MaJoC, I was betting that at least one person here would vote against O Holy Night. I recall reading that when it was first performed there was a lot of negative criticism.

There are some performers' versions that I can't listen to, but there are some others which are amazing - again, IMHO. A Canadian man who is a member of the music session group here has, on a number of occasions, tried to convince me to listen to the Celine Dion version, but I can't bring myself to do it. Also, it has taken a few years for the session group to finally get their heads around playing the tricky rhythm of the song - but they only play it for a couple of weeks before Christmas in preparation for our annual Christmas carol busking and then they forget about it for another 11 months.