The Kinks - “Father Christmas”

How could you not love this song? Sure, it’s got a slightly unconventional sound for a Christmas track, but it’s pretty classic if you ask me.

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Harry Connick Jr. - “(It must have been Ol’) Santa Claus”

My sister and I were watching Ellen recently and Harry Connick Jr. and his daughter were on the show to perform a song for some fundraiser. The following actually occurred:

Rachel: I didn’t know he could play the piano.
Me: *shocked* Are you kidding me? He’s a musician, Rachel.
Rachel: * ( Read more... )

Andy Williams - “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

Andy Williams is classic and it IS the most wonderful time of the year (to me at least).

I wish it’d slow down. It feels like December is getting away from me far too fast. :(

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Blackalicious - “Toy Jackpot”

This is one of those rare modern Christmas songs I like. Target released a whole album of Christmas songs that correlated with their commercials last year. The commercial for this song (see commercial) was really cool on its own, but this song just made it perfect. It was stuck in my head so much last year that I ( Read more... )

Oops forgot to do this yesterday....

Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting - “Baby, its Cold Outside”

I have always wanted to perform this song with someone. Sure, I could never sing it as well as this, but it just seems like a fun song to perform - with some old fashioned dance moves to go with it.

I would love that.

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The Waitresses - “Christmas Wrapping”

So…. I’m a child of the 80’s (in case you didn’t realize this already). Clearly that has something to do with why I like this song - it screams 80’s pop in a fun Christmas way!

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Boston Pops Orchestra - “Sleigh Ride”

The momentum that builds up in this piece (especially around 1:45-2 minutes into the track) gets inside of me every time I hear it, like the song is rushing through my veins with excitement.

Confession: If you were around me when this song plays you might see me conducting to it. It just feels impossible not to ( Read more... )

Smashing Pumpkins - “Christmastime”

I’m not always a fan of bands I don’t readily associate with holidays like Christmas creating such tracks, but as much as I loved Smashing Pumpkins growing up it was really hard not to enjoy this track when they released it.

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Vince Guaraldi Trio - “Christmastime is Here”

A classic from one of my favorite Christmas movies: A Charlie Brown Christmas. Out of all the Christmas CD’s I own, A Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack is by far the easiest to listen to in it’s entirety without ever growing bored. The piano just sets the perfect tone for Christmas as a whole and it ( Read more... )

I love Christmas - everything about it. And knowing how much I love music, you should assume that includes Christmas music. Because I love Christmas music so much and want to stay in the Christmas mood all month, I’m going to share one of my favorite Christmas songs with you every day as we count down to Christmas!

We’ll kick off the Christmas ( Read more... )