Christmas songs!
What are the most fantastic spanish songs for the christmas?
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Do you mean carols/villancicos which are songs only sung at Christmas time and which usually are about the Christmas story. In many places people celebrate Christmas as a jolly winter holiday and their Christmas songs have a different non religious feel.
Most Spanish speaking countries still have a strong traditional religious feel. They have versions of Still Night and Away in the Manger which i remember singing in English [though Still Night sounds best in German]
I flew to Sevilla at this time one year with a plane full mainly with Spaniards flying home having spent 'el puente' in London. They broke into spontaneous singing led by a Spanish flight attendant as they neared Spain. The song they all knew was 'campana sobre campana' which I certainly knew the chorus to:
I also remember watching a programme on TV featuring Spanish families in London keeping their traditions and one family sung this before eating their Christmas Eve meal - Los peces en el río:
Hopefully, our Spanish speakers will be able to add some special ones too.
