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Which type of Christmas songs are the bestThere are so many different parts to the Christmas period: jumpers, shopping, Christmas markets, decorations, songs. Without them, Christmas just wouldn't feel right. My personal favourite part of the festive period is the songs. There are traditional songs, such as Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Ding Dong Merrily on High and Good King Wenceslas, which you would normally hear in church.
Then there are the pop songs from throughout the years. Some of them have been recorded and re-recorded too many times to count.
In fact, almost every year people argue about which versions(版本)of certain Christmas songs are better. Eartha Kitt or Kylie Minogue's version of Santa Baby? What about Michael Bublé vs Frank Sinatra and their versions of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas? The list goes on and on.
The most famous Christmas songs are undoubtedly the ones with a pleasant melody, talking about being home for Christmas or how much they love Christmas. All of them are easy to remember. Have a listen to Driving Home for Christmas by Chris Rea orI Wish It Could be Christmas Every Day by Wizzard. Some songs highlight how much we want to be with the people we love at this time of year, such as Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley, Lonely This Christmas by Mud or Leona Lewis' One More Sleep. The mainstream songs are the ones you'll hear in shops as you do your Christmas shopping or in restaurants all over Britain.
The Christmas songs that I love to listen to are the ones that don't really make much sense. Sometimes they take you back to childhood when you wouldn't be laughed at for asking Santa for a giraffe. And the rest are just silly for the sake of it. My favourite silly Christmas songs are I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmasby Kacey Musgraves, Never Do a Tango With an Eskimo by Alma Cogan and Proper Crimbo by Bo Selecta.
The absolute best Christmas song is definitely Fairytale of New York by The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl. It's not really Christmas until you've listened to that.
【1】.How many different parts of the Christmas period are there?
【2】Where can you hear traditional Christmas songs?
【3】Do people argue about which versions of certain Christmas songs are better almost every year?
【4】What does the writer mainly talk about in the fourth paragraph?
【5】Why does the writer love the songs that don't really make much sense?
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