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Here's wishing a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone on my flist who celebrates!

Get out your digital cameras and take pictures of what you got! :D

So, my meagre Christmas gift to you... 20 Christmas songs by some of my favourite artists - non-traditional versions of traditional carols.

Angels of Venice - Carol of the Bells (in all honesty, I'd never heard of them before, but I think this is the most beautiful rendition of this carol that I've ever heard. If you only download one, I'm gonna have to say, download this one.)
Barenaked Ladies & Sarah McLachlan - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings
Bif Naked - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Coldplay - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Enya - Silent Night (in Irish. It's strange, because although the language is in no way familiar, I know exactly what she's singing *G*. Also, this is probably the most stunningly gorgeous version I've ever heard)
The Eurythmics - Winter Wonderland (because who doesn't love Annie?)
Keane - White Christmas (sadly, not the best quality, but Keane is one of my newfound favourite artists! *waves to

rahalia_cat*)
Loreena McKennitt - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (one of my favourite carols, and one of my absolute favourite artists *waves to

deerdancer*)
Loreena McKennitt - Good King Wenceslas
Loreena McKennitt - Snow
The Muppets - Twelve Days of Christmas
Pamplin Music - Christ Child Lullaby (again, I actually don't know the artist. It's instrumental, Celtic-sounding, and gorgeous)
Pamplin Music - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Instrumental again, with bagpipes! Also, have you noticed a trend with this particular song?)
Queen - Thank God It's Christmas
Sting - Gabriel's Message
Sting - I Saw Three Ships
Thurl Ravenscroft - (You're a Mean One) Mr Grinch (no, it's not Burl Ives. No, it's not Boris Karloff, either. The guy who sang this is Thurl Ravenscroft. Thank you.)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve in Sarajevo (I'm sure everyone knows this -- it's that fantastic mix of Carol of the Bells and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, and from what I understand, the composer never really intended for it to be a Christmas song, but it's wonderful anyway.)
Trans Siberian Orchestra - O Come All Ye Faithful/O Holy Night
U2 - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) (in my world, nothing is ever complete without some U2, for yea verily, Bono is a musical god)