Christmas Competition: Winner. Congratulations to Jess for this great Christmas list – she has won the first prize of a 4GB Apple iPod Nano valued at $149!
This is a nice light list of songs to increase your Christmas spirit on this wonderful holiday. It includes some songs that commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, and some that are more modern in concept – but regardless of the type, they are all great songs and perfect for the first prize of our competition. Merry Christmas!
10. Josh Groban and Brian McKnight Angels We Have Heard on High
This is quite a great Christmas carol that is sung beautifully by Josh Groban and Brian McKnight. “The words of the song are based on a traditional French carol known as Les Anges dans nos Campagnes (literally, The Angels in our Countryside). Its most common English version was translated in 1862 by James Chadwick.
9. Billy Porter and Vanessa Williams Joy To The World
“Joy to the World” is one of the best-known and best-loved of Christmas carols. It contains a message of joy and love replacing sin and sorrow. It may also be interpreted to be about life after the second coming of Christ. The hymn is significant for its widespread use throughout Christian denominations and for the musical stature of the people who created it.
This is a great Christmas carol everyone can sing along to, and the duet by Billy Porter and Vanessa Williams is amazing.
8. The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl Fairytale of New York
This is a popular and lovely Christmas song by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl that was released in 1987.
7. Olivia Newton-John and Jon Secada Every Time It Snows
Olivia Newton-John and Jon Secada duet to a beautiful and gorgeous song with lovely lyrics.
6. Christina Aguilera and Brian McKnight Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is a Christmas song written for the MGM Musical, Meet Me In St. Louis. This nice duet by Christina Aguilera and Brain McKnight is quite fabulous.
5. Alan Jackson and Alison Krauss The Angels Cried
This is a wonderful and touching duet that is simply magnificent.
4. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan Baby It’s Cold Outside
I think “Baby It’s Cold Outside” is a fantastic duet that can be sung by any male and female singer. It’s such a fun and awesome song and the duet by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan is great.
3. David Bowie and Bing Crosby Little Drummer Boy/ Peace on Earth
“The Little Drummer Boy” is a popular Christmas song, with words and music by Katherine K. Davis. One of the most popular versions of this song is the “Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth” duet by the unusual paring of Bing Crosby and David Bowie. The duet was recorded in 1977 for a Bing Crosby Christmas special, and reappears annually in holiday music rotations.
2. Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion The Prayer
The Prayer is an amazing duet by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion. They are both fantastic singers and the song is so beautiful.
1. Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra White Christmas
This is a classic and terrific duet by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.
Merry Christmas
love the Bowie tune!
congrats Jess! wonderful compilation.
I have to say, I’d switch #3 with #2. Bowie… yeah.
What a truly lousy subject to win a first prize..christmas cheers to everyone, just the same…
Fairytale of New York I think should definitely be at number 1. True Christmas classic. The video of them doing it on TOTP is brilliant.
The Bowie one is weird….I don’t know that I would have included it. But I didn’t write the list so, haha, good list!! =D Congrats!
Just checking in to see who won. Congratz to Jess. “Great List”
Merry Christmas Everyone!
my favorite christmas duet…barenaked ladies with sarah mclachlan singing “God rest you merry gentlemen”
this is just the audio, the only video i came across is terrible quality.
enjoy
Congrats, Jess! Good job on the list. I was expecting Bowie and Crosby to be number one so well done on dashing my expectations!
AWESOME!!!
I love brain mcknight!!!!!!!
This list sure made my holidays!
Merry Christmas to all!
I love the Pogues! But was there ever a point in time where Shane McGowan did NOT have any teeth missing?
dischuker; and i thought i was the only one that loved that rendition, thanks for the link
great list, would love to see top 10 traditional christmas carols, my faves; O holy Night, It Came upon a Midnight Clear, Hark The Herald, Noel, O Little Town of Bethlehem, O Come all ye faithful, Good King Wencelas, and of course God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen. (the 1st one by the Morman Tabernacle Choir is tremendous)
Josh Groban + Brian McKnight = *swoon*
Great list! Congrats and Merry Christmas!
in the title of 6, it should be Brian, not Brain
Mom424: O Holy Night is my favorite carol.
This could be a bonus: “Baby It’s Cold Outside” by Dolly Parton and Dean Martin
Don’t forget there’s a quartet: “Christmas Time Is Here” by Alvin and The Chipmunks
sarahenity…corrected
jfrater; note it’s first on my list,,,great minds and all
Wow, thanks Jamie for picking my list!
Happy holidays everyone!
#8, The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl would be my number 1.
Interestingly, I only recently found out that Shane MacGowan was born in England and only spent a brief period of his childhood in Ireland. He’s a great character; one of the few that live his excessive lifestyle and manage to reach middle-age (unlike, for example, the great Brendan Behan).
Ol’ blue eyes and Bing, classic! I didn’t think it’d make the list.
-Andrea Carlena Beauman
Gaahh! I wanna be cool, but that damned Pogues thing makes me MELT! Why! Why!
Cool list, I’ll have to listen to them when I get home.
That David Bowie duet with Bing Crosby..I remember seeing on a TV in a department store when I was young (not when it first came out or anything this was in the early 90′s). It was the first time I saw David Bowie (I knew who he was because my mom listened to him but I had never seen what he looked like). I remember LOVING the way they did the song and I was totally entranced.
To this day I am a big David Bowie fan and that memory of seeing him on TV for the first time has never left my mind!
Oh and I forgot to add…I actually haven’t seen the duet since then so I’m so happy it was posted, thank you
I like Bing and Bowie as well. Didn’t they sing do you hear what i hear on that show too? Or did Bing just sing it on the show.
I remember bowie saying something to Bing about listening to the older artists like the Beatles. Bing said you go back that far (something like that)on the video.
Ooh, that Bowie/Crosby song. What a pretty picture and song. Bowie nearly of the dope and booze and Crosby dying some days later. Should have been number 1! Great list though.
Grtz from Amsterdam
MERRY CHRISTMAS BY MARIAH CAREY no.1 christmas album of all time..
I personally prefer the zooey deschanel and leon redbone rendition of “baby it’s cold outside”
Love ella to death, she is amazing with jazz, but zoey’s voice fits the song beautifully.
This list is incomplete without Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton!
Very disappointed that "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree" by Kim Wilde and that man didn't make the list! haha. Also I agree with Jeff, Dolly and Kenny should really be on this
I would add as a bonus Aled Jones duetting with himself on Walking In The Air. A beautiful re-imagining of a classic: