Tauto: Tooheys,Reschs,Fourex (xxxx) VB,Hanh, and on and on and on and on and too many to name.

carpediem15: I'd have to say that my favorite Christmas carol would be Silent Night. It's just so peaceful.

I'm in for the giveaway. Thanks for doing this Skimmie and PaterAlf. I love seeing everyone elses Christmas traditions.

Tauto: The only recipe,I know of is the ''technicolour yawn'' and usually an overindulgence of trifle and just about any beer of any make will work.The ''overindulgence'' is the key factor.

skimmie: I wholeheartedly agree with you on Silent Night. Any particular version or performance you like best? I'm always looking for versions of the traditional carols with as much 'warmth' as possible, if you know what I mean (yes fellow goglodytes, that is a question to all of you :)

skimmie: Thank you for a lovely contribution to the thread! It's a beautiful poem. Would you mind sharing the original, non-translated version?

BenKii: My favorite Christmas song has definitely got to be "Wizards in Winter" by the Trans Siberian Orchestra. I first heard this song from a Youtube video of someone who timed his Christmas light display to the music. Was one of the coolest things I'd ever seen. This song also reminds me of the times when me and my family would put up a big light display. Was always the best looking display in our neighborhood. Linked below is the song and also the same light display that I saw many years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWBjl-jPcVM

I'm in for the giveaway. Thanks Pateralf and skimmie for bringing the holiday cheer to Gog. :D

josh72718: Happy holidays friends!

:)

In for the giveaway, wishlist updated, and chat open.
here is one song I really like hope you enjoy

Campanas de Belén / The bells of Bethlehem

The Spanish lyrics:

Campana sobre campana
y sobre campana una
asómate a la ventana
verás a un niño en la cuna
Belén
Campanas de Belén
que los ángeles tocan
que nuevas me traés
Recogido tu rebaño
a donde vas pastorcillo?
Voy a llevar al portal
requesón, manteca y vino
chorus
Campana sobre campana
y sobre campana dos
asómate a la ventana
porque esta naciendo Dios
chorus
Caminando a media noche
¿a donde vas pastorcillo?
le llevo al niño que nace
como a Dios mi corazón

The English lyrics:
Bells, over Bells
And one bell above all
Look out the window
See a child in a crib
Bethlehem
Bells of Bethlehem
that the angels ring
Ringing in the new
Pick up your flock,
Where is your shepherd?
I'll take the portal,
cheese, butter and wine.
chorus
Bells, over Bells
And one bell above two
Look out the window,
because God is being born
chorus
Walking at midnight
Where are you going shepherd?
I bring the child that is born
Like God in my heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyRFHeNMoXA

BeatriceElysia: I lost my Croatian version a while back, only to save English one on piece of paper, but I can remember & translate it back.

Kad snjezi pobjele polja
i zvona zvone
i kuće ispunjavaju pjesmom
i ljudi posežu željom
za Božinom gozbom
tada Sv. Nikola će pokucati
u dječjim snovima
da donose poklone
da donese nadu
da donese sreću

kad hladni vjetrovi zapušu
i zvjezde zasjaju
kada su drvca božićna
i ljudi mole
za blagostanje
tada će Yuletide
i Božić
i Sretna Nova Godina
donjeti veselje u domovinu...

There's some discrepancy between Croatian version & English one. Croatian version had some other holiday besides Yuletide, but I can't remember which one, I remember I changed it to Yuletide when doing the traslation. I also changed Sv. Nikola to Santa, so Croatian version is bit diferent to English one.

I will just add I never do rhyme...

Tauto: The only recipe,I know of is the ''technicolour yawn'' and usually an overindulgence of trifle and just about any beer of any make will work.The ''overindulgence'' is the key factor.