Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Christmas songs

Could you please supply me with the titles (and, if possible, the texts) of
the most typical english and american Christmas songs?
On the Internet I've obviously found thousands of songs, still I would
appreciate the opinion of real people who celebrate Christmas.
Bye-bye, FB

appreciate the opinion of real people who celebrate Christmas.
Carols. Christmas carols.
Sebastiano
-- 
Aisle bee ware yew wont mi two b;
Isle b yore ayes;
Aisle pleas u;
Yew no u knead mi, deer.

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Silent night ... cantata dai NOFX & Bad Religion
-- 
Se hai un problema che deve essere risolto da una burocrazia,ti conviene
cambiare problema. 
                                                           Legge di Good

appreciate the opinion of real people 
Well, I am not a real person.  I am actually a fembot.  Can I post a reply
anyway?
 Try this URL. IT has the lyrics.
http://www.catholic.net/RCC/music/midi/christmas/lyrics.html
The most famous are:
Deck the Halls
Jingle Bells
Joy to the World
Oh Come All Ye Faithful (You know this one)
Silent Night (You know this one too)
Twelve Days of Christmas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
There are a few more that are not listed:
Granma Got Run Over by a Reindeer'
There is one by Jose Feliciano, but I don't know the title.  IT goes something
like this:  we want to wish you a merry Christmas, we want to wish you a merry
Christams from the bottom of our hearts.  I would look for in on Google, but
I'm too lazy (a common problem among fembots).
There's "So this is Christmas".  Here are the lyrics:
http://home.t-online.de/home/uwe.seibt/christma.htm
I think that's enough to keep you occupied for a while.
bye
gFc

 I would look for in on Google, 
and that should be : I would look for iT on Google.
bye

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It depends what you mean by Christmas songs: there are pop songs and
Christmas carols (religious songs).
The best-known pop songs (from different eras) are probably "White
Christmas" and "So this is Christmas".
The most popular carols in England include:
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing
- While Shepherds watched their Flocks by Night
- Once in Royal David's City
- Away in a Manger
- O Come all Ye Faithful
- Silent Night.
Other non-religious songs:
- Good King Wenceslas
- We wish you a Merry Christmas
- Jingle Bells
- Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
- The Holly and the Ivy.
-- 
Mary

I'm too lazy (a common problem among fembots).
Damn! I was singing it and I sang "I would look for in on Google" as
part of the lyrics :)
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and that should be : I would look for iT on Google.
And I quoted it wrong, but singed it right. :)
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Christmas carols (religious songs).
Yeah? I didn't know the difference. I thought that the non religious
songs that are so commonly singed in X-mas would be considered carols
as well.
Thanks.
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 And I quoted it wrong, but singed it right. :)
sang :-)
-- 
Mary

 as well.
Sung at Xmas :-)))
-- 
Mary

 I think that's enough to keep you occupied for a while.
Till Christmas 2004! Thank you.
Bye-bye, FB

 Carols. Christmas carols.
Ehm, sě, cough cough.
Ciao, FB

 - The Holly and the Ivy.
Boh. Un denghiu grosso grosso.
Ciao, FB

 E' lo stesso concetto di "ten of nine" per le ore, no?
"Ten of nine" non lo conosco; c'è "ten green bottles" in GB.
 
-- 
Mary

 Oh Come All Ye Faithful (You know this one)
Adeste fideles! Tutto chiaro. Beh, le uniche che non conosco sono "Deck the
halls" e "Twelve days of Christmas". Poi ci sarebbe quella della nonna
investita dalla renna...
Ciao, FB

 "Ten of nine" non lo conosco; c'č "ten green bottles" in GB.
Mica č una canzone. Intendevo dire che "Twelve days of Christmas" dovrebbe
essere una forma analoga a "ten of nine" (o qualsiasi altra ora) per dire
"ten to nine". Quindi "Dodici giorni a Natale"... O proprio un Natale di due
settimane? (faccina sorridente)
Ciao, FB

 settimane? (faccina sorridente)
Ehm, facevo lo spiritoso e ho preso una cantonata: il testo fa "on the first
day of Christmas... On the second... On the third...".
Ciao, FB

 "Twelve days of Christmas".
No, questa no. E nemmeno quella della nonna.
Ciao, FB

sang :-)
No. Uno che "sang" sa quello che fa. Non ho usato "sang" perché io
"sing" molto male, quindi ho usato "singed" per far capire che,
insomma.
Ok, la smetto. Mi è uscito singed e non so perché :D
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Sung at Xmas :-)))
No, non ci siamo. A me sto verbo sta antipatico. Una volta, passi.
Due, no.
Sing/sang/sung si impara alle elementari.
Comincio a pensare che, visto che canto malissimo, il mio cervello si
rifiuti di usare bene anche il verbo, proprio per sottolineare la
cosa.
Ora vado a scrivere sing/sang/sung trecento volte alla lavagna.
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 mi diresti se c'è una canzone equivalente in italiano?
If I tell you that you know it, it's because there is an equivalent in Italian.
 As Mary already told you, this is Adeste Fideles.
bye
Ari


I just remembered the title:  Feliz Navidad.  
bye

 No, ti dico subito che non la conosci.
La conosco, la conosco: mi sono procurato file audio di un po' tutti i canti
che mi avete gentilmente segnalato. Sě, non č usata in Italia, perň io la
conosco. Esiste perfino il testo italiano: "Nella sala preparata fala...".
Ciao, FB

la melodia.
Here is a link with the melody and the lyrics:
http://www.smart-central.com/HolidayPages/deck.htm
bye
Ari

è fantastico, ora lo cerco.
No, non e' classica.  E' del '77.  Comunque e' carina.  Here are some sound
files. 
http://www.catholic.net/RCC/music/midi/christmas/
http://www.night.net/christmas/songs12.html-ssi
http://www.groovecave.com/boneym/midi/xmas/
bye
Ari

Sung at Xmas :-)))
Sssstttt...
Milingo might hear you.
saluti,
Peltio
cosa si usa al posto di 'ssssttttt' in inglese?
sush?

 > as well.
Non č le canzoni ma solo i miei orrechi che sono 'singed' d'ascoltare le
stesse canzoni ogni anno.

stesse canzoni ogni anno.
LOL
You see? It was not a mistake, I did it on purpose. :P
If you are able to produce a marvellous sound, you sing.
If the sound you are giving out is similar to a piercing shriek, well,
you are not singing, but singeing.
So, if you sing, we are happy, but if you singe (our ears off), well,
we're going to feel all funned out, or should I say singed out?
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 cosa si usa al posto di 'ssssttttt' in inglese?
Shhh, o shush.
-- 
Mary

 Shhh, o shush.
Anche "hush". ("Hush, my baby, baby, don't you cry".)
Max

 anyway?
[....]
Dear Arianna,
My what mirth! One scarce remembers when last we were SO amused.
Tears-a-streaming, but remaining, as always
Bambi
dtb

 dtb
Only now do I notice this message. Considering how seldom ma'am takes part
in this newsgroup, it would be unfortunate if her posts went unobserved in
the Realm, speaking of which I was wondering if ma'am was contemplating the
possibility to assign new tasks. In that case, I hope I will not look
disrespectful saying that Enrico C, Sebapop and I (in order of intellectual
stature... cough, cough) would be at her ma'am's disposal.
FB

My what mirth! One scarce remembers when last we were SO amused.
Bambi, how nice to hear from you!  Your message didn't appear until yesterday. 
 
Anyway, had you  been in my  situation, you would not have been very amused. 
Here's what happened to me...remember?  I was in pieces after that incident
(literally) :-))
http://www.jeffbots.com/fembotexplo.html
Vanessa
(or what's left of her)

 stature... cough, cough) 
In inch eights or millimeters? (speaking for myself, of course :)
 
-- 
Enrico C

 as well.
Yo! I've just singed some X-mas carrots over the flames,  now I'm
gonna much'em, yum yum!  ;) 
 
-- 
Enrico C

gonna much'em, yum yum!  ;) 
ha ha ha, that's funny. :P
Or should I say ho ho ho?
BTW, I find rather annoying when someone is ho-ho-hoing without style.
What I want to say is... I don't know, but facts thing me. ;)
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 facts thing me. ;)
ti cosano?
-- 
Enrico C

 In inch eights or millimeters? (speaking for myself, of course :)
Don't put yourself down, Henryco!
Bye-bye, FB