Your Favourite Christmas Song
Leeds locals reveal (and sing!) some of their favourite seasonal songs.
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00:00 Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright.
00:10 You've had everything out of me there.
00:12 Silent night, holy night.
00:14 That's a great Christmas song.
00:16 My favourite Christmas song, I've got two really.
00:19 The first one is 'Christmas Time is Here' which is more of an American one.
00:24 And the other one is more poignant and it's called 'I'll Be Home For Christmas'.
00:29 It's another traditional one.
00:31 Christ our Saviour is born.
00:36 Christ our Saviour is born.
00:41 I love that song.
00:43 Well in carols I like 'In the Bleak Midwinter' because the words are so beautiful.
00:48 What can I give him, poor as I am?
00:51 If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb.
00:54 If I were a wise man I would do my part.
00:57 But what I can I give him, give my heart.
01:01 That's why I like it.
01:02 I like songs that tell a story.
01:06 So in secular songs I like 'Fairy Tales of New York'
01:11 which couldn't be more different from the one we've just been mentioning.
01:16 My favourite Christmas song is the sleigh bell song by the Runets.
01:20 I never get tired of hearing that.
01:21 I get tired of hearing most of the rest of them.
01:24 I particularly like 'The Fairy Tale of New York'.
01:27 It's a really good karaoke song.
01:29 You can have a good sing-along, which I have done even though I can't sing a note really.
01:34 But nobody worries about that, do they?
01:37 But I also love to watch and listen to carols from kings on Christmas Eve.
01:42 To me that's the start of Christmas when you start listening to the carols
01:46 and probably have a glass of Baileys to go with it.
01:50 And the bells were ringing out for Christmas time.
01:54 The favourite song I like is just come out.
01:58 It's by Ed Sheeran and Elton John.
02:01 It's called 'All Out for Christmas'.
02:05 Jingle bells because you can hear the reindeer and the Santa Claus coming on the sledge
02:12 and ringing the bells for Christmas and stuff like that.
02:16 It makes you get into the Christmas mood and seeing all the Christmas lights
02:20 and just listening for Santa Claus to come as well.
02:23 My favourite Christmas song is 'Santa Baby'.
02:27 My favourite Christmas song? I like all the Nativity songs from Nativity.
02:31 That's a bit cringy, but yeah.
02:34 My favourite Christmas song is the Ariana Grande one. What's it called?
02:38 Can't remember what it's called.
02:40 Or just the classics, 'One One'. I like that one.
02:43 'Last Christmas'.
02:44 'Last Christmas', yeah.
02:45 I really like singing at church.
02:47 And my favourite hymn is 'Joy to the World' because it's quite a joyous Christmas hymn.
02:53 And then I quite like jazz music, so I like Christmas jazz, which is a bit not mainstream,
03:00 but I would pick a song without words, just music.