Looking for recordings of these songs

[doodlebug]

Has anyone heard any of the following or know anyone who has recorded any of them?

Christmas Time is Here
Christmas Serenade
I Miss You Most at Christmas
Celebrate Me Home

I know Kenny Loggins has a version of Celebrate Me Home.  All of these are songs that are included in Clay Aiken's Christmas tour that were included last year.  I hadn't heard any of them before except the Celebrate Me Home one---and only vaguely remember it from a couple of times years ago.  These are all beautiful songs that I would love to hear other versions of as well.  Angela Fisher sang I Miss You Most at Christmas--and it's beautiful, but she tends to get a little screechy toward the end.


ETA--oohhh just saw that one listed in another thread --missed it the first time cause the name was listed a little different and it didn't click. Have to check out that thread.

[giovannina]

I've heard other versions of Celebrate Me Home, but I can't recall by whom.

Did you try googling the titles?

[musicwithrocksin]

doodlebug said:

Has anyone heard any of the following or know anyone who has recorded any of them?

Christmas Time is Here
Christmas Serenade
I Miss You Most at Christmas
Celebrate Me Home

<snip>

Christmas Serenade is actually called "A Season For Romance" and was originally sung by Lee Ann Womack. "Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)" was originally sung by Mariah Carey.

I'm not sure what song you are looking for with "Christmas Time Is Here". That is the name of a song from "A Charlie Brown Christmas", but I don't think that is what you are looking for. The JNT 05 opened with Michael W. Smith's "Christmastime", which is just instrumental. The JNT 04 opened with "The Music Of Christmas", originally sung by Steven Curtis Chapman.

Does this help?

[HellonUrth]

There are definitely lyrics to the opener of JNT05. Look at this. I think it's called Christmas Time.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6YEowqLjiA

[musicwithrocksin]

Oops. That's the right song, though. I quickly found a clip at Amazon that was an instrumental version and didn't look any further. I did find lyrics for it:

Christmastime by Michael W. Smith
Ring Christmas bells
Ring them loud with the message bringing
Peace on the earth
Tidings of good cheer
Come carolers
Come and join with the angels singing
Joy to the world
Christmas time is here again

Children gather around and listen
You'll hear the sound
Of angels filling the sky
Telling everyone
Christmas time is here

Ring Christmas bells
Ring them loud with the message bringing
Peace on the earth
Tidings of good cheer
Come carolers
Come and join with the angels singing
Joy to the world
Christmas time is here again

Loved ones close to our hearts
and strangers in lands afar
Together share in the joy
Emmanuel
To tell the world
He has come to dwell
The time is near
With one voice
Let the world rejoice

Christmas time is here

Ring Christmas bells
Ring them loud with the message bringing
Peace on the earth
Tidings of good cheer
Come carolers
Come and join with the angels singing
Joy to the world
Christmas time is here again

Children gather around and listen
You'll hear the sound
Of angels filling the sky
It's Christmas time is here again

[doodlebug]

Ooh, thanks for the lyrics. Sometimes getting these names right is hard since they aren't really listed anywhere. It's funny to be in the first cellcert of the shows and everyone hears a song and starts scrambling trying to find what it is. Every year (except this one) he has used several songs that are totally new to the fans. And I have totally loved every one of them. Actually have made a CD of them -- such beautifuly Christmas songs that I had no idea ever existed.

This year it was All Is Well. I did find one version out there by someone else in the past. Anyone know of any others? The EP by the same name has 3 great songs sung really different than most versions of them including MGUCL and OCOCE.