Tradizioni e storie di Natale - le migliori canzoni di Natale e altro

Non ci posso credere... questo è l'ultimo appuntamento con la rubrica Tradizioni e storie di Natale della TRE MESI DI IDEE PER NATALE! Sono già passati quasi tre mesi da quando ho iniziato e sono volati!

Oggi ho scelto per voi cinque canzoni di Natale che non mancano mai a casa mia in questo periodo... è una scelta personale e come tale spero che l'accettiate!

Al primo posto c'è Jingle Bells: è stata la prima canzone che ho imparato in inglese alle elementari e ancora adesso mi riporta a quell'età.

Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh

Through the fields we go Laughing all the way.

Bells on bob-tail ring Making spirits bright

What fun it is to ride and sing A sleighing song tonight.

chorus: Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way,

Oh what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh,

O Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way,

Oh what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh.

A day or two ago I thought I'd take a ride

And soon Miss Fanny Bright Was seated by my side;

The horse was lean and lank Misfortune seemed his lot,

We ran into a drifted bank And there we got upsot.

A day or two ago The story I must tell

I went out on the snow And on my back I fell;

A gent was riding by In a one-horse open sleigh

He laughed at me as I there sprawling laid But quickly drove away.

Now the ground is white, Go it while you're young,

Take the girls along And sing this sleighing song.

Just bet a bob-tailed bay, Two-forty as his speed,

Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack! You'll take the lead.

Al secondo posto un altro classico: Silent Night, da ascoltare la notte della vigilia, mi mette i brividi.

Silent night, holy night!

All is calm, all is bright.

Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child. Holy infant so tender and mild,

Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace.

Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight.

Glories stream from heaven afar Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia,

Christ the Savior is born! Christ the Savior is born.

Silent night, holy night! Son of God love's pure light.

Radiant beams from Thy holy face With dawn of redeeming grace,

Jesus Lord, at Thy birth. Jesus Lord, at Thy birth.

Al terzo posto, un pezzo pop anni 80 per eccellenza: Last Christmas degli Wham! ...perchè in fondo abbiamo tutti avuto un Last Christmas da ricordare ;-)

Last Christmas 

I gave you my heart 

But the very next day you gave it away 

This year 

To save me from tears 

I'll give it to someone special 

Once bitten and twice shy 

I keep my distance 

But you still catch my eye 

Tell me baby 

Do you recognize me? 

Well 

It's been a year 

It doesn't surprise me 

I wrapped it up and sent it 

With a note saying "I love you" 

I meant it 

Now I know what a fool I've been 

But if you kissed me now 

I know you'd fool me again 

A crowded room 

Friends with tired eyes 

I'm hiding from you 

And your soul of ice 

My god I thought you were 

Someone to rely on 

Me? 

I guess I was a shoulder to cry on 

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart 

A man under cover but you tore me apart 

Now I've found a real love you'll never fool me again 

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart 

A man under cover buy you tore him apart 

Maybe next year I'll give it to someone 

I'll give it to someone special.

Al quarto posto, We wish you a merry Christmas, che mi mette allegria anche ad agosto!

We wish you a merry Christmas 

We wish you a merry Christmas 

We wish you a merry Christmas 

And a happy New Year. 

Glad tidings we bring 

To you and your kin; 

Glad tidings for Christmas 

And a happy New Year! 

We want some figgy pudding 

We want some figgy pudding 

We want some figgy pudding 

Please bring it right here! 

Glad tidings we bring 

To you and your kin; 

Glad tidings for Christmas 

And a happy New Year! 

We won't go until we get some 

We won't go until we get some 

We won't go until we get some 

So bring it out here! 

Glad tidings we bring 

To you and your kin; 

Glad tidings for Christmas 

And a happy New Year! 

We wish you a Merry Christmas 

We wish you a Merry Christmas 

We wish you a Merry Christmas 

And a happy New Year. 

Glad tidings we bring 

To you and your kin; 

Glad tidings for Christmas 

And a happy New Year!

Al quinto posto, Adeste Fideles, in tutta la sua magnificenza latina.

Adeste Fideles 

Laeti triumphantes 

Venite, venite in Bethlehem 

Natum videte 

Regem angelorum 

Venite adoremus 

Dominum 

Cantet nunc io 

Chorus angelorum 

Cantet nunc aula caelestium 

Gloria, gloria 

In excelsis Deo 

Venite adoremus 

Dominum 

Ergo qui natus 

Die hodierna 

Jesu, tibi sit gloria 

Patris aeterni 

Verbum caro factus 

Venite adoremus 

Dominum

Oltre a queste non posso non ascoltare Mariah Carrey con All I want for Christmas is you, Tu scendi dalla Stelle, Bianco Natale, Let it snow... e tante tante altre :-)

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Buona serata

baci!

Alessandra