# Favorite Xmas song **URL:** \ **Category:** Entertainment and Pop Culture\ **Created:** [December 24, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/favorite-xmas-song/10629 "2023-12-24T22:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![coffee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/coffee/32/28536_2.png) [@coffee](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/coffee)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/favorite-xmas-song/10629/1 "2023-12-24T22:07:03Z")
I know it comes up every year, but it’s always a fun listen. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/centerforinquiry/original/2X/b/b0ddc131fc1b7642e9cf7c3b1940f3561c8a630d.jpeg "White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNvZqpa-7Q) ---
**Author:** ![thatoneguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/thatoneguy/32/28536_2.png) [@thatoneguy](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/thatoneguy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/favorite-xmas-song/10629/2 "2023-12-24T23:23:20Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/centerforinquiry/original/3X/c/3/c3d5c674529656169ba8f7c306fbfce184ff81c1.jpeg "Chinese restaurant scene - Fa ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miBKPwVtxFU) ---
**Author:** ![mriana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/mriana/32/18174_2.png) [@mriana](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/mriana)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/favorite-xmas-song/10629/3 "2023-12-25T00:24:52Z")
This one, which brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to it: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/centerforinquiry/original/2X/7/7ad0fb0ed32839b8ef9d30156ad62a5d45112196.jpeg "Vienna Teng - The Atheist Christmas Carol") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4wVRcE5gIs) ---
**Author:** ![lausten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/lausten/32/23705_2.png) [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/favorite-xmas-song/10629/4 "2023-12-25T00:37:03Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/centerforinquiry/original/3X/c/d/cdd9f9f034b5fac2529fcab28317da5430809bb3.jpeg "The Kinks - Father Christmas (Official HD Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPPCPqDINEk) So many to choose from ---
**Author:** ![lausten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/lausten/32/23705_2.png) [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/favorite-xmas-song/10629/5 "2023-12-25T14:56:01Z")
Now pardon me if I have seemed To take the tone of judgement For I’ve no wish to come between This day and your enjoyment [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/centerforinquiry/original/2X/4/42be02d25ae4e3e010a7aed8b465f7a51737f086.jpeg "Jackson Browne - The Rebel Jesus(original-HD + lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1d0ivyTTk) yes, I know Jesus was never a real person, or at least that we can’t find a real person via all of the information we have. This is about what Jesus represents. ---
**Author:** ![citizenschallengev4](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/citizenschallengev4/32/28718_2.png) [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/favorite-xmas-song/10629/6 "2023-12-25T15:47:32Z")
> “From a temple to a robbers den.” > … > Well we guard our world with locks and guns > And we guard our fine possessions > And once a year when Christmas comes > We give to our relations > And perhaps we give a little to the poor > If the generosity should seize us > **But if any one of us should interfere** > **In the business of why there are poor** > **They get the same as the rebel Jesus** > > Now pardon me if I have seemed > To take the tone of judgement > For I’ve no wish to come between > This day and your enjoyment > In a life of hardship and of earthly toil > There’s a need for anything that frees us > So I bid you pleasure > And I bid you cheer > From a heathen and a pagan > On the side of the rebel Jesus Been ages since I’ve heard that. Splendid writer that Californian is. Since the title of this thread is favorite Xmas song, here’s one that I thought was a classic the first time I heard it. My affection for it hasn’t diminished. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/centerforinquiry/original/3X/1/0/1072ebb6b8ff303cf408b005f469e0e370662444.jpeg "So This Is Christmas Lyrics((@))") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax9ekyUy5gg) ---
**Author:** ![lausten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/lausten/32/23705_2.png) [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/favorite-xmas-song/10629/7 "2023-12-25T16:25:32Z")
I like the way Lennon wrote a Christmas song that sounds like a Christmas song, and asks, “but what have we done”. Browne interrupts the flow of the melody when he gets to the words that he wants you to hear. Brilliant technique but, you know, you can’t dance to it. ---
**Author:** ![citizenschallengev4](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/citizenschallengev4/32/28718_2.png) [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/favorite-xmas-song/10629/8 "2023-12-25T17:25:36Z")
Oh gosh, thinking about your words and Lennon, reminded of Jackson’s line: > **But if any one of us should interfere** > **In the business of why there are poor** > **They get the same as the rebel Jesus** ---
**Author:** ![coffee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/coffee/32/28536_2.png) [@coffee](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/coffee)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/favorite-xmas-song/10629/9 "2023-12-25T18:09:59Z")
Liked it, but just had to come back and say wow, what a beautiful work! ---
**Author:** ![coffee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/coffee/32/28536_2.png) [@coffee](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/coffee)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/favorite-xmas-song/10629/10 "2023-12-25T18:20:50Z")
And here’s an honest atheist carol [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/centerforinquiry/original/3X/4/6/461cf601cd4a28fc2e3f894bc9866d2b9ad4db03.jpeg "Carol For The Rest Of Us") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPjmywQjOw8)