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"Catholics really, really can't sing. Call me biased,"
There are good choirs. I've been a part of one; an Anglican-use parish which specialized in Tudor anthems.
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Choirs - yes
Congregations - on the whole- no
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I'm talking about the average Novus Ordo parish. I've been to Traditional Latin parishes where the chants are done superbly. Same thing for the Eastern Catholic churches.
Protestant-style hymns are not Catholics' forte, nor are they supposed to be!
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Does anyone know The Twelve Days of Marxmas?
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Put that way, then I agree!
The Protestant congregations I have been a part of would still have many people who sing out of tune or come in early on a note. They tend to sing more frequently than Catholic congregations; that may be a factor.
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You're Greek; you might as well count yourself as Southern Italian! Apparently in the Calabrian dialect this rhymes.
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Catholics really, really can't sing. Call me biased, but no one sings traditional Protestant hymns better than the Methodists. I'd say that the Episcopalians could give them stiff competition. In the spirit of �cumenism, take yourself sometime to St. Thomas' Church, Fifth Avenue in New York City. I went once on a Sunday morning with friends and it was amazing to have the entire congregation of about 800 all singing traditional English hymns in four-part harmony, all inside a cathedral-size church. The only similar experience I've had was in Rome after Sunday Mass when the congregation (in most parishes) sings the Salve Regina.
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I find that Episcopalians are pretty good, too, but sometimes just a bit timid. Baptists always seem to sing a half beat or two too slow; it sounds very odd. At least in my experience!
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With Christmas just a few weeks away the airwaves are once again bombarding us with the secular Christmas songs. What are your favorites in any genre(Rock,Country, Pop, etc.)?
1. "I Believe in Father Christmas"- Emerson,Lake & Palmer
2. "Same Old Lang Syne" -Dan Fogelberg
3. "River"-(Joni Mitchell, Sarah Mclachlan)
4. "Father Christmas"-The Kinks
5. "War is Over/Happy Christmas"-John Lenon
6. "Please Come Home for Christmas"-Don Henley
U-C How could I leave on "The Twelve Days of Christmas" by the Mckenzie Brothers of SCTV fame? U-C
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Funny, with my Italian mother having a lot of Perry Como and Dino Martin Christmas LP's, I don't remember that song. To all my "pisans" on the Forum, have a "Buon Natale"!
Ungcsertezs(Ja Rusyno-Italiano!) My husband has Perry Como's Christmas album which he got from his uncle. It is from the 1950's, and my husband just has to listen to it every year, because he grew up hearing it. It is kind of cool, actually. I love Frank Sinatra, but Dean Martin had a far better voice. I love his music...especially 'volare', one of my favorite songs. Regards, Alice, ( not a paisan, but an Italophile ) I'm still looking for a download for "Santo Natale". I could have swore it was sung by Connie Francis. I found the Patti Page version, but can't find an audio clip to download from the internet. U-C
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My favorite CD is Candy Cane. The New Standards Christmas CD. I think they record it next week.
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With Christmas just a few weeks away the airwaves are once again bombarding us with the secular Christmas songs. What are your favorites in any genre(Rock,Country, Pop, etc.)?
1. "I Believe in Father Christmas"- Emerson,Lake & Palmer
2. "Same Old Lang Syne" -Dan Fogelberg
3. "River"-(Joni Mitchell, Sarah Mclachlan)
4. "Father Christmas"-The Kinks
5. "War is Over/Happy Christmas"-John Lenon
6. "Please Come Home for Christmas"-Don Henley
U-C I heard the ELP song today, it seems to me it is an Anti-Christmas song. 
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There are refers to the "Vigin birth" and "believe in the Israelite", so it's not that anti-Christmas. I always thought it to a rather well-written classic "70's-"80's Rock Christmas song.
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I never cared for it despite the fact that I really like ELP. Their version of Jerusalem however is excellent.
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There are refers to the "Vigin birth" and "believe in the Israelite", so it's not that anti-Christmas. I always thought it to a rather well-written classic "70's-"80's Rock Christmas song.
Ung "They sold me a dream of Christmas They sold me a silent night They told me a fairy story Till I believed in the Israelite." Sounds Anti-Christian to me. 
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