Nobody sings Ave Maria like Perry Como

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0WIJw8JVeU

and this....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMsi5lhWrIs

I love all those songs that have already been mentioned. They bring back some lovely memories....

Christmas here in Australia is smack bang in the middle of summer, and it's nothing unusual for the temperatures to be well above 100degrees.

Some people refuse to go against tradition, and still cook their hot baked dinner on Christmas Day, but the majority of people nowdays are much more sensible and either have BBQ's.... or they cook their roast turkeys and pork etc the day before, and serve them cold with salads on Christmas Day.

With those temperatures and a different culture in mind, there have been quite a few Australian Christmas songs recorded over the years. Naturally because of those factors, they're far different to the old classics that have already been mentioned here.

I daresay that these songs would be an aquired taste (as far as Christmas songs go), but I thought you'd like to listen to a couple just the same.

Here are two of the most well known that I found on UTube :

Six White Boomers by Rolf Harris :
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSsffF2xhA

Christmas in Australia :
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=UH0vMp...eature=related

blue christmas by elvis presley. have yourself a merry little christmas
by the Carpenters white christmas by Bing Crosby....oh my Im such
a sap.lol

oh i forogt about the carpenters xmas album christmas portrait, she had such a lovely voice, what a shame,

Thanks Anne,

I like a lot of christmas carols, but I have two all time favorite songs.

Carol of the bells
Little drummer boy

I have a song that all of you must enjoy & I wanted Koala77 to see/hear it. Koala, that kangaroo one was cute. I have two things from Utube that go together. One sorta leads to the other.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKk9rv2hUfA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Hv9...eature=related

I guess I'm the only one who doesn't enjoy christmas music. And if I hear "I'll be home for Christmas" one more time, I'll go nuts.

Every place I go, every store, that's all they play.

While Christmas used to be enjoyable to me, for the past 7 years, it's just something I have to get through.

I am a completely different human being on January 2nd. This happens every year.

And I'm no humbug, far from it. But to me, it's not a happy time.
However, when I see a child smile, well then, it's very healing.

I do hope all of you enjoy your holidays and cherish your families.

Mel

Lor I loved them both!

Thank you so much for sharing. I'm going to send both of them to my DD as I think she'll enjoy them too.

Take a walk through Bethlehem by Trisha Yearwood.

that is lil'monkeys solo in her christmas performace this year. i hear it about 100x times a day. it's stuck in my head.

i'll post lil'monkey's video when she gets it uploaded.