Here is a small offering of some of my favorite Christmas music - what I could find on youtube anyway. I have a big old crazy collection of eclectic stuff that's dear to my heart this time of year. I hope you like some of it.
The De Paur Singers 'Calypso Christmas' album from the late fifties - Christmas in de Tropics is a tune from my family's most treasured Christmas record. We played it to death, we all knew every single note by heart. Please ignore the dumb images on this youtube vid.
From Venezuela - El Burrito De Belen .. these kids are fantastic! I love this.
Ralph Stanley - Children, Go Where I Send Thee
Berrogüetto, from Spain - lovely, lilting tune... Nadal de luintra
Here's Dan Hicks with his Christmas Jug Band, performing a hilarious, long jam on SANTA, live at The Sweetwater in Mill Valley.
L'Ensemble Choral du bout du Monde, an amazing choir from Brittany, made up of people of all ages and instrumentalists on guitar, harp, flute and percussion, from their beautiful CD - Noels Celtiques. Misteriou Joaius
Finally, the Nordic Chamber Choir sing Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium. A warning, even to heathens like me - this will put you into another galaxy if you have a weakness for this kind of thing.