"I'm married, and I have friends. I don't care what anybody thinks of me anymore." What a great thing to say. I'm glad to see this positive video regarding Christmas music. Too many Christmas music-related videos and posts are heavily negative. My own choices are very different from yours, but that's okay. We all have songs that say Christmas to us, and many of them don't get much (or perhaps any) radio play. Some of my personal favorites: Pretty much anything by Runa, Cara Dillon, Moya Brennan, Loreena McKennit, or Orla Fallon. I have a huge weakness for Celtic Christmas music. Loreena's cover of "Good King Wenceslas" is my favorite rendition of that carol, bar none. "It's Christmastime All Over the World" by Sammy Davis Jr. Pure seratonin. "Cool Yule," "Christmas Night in Harlem," and "Christmas Time in New Orleans" by Louis Armstrong. (I also love his classic "'Zat You, Santa Claus?" but that one DOES get a lot of air play.) "Up on the Housetop" by Straight No Chaser. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/ We Three Kings" by the Barenaked Ladies, featuring Sarah McLauchlan. "If the Fates Allow: A Hadestown Christmas Album," full album. I also have a huge weakness for Broadway Christmas music. "Christmas Spirituals" by Odetta, full album. "Some Children See Him." I've only heard a couple of covers of this, and they're both beautiful.
"I'm married, and I have friends. I don't care what anybody thinks of me anymore." What a great thing to say.
I'm glad to see this positive video regarding Christmas music. Too many Christmas music-related videos and posts are heavily negative. My own choices are very different from yours, but that's okay. We all have songs that say Christmas to us, and many of them don't get much (or perhaps any) radio play.
Some of my personal favorites:
Pretty much anything by Runa, Cara Dillon, Moya Brennan, Loreena McKennit, or Orla Fallon. I have a huge weakness for Celtic Christmas music. Loreena's cover of "Good King Wenceslas" is my favorite rendition of that carol, bar none.
"It's Christmastime All Over the World" by Sammy Davis Jr. Pure seratonin.
"Cool Yule," "Christmas Night in Harlem," and "Christmas Time in New Orleans" by Louis Armstrong. (I also love his classic "'Zat You, Santa Claus?" but that one DOES get a lot of air play.)
"Up on the Housetop" by Straight No Chaser.
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/ We Three Kings" by the Barenaked Ladies, featuring Sarah McLauchlan.
"If the Fates Allow: A Hadestown Christmas Album," full album. I also have a huge weakness for Broadway Christmas music.
"Christmas Spirituals" by Odetta, full album.
"Some Children See Him." I've only heard a couple of covers of this, and they're both beautiful.