqspB0    or

 

 

 

 

Kenny Wayne Shepherd's kickass version of Rudolf the Rednosed Reindeer is my favorite.