All I Want For Christmas is a Clue
Even though I've been listening to Christmas music since August, it is now finally starting to feel like the holidays. And I'm not sure I've ever been as excited about the holidays as I have been today. I have mischievious plans, a holiday horror story that needs a bit of rewriting, and now I can even start spiking my coffee with Eggnog. Unfortunately, it's the unleaded version of Eggnog, but we all make sacrifices.
I've been listening to Christmas music - pretty much since August, mixed in with a few other things (of course). Thus far, one of my favorite new Christmas albums Sting's extremely melancholy If On a Winter's Night. I recommend having some kind of peppermint mocha or eggnog (not unleaded) available while listening to this one, to keep you warm, because the album makes you feel chilly in the best way possible.
The other one I've fallen in love with is This Warm December: Brushfire Holidays, a compilation disc featuring the likes of Jack Johnson, G-Love, and others that has to be the polar opposite in tone. You'll want to drink something cold with this one (a Mai-Tai, maybe?), as it'll make you imagine yourself swinging in a hammock on a tropical beach. I feel like also pointing out that is has two of my favorite Jack Johnson songs pretty much since Brushfire Fairytales (unless you count the Curious George soundtrack. Which I do. But hopefully you get my drift). I mean, on this album, Jack Johnson gave "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" an epiphany, and let's face it: Rudolph in the original song (not the movie!) the other reindeer got off the hook waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too easy. Rudolph doesn't go Rambo (or van Eekhout) on this one. But still. Totally worth it. And his "Someday for Christmas" is really a return to form.
Here's a funny thing about the holidays thus far, though: Emma wants to know what to get me for Christmas and I have absolutely no idea. I mean, I have an Amazon wishlist full of crap: books and DVDs, but really, as much as I love new books, I have waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many (and the ones on the wishlist are all "so weird" according to my extended family).
So, any suggestions? What should I want for Christmas? What do you want?