It’s time once again to prepare for Christmas by yelling in ALL CAPS and being infuriated by others’ ridiculous music tastes. It’s time to vote for the best version of a Christmas song!
The original brainstorm was 5 years ago. It works like this: I choose a Christmas song, and you send me your favorite versions of that song (please try to find it on YouTube, so I can link it so all can listen). Then I set up a bracket like March Madness, and we all vote. Winners advance, and we vote again. Rinse and repeat until we get down to one best version of each song. You can post versions (with links) as comments here, or on my Facebook page, or send by email.
This year, I am only able to set up a bracket for one song, so we will find the best version of “God Rest Ye Merry”. Send me your favorite version of the song by 5:00 pm PST on Thursday, December 17. I’ll put out the bracket and give you several days to listen to all the entries and make your votes in round 1 by noon on Sunday, December 20. Then we will vote each day until we crown a winner before we get to Christmas Eve!
Check out previous winners!
2013
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Angels We Have Heard On High
Joy to the World
Original Christmas Song
2014
Silent Night
2015
Coventry Carol
O Come, All Ye Faithful
2016
Good King Wenceslas
What Child is This?
Amy Grant Christmas Cheerfest
2017
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
The First Noel
2018
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
2019
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
O Holy Night
Share with your friends and on all social media! Get your submissions in and then vote, vote, vote!
Here’s where you can see all the Advent Caroling Madness posts.
“God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen” contender:
Maybe a cheat as it includes a second song, but…
Barenaked Ladies ft. Sarah McLachlan –
“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings”
https://youtu.be/HGVNzgUxE-g
Sarah McLachlan and Barenaked Ladies and I’m just gonna say that anyone who disagrees is spinning THE WRONG WEB. (#toosoon?)