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What's Your Favorite Christmas Song?

Do you prefer classics like "White Christmas," or contemporary songs like "All I Want for Christmas is You"?

Do you have a favorite Christmas song? 

A writer on The Huffington Post counted down what he thinks are the top 20 Christmas songs, including classics like "Christmas Time is Here" from "A Charlie Brown Christmas," "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel," "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," and, of course, Bing Crosby's "White Christmas." (And for those of us who grew up in the 80s, he even included "Christmas Wrapping" by the Waitresses!)

Do you prefer classics? Or are you a fan of more contemporary Christmas songs, like Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" or Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You"? 

I definitely lean toward the classics; Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" album contains my favorite Christmas music of all time. I mean, who doesn't like "Mele Kalikimaka" or "Faith of Our Fathers"? But I also love "Last Christmas" by George Michael and "Christmastime" by the Smashing Pumpkins!

So, Patch readers, what's your favorite Christmas song? Tell us in the comment section! And enjoy the above performance of "Wonderful Christmastime" by the Grayslake North High School Concert Band! 


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