We’re about to enter the holiday season, and what can make the holidays even more enjoyable? Music! The generous folks at Audioengine have offered to give one lucky Gadgeteer reader a set of their premium A2+ Powered Desktop Speakers that will make your favorite holiday tunes sound great! We also have a second place prize of a Damson Twist Wireless Portable Bluetooth Speaker, so you have 2 chances to win. Check out the full contest details after the break.
Prizes:
First place: 1 pair of Audioengine A2+ powered desktop speakers Valued at $249.
Second place: 1 Damson Twist Wireless Portable Bluetooth Speaker. Valued at $69.99.
How to enter (please read carefully – any missed steps and your entry will be disqualified):
1. Between now and 11/27/2013 11:59PM EST leave a comment with the name of your favorite holiday song.
2. At some point on 11/28/2013, I’ll pick 2 random winners using random.org. The winners will be contacted by email and will have 48 hrs to claim their prize. If I do not receive an answers to my emails in that time period, I’ll do other random.org drawings till the prizes are gone.
Rules:
1. Only one entry per person (warning: I check IP addresses).
2. Anyone associated with The Gadgeteer may not enter this contest.
3. the-gadgeteer.com is not responsible for any lost packages or incorrect shipping addresses.
4. Winners must have a US shipping address.
Contest Results:
The winners are #196 and #177. Congrats to Chris and Jon and thanks to everyone who participated. Special thanks to Audioengine for the great 1st place prize!
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Today my favorite is the Merry Christmas Polka, since I’m learning it on accordion for an upcoming show 🙂
Absolutely
White Christmas sung by Bing Crosby
Written by Irving Berlin
Gabriel’s Message by Sting on the first a Very Special Christmas
“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”
David Bowie & Bing Crosby – Little Drummer Boy
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – U2
Christmas time is here – Vince Guaraldi Trio (Charlie Brown Christmas)
Sister Winter by Sufjan Stevens
My absolute favorite is “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” performed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Just not Christmas without it!
Frank Loesser – Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Deck the Halls
Having seen Bruce and Clarence perform “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” live, I have to say that’s my all-time favorite too 🙂
Steve.
Angels We Have Heard On High
“Grandma got ran over by a reindeer” is my favorite.
“Somewhere in my memory” by John Williams from Home Alone 😉
“Dashing through the mall”
(To the Tune of “Jingle Bells”)
Blue Christmas by Elvis
“Let it snow”
White Christmas
Jingle Bells
Crosby & Bowie’s Drummer Boy !
I get nostalgic listening to “White Christmas” !
My favorite holiday song “O Holy Night” – Celine Dion
I enjoy the the classics, but especially “The Chanukah Song” by Adam Sandler 🙂
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Phil Spector and sung by Darlene Love. Really anything from that Phil Spector Christmas record is great!
The Holly and the Ivy
Jingle Bell Rock (Hall and Oates version)
“Christmas Song” – Nat King Cole
santa baby
Do You Hear What I Hear
Any artist or even karaoke.
Happy Hanukkah by Matisyahu
Santa Claus is Coming to Town – Bruce Springsteen edition – saw it live in 1985!!!
ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS Tree is my fave 🙂
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John and Yoko.
Bing Crosby, “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” 1943 recording
Let it snow is my favorite.
Anything on Michael Buble’s Christmas Album
The Christmas Song:)
trans siberian orchestra – christmas eve in sarajevo
She Won’t be Home (Lonely Christmas) by Erasure!
I love listening to Eartha Kitt’s version of Santa Baby.
The original Eartha Kitt version of “Santa Baby”
Deck the Halls
Burl Ives is a must during the Christmas Holidays and one of his best is: A Holly Jolly Christmas
Many favorites but the most recent being Barenaked Ladies’ rendition of “We Three Kings”.
Bowie and Crosby’s Little Drummer Boy
This site keeps getting better! My favorite holiday song is “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”; when I was serving in the Army overseas, it made me sad and happy at the same time. 🙂
Sound is so important and my fav for Christmas is The First Noel
My favorite has always been the Italian song Tu Scendi dalle Stelle (you came down from the stars)
I’m very fond of Hallelujah !!!
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas!
(Christmas) Baby Please Come Home – Darlene Love
I like Jingle Bells.
I’m gonna have to go with Adam Sandler’s “Chanukkah Song”!
Jingle Bells!
White Christmas Bing Crosby
For me its “Little Drummer Boy”.
The “Heat Miser” song (“Whatever I touch, starts to melt in my clutch”)
“A Christmas to Remember” by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rodgers.
White Christmas by Bing Crosby. It wouldn’t be Christmas without hearing it at least once.
mariah carey – all i want for christmas is you
I grew up with Jingle Bells, always liked it.
The Christmas Song (1961) Nat King Cole
Wizards in Winter by Trans-Siberian Orchestra is Amazing
Winter Wonderland
White Christmas by the Bing Crosby
I love Jingle Bell! Thanks
Oh, Holy Night.
One of the best for me and great song to sing as well!
Let it snow 🙂
‘The Christmas Waltz’
Christmas is Coming
To Wish you a Merry Christmas album by Harry Belafonte is a classic
joy to the world sung by any great symphony orchestra – now have US shipping address
Iesus Ahatonnia (The Huron Carol) by Bruce Cockburn
Creeping Death – Metallica
Last Christmas by Wham
Rudolph the Red-Noseed Reindeer is my favorite Christmas song.
“Angels we have heard on high”
I’m partial to billy idols yellin at the Christmas tree
Silver Bells by Dean Martin always gets me in the holiday spirit.
My favorite song is Dominic the donkey
Santa Baby
O Holy Night
Little Drummer Boy
Do they know its Xmas -Band Aid
Forgot to add where else can you see Sting/George Michael/ and Bono standing right next to each other singing in harmony?……………………………
Christmas Island by Leon Redbone is awesome!
Hazy Shade of Winter (version by the Bangles).
Bad religion
Christmas songs
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
ROCKS!!!!!
Mariah Carey – all i want for christmas is you
I don’t think you can pass on John Lennon ‘Happy Xmas – War is Over’. An all time classic with a message….Sure beats McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmas Time’.
I love the AudioEngine speakers! My favorite song is Jingle Bells.
this christmas
The Chanukah Song (Adam Sandler)
“Little Drummer Boy”. When I was a kid, I always wanted to be a drummer.
Bing Crosby – White Christmas is my choice.
I’m rather fond of “Christmas Wrapping” by The Waitresses.
Hello,
I kind of like the dreidel song.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
Leroy Anderson’s arrangement of “Sleigh Ride”
Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” slays me.
Definitely “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby
Rudolph the red nose reindeer
Music is always nice when “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
[Especially the version done by Sigorney Weaver and Buster Poindexter on SNL back in the Eighties…]
Mele Kalikimaka
I saw mommy kissing santa claus
The night Santa went crazy – Weird Al
Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
Deck the Halls. The Mannheim Steamroller version
“All I want for Christmas is you” gets me every time.
The Kinks – Father Christmas
A Love Suprime by Coltrane, my favorite song. Love your blog
Little Drummer Boy – Bing Crosby and David Bowie
“Frosty the Snowman”
Mannheim Steamroller – Deck The Halls
Little drummer boy
Dominic the Donkey, still the best Christmas song…
Grandma got run over by a reindeer…
I love I’ll be home for Christmas!
We Three Kings of Orient Are
White Christmas
Little Drummer Boy
Little Saint Nick – The Beach Boys
“Let it snow” — as sung by Bing Crosby
“Zat you Santa Clause” — as sung by Louis Armstrong is another top favorite. Drives my wife crazy.
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Good King Wenceslas
Billy Idol’s “Yellin’ at the Xmas Tree”
Step In To Christmas, by Elton John
“Chistmas Time is Here” by Vince Guaraldi
Jingle Bells
“Grandma got run over by a Reindeer”
Little Drummer boy by Bing Crosby and David Bowie
Rudolph the red nose reindeer
Outside of my Dad playing guitar, I’ll have to go with Eartha Kitt’s Santa Baby.
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
Wrapped in Red by Kelly Clarkson
And Happy Christmas to Everyone!!
Frosty the Snowman
Joy to the World
Handel’s Messiah.
All I Want For Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey
Bruce Springsteen Santa Claus is Coming to Town
adam sandler – chanaka
Bob Drdul
Fairytale of New York the Pogues
Jingle Bells. Jazz and vocal-less edition.
I have a little Dreidel.
The b-side of White Christmas
45
Can’t make it through the holidays without listening to Silent Night by The Temptations! #Classic :)))
Hi all, I entered this contest at number 44 but I would like to send you to some great Christmas music to go look for: St. Agnes Cathedral Choir and it’s called Christmas at the Cathedral, I have it on an album and turned into digital on my computer and it’s outstanding.
Judy Garland “Have yourself a merry little Christmas”
Deck the Halls in 7/8 – find a good group singing it on YouTube. It’s a little bit different from your normal carol-version, and a lot of fun to sing.
Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano
The Christians and the Pagans, Dar Williams.
White Christmas by Bing Crosby and Gabriel’s Message by Sting
The Christmas Song by Mel Torme
Little drummer boy, bing Crosby,and david Bowie!
O Come All Ye Faithfull!
Oh Tanenbaum
“Linus and Lucy” by Vince Guaraldi Trio – from A Charlie Brown Christmas
The Naz by Lord Buckley
Sleigh Ride – I always loved playing that when I was in band.
Auld Lang Syne
Adam Sandler’s “the Chanukah Song” – Puts a smile on my face every time I hear it!
Merry Christmas Darling by Karen Carpenter? RIP you died too young …
I’m a huge fan of O Little Town of Bethlehem.
Jingle Bell Rock — first released by Bobby Helms in 1957, a fellow Hoosier.
Holly Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives
Father Christmas – The Kinks
Bells Will Be Ringing – Bon Jovi
Louis Armstrong- What a wonderful wold
Happy Holidays you Bastard – Blink 182
LDB, all time fav..especially nice by MC.
Jingle bell rock
Frosty the snowman
The Little Drummer Boy!
The Ramones – merry Christmas, I don’t want to fight tonight
Jingle Bells by Diana Krall.
I like all her album Christmast Songs though.
Little drummer boy
RUN DMC – Christmas in Hollis!
“O Come All Ye Faithful” by Twisted Sister, lol… also Jason Truby’s Christmas songs are amazing!
The First Noel, especially with a large choir behind it
Chestnuts roasting by an open fire
Last Christmas – Wham
Walking in a winter wonderland
Silver Bells
“Christmas in Hollis”
Twisted Sister – Heavy Metal Christmas
O, Holy Night!
“Love is all around”
Love Audioengine
“White Christmas”, I love snow!
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! – Dean Martin
White Christmas! A classic, but to win A2+’s it would have to be Santa Claus is Coming to Town.
Christmas Vacation by Mavis Staples – Great song from a great movie!
Burrito sabanero
Blue Christmas
“Jingle Bells”. classics never die
I really enjoy The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole.
Christmas isn’t Christmas
Little Drummer Boy – A Christmas classic!
Leroy the Redneck Raindeer
Joy to the World
Baby its Cold outside
I like Jingle Bell Rock.
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson. Brings back great memories
White Christmas by Bing Crosby. Classic.
Silver Bells
My favorite is “All I want for Christmas is you”
Donde Esta Santa Claus – Augie Rios
A Marshmallow World
“Santa Claus is Coming to Town” – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is my holiday favorite.
Christmas Time Is Here
Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire.
White Christmas by Bing Crosby
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White Christmas from Holiday Inn. My favorite movie to watch during the holidays.
Lo a Rose ere blooming
My favorite song is “Silent Night”. It always gives me goosebumps and I get to sing along in church where no one can actually hear me; thank goodness.
Peppermint patty by Vince Gauraldi
Happy Xmas War is Over – by John Lennon!
“The Chanukah Song” Adam Sandler
White Christmas by Bing Crosby
O Holy Night
Santa Claus is coming to town
John Lennon & Yoko Ono – ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ is definitely a favorite of mine…
Christmas in Hollis – Run DMC
Frosty the Snowman
Run Dmc – Christmas in Hollis
I would love the opportunity to own, listen to and ultimately write a review of the A2’s. Hopefully followed by a pair of A5’s!
Favourite Christmas song would be “Jingle Bells” 🙂
Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle Bells
JINGLE BELL ROCK
I’ve always like Greensleeves.
Silent Night
That’s easy: “Believe” by Josh Groban (from Polar Express).
“White Christmas” by Bing Crosby. Because it reminds me of my dad singing it, and of my childhood Christmases.
White Christmas by Bing Crosby
Trans Siberian Orchestra- Christmas Eve in Sarajevo
Jingle bell rock …
White Christmas – Bing Crosby
hark the herald- is my favorite Christmas song
Easily (although it may be in-part due to my rebellious nature to go against the norm) The Darkness’ Don’t Let the Bells End.
jingle bell rock….
We Three Kings is my favorite song.
Or, was it Four Kings…
Maybe Lots of Kings?
all i want for christmas is you mariah carey
“The Christmas Song” by Wanz
My favorite is Gee Whiz (It’s Christmas) by Carla Thomas.
Grandma got run over by a reindeer
“God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen”
Santa Clause is comming to town
The Kings Singers – ‘The Gift’
Mary’s Boy Child
The winners are #196 and #177. Congrats to Chris and Jon and thanks to everyone who participated. Special thanks to Audio Engine for the great 1st place prize!