I think Its time for Our Favorite Christmas songs

by Guest Sat Nov 30, 2019 7:54 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gzJFwB0JzE

Laughing

Hope people post their favorites

by 'Wolfie Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:04 am

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Christmas 'Downunder', (more to come, hopefully..) :

https://youtu.be/OnJ8jsw4BSo

https://youtu.be/LZVT6JJcXBg

https://youtu.be/GdVwKHSBO5Q

by 'Wolfie Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:06 am

While searching YouTube for some more Aussie carols, I happened to trip over this hidden gem from Texas, of all places -- showing us Maddog and his BFF celebrating Christmas ==

https://youtu.be/mVBTfCJmQsA

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I think Its time for Our Favorite Christmas songs 1366281442

by Fred Moletrousers Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:01 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7QlxvTIU6Q

Rather a long time before anyone discovered Australia.....

by 'Wolfie Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:26 am

The first known European explorers (Dutch, Spanish..) reached Australia in 1606...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_exploration_of_Australia

The first wave of Aboriginal settlers/ancestors, though, arrived some 50 --> 55,000 years earlier..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory_of_Australia

afro

by Fred Moletrousers Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:49 am

'Wolfie wrote:

The first known European explorers (Dutch, Spanish..) reached Australia in 1606...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_exploration_of_Australia

The first wave of Aboriginal settlers/ancestors, though, arrived some 50 --> 55,000 years earlier..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory_of_Australia

I know that...but "Als I Lay on Yoolis Nacht" was written and hit the charts, so to speak, some 300 years before Europeans arrived "down under"...and we do, these days, tend to talk about geographical discovery as occurring after Continental plates had stopped drifting around and bashing into each other.

by Ben Reilly Mon Dec 23, 2019 7:37 pm

If we're talking Texan Christmas songs, here's the one:

by JulesV Tue Dec 24, 2019 9:30 pm

Thorin wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gzJFwB0JzE

Hope people post their favorites

My outright fave is "Silent Night". Sung by a good choir in a Cathedral. Truly exquisite.

Have a good Christmas folks, enjoy all the festivities. present