What is, to you, the best Christmas song ever? Why?

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12 days of christmas

Symbolic interpretation
Some Christians assign symbolism to the gifts in the song. One of the most common versions of these assigned meanings is:

The 'partridge in a pear tree' means there is only one God and is also symbolic of Jesus (see Luke 13:34).
The 'two turtle doves' are the Old and New Testaments. Though according to Zondervan's Twelve Days of Christmas the story behind a favorite Christmas song this is the 2 turtle doves sacrificed that Joseph and Mary brought when they presented Jesus at the Temple.
The 'three French hens' are the three Persons of the holy Trinity or the three virtues: faith, hope, and love, though according to Ace Collins' book "Stories of the Best Loved Christmas Songs", they represent the expensive gifts of the Wise Men: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
The 'four calling birds' are the Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; or their Gospels. Which makes sense because they are "calling" out the story.
'Five gold rings' are the first five books of the Bible, or the Pentateuch.
'Six geese a-laying' refer to the six days of the Creation.
'Seven swans a-swimming' are the seven sacraments and the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.
'Eight maids a-milking' are the eight Beatitudes.
'Nine ladies dancing' are the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit.
'Ten lords a-leaping' are the Ten Commandments.
'Eleven pipers piping' are the eleven faithful Apostles.
'Twelve drummers drumming' are the twelve doctrines in the Apostles' Creed.

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Do They Know It's Christmas by Band Aid

Whose aim is to help Ethiopia from famine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_They_Know_It's_Christmas%3F

scoutma53

O Holy Night sung by a great tenor. The high notes give me goosebumps.

My two favourites are:
Silent Night, and
Little Drummer Boy
Don't know why, they just are.

Mutya P

Payapang Daigdig wherein the lyricist longed for a peaceful and better place for mankind.
Merry Christmas to all of us!!!!!

CHOCO CRUNCHIES

Deck The Halls...

It was the first Christmas song that I sung in front of my classmates and the whole first year high school students way back 2005!

HTOWNGURL

JINGLE BELL ROCK

marshfield_meme

Mary, Did You Know, lyrics by Mark Lowery

my favorite version was done by Wynona Ryder and Kenny Rogers

kahlan nynaeveÂ®

Christmas in our Hearts by Jose Mari Chan. I first heard the song in my elementary years and its simple but just as powerfully striking lyrics really struck a chord in me.

Here's the lyrics. Isn't it very poignant and meaningful?

Whenever I see girls and boys
selling lanterns on the streets
i remember the Child
in the manger as He sleeps
wherever there are people
giving gifts, exchanging cards
i believe that Christmas
is truly in their hearts

[refrain]
Letâ€™s light our Christmas trees
for a bright tomorrow
where nations are at peace
and all are one in God

[chorus]
Letâ€™s sing Merry Christmas
and a happy holiday
this season, may we never forget
the love we have for Jesus
let Him be the One to guide us
as another new year starts
and may the spirit of Christmas
be always in our hearts

In every prayer and every song
the community unites
celebrating the birth
of our Savior, Jesus Christ

let love, like that starlight
on that first Christmas morn
lead us back to the manger
where Christ the Child was born

So, come let us rejoice
come and sing a Christmas carol
with one big joyful voice
proclaim the name of the Lord!

[repeat chorus 2x]

Be always in our hearts

straw wartsâ„¢

last christmas, ang pasko ay sumapit. ((((: ,
all i want for christmas is you.. [=

auniquorn

"Do You Hear What I Hear"
Partly because I love the message of hope and the promise. But mostly because it's attached to my fondest childhood memory. I played Mary in our 5th grade Christmas play and wasn't allowed to sing along. I just remember there being only me and the baby. All I could do was hold him, look in his eyes, and cry. It was perfect!

BeagleMommy

Anything by Frank Sinatra or Nat King Cole. Because it was the Christmas music my mother listened to and it reminds me of being a kid at Christmas and my mom being happy.

bitoy

The christmas song - chestnuts roasting on an open fire.
i was a kid, in the 70s, in the philippines, and everything in the song was foreign to me.
my father sat me down in his lap, we were at the balcon at night watching the parols, and he explained the song to me line by line while it was playing inside the house.

annabelle p

I'll Be Home For Christmas.

I am home but I like this song. I always feel nostalgic whenever I listen to the song over the radio or in the malls. So poignant....

Endymion S

Dreaming of a White Christmas, mostly because I usually always AM dreaming of a white christmas. Not to metion it doesn't have any quick snappy lines that can get annoying fast (unlike Let it Snow)