We hope you haven’t got many plans because we are just about to throw you head first into ALL the Christmas goodness! Today we’re sharing the most requested and loved Christmas songs from our incredibly talented musicians, bands and singers.
Want to add some extra Christmas cheer to your day, right this way please…
A Few Good Men
The favourite: Fairytail of New York (The Pogues)
2. Merry Christmas (Slade)
3. Merry Christmas Everyone (Shakin Stevens)
Amy Meehan Music
Christmas is my favourite time to play music at weddings as I think Christmas songs and hymns really add something special to each couples big day.
My top 3 would be:
Silent Night – Such a classic Christmas hymn. I love to play this stripped back on acoustic guitar and vocal and think it’s such a memorable moment in any couples ceremony.
White Christmas – For weddings really close to Christmas Day I think White Christmas is the perfect choice. I play this as a jazzy version on piano.
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My last Christmas Song Choice would be Merry Christmas Everyone for an exit song. It’s so upbeat and it gets everyone ready for the celebrations after your ceremony!
Andrew Harding Music
My most requested Christmas songs are:
1. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
2. All I Want for Christmas is You
3. Let it Snow
Astral String Quartet
Two popular choices to perform are Last Christmas and Winter.
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Blacktye Wedding Band
We have played Fairytale of New York and Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade every year for the last 20 years.
The Ceólminers
I like to take a break and spend quality time with my family and friends, but I do have a couple of songs we get requests for at this time of year.
One is Fairytale of New York by the great Shane Mc Gowan. We do our own version on guitar, banjo and harmonica. It’s a great sing-along song that everybody knows and loves to join in on.
Another song we get requests for is called “The Bitter, Sweet and Warm”.
It’s a Christmas song I wrote and released two years ago as a single. It’s a nostalgic festive song about Christmas shopping trips to Dublin when I was a teenager. It also has a homelessness theme woven into the story which is still a very big issue for a lot of people. It’s one of my favourite original songs, was played on RTE Radio1 and did well for me on Spotify.
Brí Wedding Singer
My top 3 requested Christmas songs that I have performed at a wedding ceremony are 1. All I Want for Christmas is You 2. O Holy Night 3. Silent Night.
Claire Malone
My top 3 Christmas ceremony songs every year are
Silent Night
Oh Holy Night
A Spaceman Came Travelling
I love singing all 3 of these to be honest… and I always recommend them to December brides.
This year – they picked them already without my input!!
The Connor McKeon Band
The three favourite songs that we have been asked to perform are really lovely songs.
1. A Fairytale of New York
2. The Christmas Song (my favourite)
3. It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
DJ And Sax
Our most popular requests are:
Ceremony
Oh Holy Night
Whitney Houston “Joy to the World”
Mariah’s “All I want for Christmas is you”
Drinks Reception
The Pogues “Fairytale of New York”
Mariah’s “All I want for Christmas is you”
Doug Sheridan
I love to play Christmas songs for ceremonies and drinks reception in Dec. If couples don’t know how to squeeze one into their ceremony (at the expense of the other songs they’re set on) I always offer to play a couple as their guests arrive pre ceremony. I also love to play a Christmas section in my drinks reception, including a few the kids love – it always gets a brilliant response. Obviously the traditional carols are a perfect fit for religious ceremonies at that time of year.
My top 3 requested:
Driving Home For Christmas
Fairytale of New York
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (gotta keep the kids happy)
Grace Russell Music
My top 3 requested songs at Christmas would definitely be O Holy Night, Home To You (this Christmas) and Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas!
@gracerussell_music Slipped into classical shoes for one night only 🎶 O Holy Night with the fabulous Sarah Corcoran ✨❄️ #oholynight #christmas #duet #fyp #irish
The Gramophone Social – Vintage DJ
My top three wedding songs are
1. White Christmas – Bing Crosby
2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Time – Judy Garland
3. Anything Christmassy by Bing Crosby, he was the king of Christmas Songs
Gramophone Weddings Online, Three Top Xmas Songs
John Collins Saxophone
1. ‘The FairyTale of New York’ – The Pogues
2. ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ – Mariah Carey
3. ‘Driving Home for Christmas’ – Chris Rea
Martin Joseph – Wedding Singer Spain
The top three Christmas songs I am asked for at a festive wedding are:
1. “IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS” (BUBLE VERSION).
2. “WINTER WONDERLAND”.
3. “CHRISTMAS MEMORIES” FRANK SINATRA.
“Christmas Memories” is not a well known Christmas song but it has a beautiful sentiment of the joy of Christmas being passed from generation to generation – I suggest it and when I send them the video I made of the song, they always want it included.
Selskar Strings
Here are our top 3 requested Christmas Songs for a Festive Wedding and the places they most commonly feature:
2 Become 1 (Spice Girls) – Aisle
Snowman (Sia) – Reflection or Signing of Marriage Certificate
Underneath the Tree (Kelly Clarkson) – First Kiss or Exit
Sway Social
We usually open the Christmas set with ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ Shakin Stevens, and we’re always asked for Fairytale of New York.
We also perform ‘I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas/ Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer ‘Status Quo style rocked-up’!
The Crush
I mean who doesn’t love an aul sing-song! Our top three are:
1) All I want for Christmas
2) Fairytale of New York
3) Oh Holy Night – at the ceremony
The Very Odd Couple
Our most requested Christmas songs are:
White Christmas
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Baby It’s Cold Outside (our favourite)
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The Waxies Wedding Band
Tracy Gallagher
My top three Christmas songs requested are Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, O Holy Night and Fairytale of New York.
Weddings by Debbie Kelly
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