Straight No Chaser: "12 Days of Christmas"
Straight No Chaser is a male a cappella group (no instruments). Here is their rendition of "The 12 Days of Christmas"...with some other songs thrown in the middle of it!
Claymation Christmas: "Carol of the Bells"
This piece probably sounds familiar, but it might look different in this video! The narrator has a "hunch" (get it - because Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, is conducting it?) that it will be a good performance. Instead of having people play the bells, the bells play themselves! One of the bells is rather naughty, though...how will they get through the piece of music?!
Claymation Christmas: "Here We Come A-Waffling"
This clip from Claymation Christmas is a parody (silly version) of the song "Here We Come A-Wassailing." This is the original version of the 3rd graders' song "Here We Come A-Caroling." However, "wassailing" kind of sounds like "waffling," so there is a bit of confusion...until some carolers turn up singing the original song and explain that wassailing is caroling!
The Piano Guys: "Angels We Have Heard on High"
This is the 32-fingers-and-8-thumbs (how many people is that?) version of "Angels We Have Heard on High."
The Piano Guys: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Isn't it such a bummer when nothing you do impresses your own dog?
The Piano Guys: "We Three Kings"
I'd be a little scared to play on an ice rink...
The Piano Guys: "O Come, Emmanuel"
This has always been one of my favorite Christmas songs. It just has such a beautiful melody!
The Piano Guys: "Carol of the Bells" for 12 cellos
This video shows the awesomeness of video editing.
Pentatonix: "The Little Drummer Boy"
Pentatonix is an a cappella (without instruments) group. They do some really neat song arrangements!
Pentatonix: "Angels We Have Heard on High"'
Lindsey Stirling: Celtic Carol
Lindsey Stirling composes, arranges, and choreographs her own music and dances. She's a YouTube violin sensation with lots of videos and lots of views! (And no, she's not always dressed like an elf.)
"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"
"Christmas Don't Be Late" (The Chipmunks Song)
United States Air Force Band: Holiday Flash Mob 2013
Featuring both "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and "Joy to the World"
The USAF Band (plus a few strings and singers) did a flash mob performance at the National Air and Space Museum.
Do you have any other videos you think should be in this post? Send me an email at cmgalligan@pulaskischools.org with the link, and if I agree, I'll add it!
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