Twenty-Five Semi-Obscure Traditional Christmas Songs as Performed by Famous and Non-Famous People:
1.
The Coventry Carol. Celebrate the end of Christmas with this cheerful song about infants being murdered by a paranoid monarch. Actually quite beautiful. As performed by
Sting,
Joan Baez,
John Denver,
Nox Arcana,
Loreena McKennitt,
Manheim Steamroller,
Alison Moyet,
Annie Lennox and the African Children's Choir,
Sufjan Stevens,
Hayley Westenra,
The Mediaeval Baebes,
Dinah Shore, and t
he Westminster Cathedral Choir.
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posted by kittenmarlowe
on Dec 11, 2011 -
29 comments
In
2006, LibriVox released a small collection of traditional Christmas Carols, sung by volunteers from around the world, all in the Public Domain. It was a neat idea. Then, years of silence, no carolers came. Now it's
December 2009 and the carolers have returned, with a second larger collection of traditional carols. (
orig LibriVox page. Project page.)
posted by stbalbach
on Dec 19, 2009 -
7 comments
Diagnosing Tiny Tim An interesting parlor game among pediatricians is to determine the ailment that afflicted the character Tiny Tim from a Christmas Carol. The most likely suspects include
renal tubular acidosis or a
vitamin D deficiency due to excessive London industrial smog, both of which result in
rickets. (This would explain why Tiny Tim needed a crutch). Given that Tiny Tim's condition was likely curable if Scrooge paid Cratchit more money, this has inspired one
right-wing contrarian to argue that Scrooge should have worked a little
Malthusian magic by letting Tiny Tim die.
posted by jonp72
on Dec 25, 2003 -
9 comments
