Christmas is in the air. Burrrrr...and I'm freezing! I especially love this season of the year not only because of the cold weather but also because I get to listen again and again to those sweet Christmas carols. I believe that the spirit of Christmas is incomplete without the Christmas music playing wherever we go. So I thought we can all spread this joyful season here on EC by sharing and listening to each other's favorite Christmas song.
I'd love it if you would please post here your all time favorite Christmas song in your very own native language. Also, please specify the language/country where the song originated. It'd be wonderful to also explain a little bit why you like that particular song and the message behind it. If you could sing and record the song yourself, that would be awesome! But you are also free to embed the original music if you don't feel like singing for us.
My most favorite Christmas song is a Tagalog (Filipino) song from my country, Philippines, called "Sana Ngayong Pasko". If translated in English, it means, "Hoping This Christmas". I fell in love with the melody of this song more so than the words in it. Below are the lyrics of the song and the English translation. (Please note that others may translate the lyrics differently, but at least this is how I'd do it.) The words are simple yet it was a challenge for me to translate them into English. It's my first time to do this and I found out that it's not as easy as I thought it would be. So, I would like to challenge everyone who wishes to participate to translate the lyrics of your song into English (for non-English songs) and post it here. I know it's a lot of work but it's a good way to see how much your English has improved. Lastly, have a Merry Christmas, peeps!
[1]
Pasko na naman ngunit wala ka pa Again, it's Christmas yet you're not here Hanggang kailan kaya ako'y maghihintay sa iyo Until when will I have to wait for you
[2]
Bakit ba naman kailangang lumisan pa Why did you even have to leave
Ang tanging hangad ko lang ay makapiling ka All I desire is to be with you
[chorus]
Sana ngayong Pasko Hoping this Christmas
Ay maalala mo pa rin ako You would still remember me
Hinahanap-hanap pag-ibig mo Longing for your love
At kahit wala ka na And though you were gone
Nangangarap at umaasa pa rin ako I'm still dreaming and hoping
Muling makita ka at makasama ka Once again to see you and be with you
Sa araw ng Pasko On Christmas day
[Repeat 1 & 2, then chorus 2x]
For quick links, check out our Christmas collections shared by EC members. You can also check their comments below.
Sa Araw ng Pasko cover by MileyJ
Mary's Boy Child - Tara's favorite
Grown Up Christmas List - Mayumi's favorite
Last Christmas - Syubi's favorite
Natal Di Hatiku - Ario R's favorite
Silent Night - the Ultimate's favorite
Little Drummer Boy - Lord Maurice's favorite
Campana Sobre Campana - Gabriel Gomez's favorite
Christmas Eve - Junko's favorite
Silent Night - Lucy's favorite
All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day - Valentine's favorite
O Come All Ye Faithful - Janedvr's favorite
Yeni Yil Sarkisi - Yasemin's pick
Comments
hehe :) Ohnie,
It is great that it was me who made you listen to a Turkish song for the first time :)))
Let there be PEACE ON EARTH not only in Christmas time but every time.
One of my favorite Christmas Songs.
Jane, thank you for sharing that ever famous, O Come All Ye Faithful. I'm not familiar with Celtic Woman but they sure did a great job. I love that version! Outstanding!
Yasemin, thank you for the overrated judgment of my voice, LOL. I wish I can have a perfectly nice voice and be a singer. That would be just awesome! But I don't and I'm not, heheh! Oh, and thank you for sharing that Turkish song. It's actually nice. I was listening to it without looking at the video and I felt like I was listening to Marc Anthony! It's the first Turkish song I've listened to. Thank you!
When i opened this blog, a song started to play. I thought it was an usual song sung by a singer until i read "If you could sing and record the song yourself"!!! I couldn't believe in what i read!
Ohnie! Did you really sing it? Your voice is amazingly perfect, you can be a singer :) think about this ;)
Thanks for this challenge. I thought about it but i am afraid i don't have a favourite song especially for Christmas. But, i searched on the net for a Turkish New Year song and found one of my favourite singer's (Tarkan) song :) to be honest, i have never heard that song before. Tarkan is a very famous singer and his voice is great, the song is very old, from 90s. I hope you will like it :)
(only the repeat)
Light, light, light, more light...
Hope, hope, hope, more hope...
New year again, again and again refresh us,
The only messenger of our hopes...
Greetings from Turkey ;)
Here`s my old time favorite Christmas song sung by my favorite Celtic Woman. I learned to sing this song when I was 5 years old.
Sahar, I'm so sorry to hear that. I'll see if I can figure out something else. Anyways, that's right, I wrote another blog. Let me know there what's on your Christmas list. (^_*)
Awww, Valentine, I still can't. I don't know about others if they're able to open it. Can anyone tell me? Thanks for your patience, Val.
Thanks dear Ohnie.
But unfortunately I can't still download them.
I've seen that you add a blog about Santa Cluse who will give us our gifts!!
It is going to be more interesting :)
I hope now it will be available for watching, Ohnie.
By the way, it is "Hurts - All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day".
Valentine, it's good to see you here and for posting your favorite Christmas song. However, I am unable to open your video. It says that the uploader has not made this video available in my country. Do you happen to have another link to the video?
Bluerose, that's so sweet of you. I will indeed have a wonderful Christmas this year since my mother and sister in South Africa are coming to the US to spend this holiday with me. First time after 7 years that we'll be celebrating Christmas together. Thanks again for your warm message.
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