Okay, Thanksgiving is over I will now begin talking about Christmas. I love Christmas, don't get me wrong but it truly bothers me that the Thanksgiving holiday gets the shaft. Halloween gets more attention than Thanksgiving and I just do not like that one bit. We need to take time to be thankful for all of the things that we have been blessed with.
But this isn't about my Thanksgiving soapbox this is about things I love about the holiday season. I love the fact that you can find Christmas carols with out very much effort. I have several that are my favorite like Mary, did you know....that one stops me in my tracks every time. I sing at the top of my lungs...Well, okay I don't know all of the words but I know Mary, did you know and that phrase comes up quite regularly in that song so I get by.
Have yourself a Merry little Christmas depresses me. I really wish that someone would snack on a jolt cola and a ding dong before they crank this bad boy out because it truly makes me sad and nostalgic and there will come a day that I just might produce tears. Me no like....WAIT! Better yet have them drink a jolt cola and eat a ho ho....you know because of Santa and how he says ho ho ho!
That one about the shoes....I liked it at first. Thought it was sweet even got misty a few times but I am over it now. Too many people have put their spin on it and I just keep wondering things like why is this child shopping alone and what did the shoes look like you know what on earth made these shoes so special that it was her dying wish to own them? I know. I'm horrible but I'm just being honest. I felt the love and the compassion the first 140 times I heard the song but I just don't see it ranking up there with Rudolph or Oh Come all ye faithful.
Speaking of Rudolph...I love Rudolph. I love singing the opening part really slow and sultry like and then get all jazzy with the other part including the additions. LOVE Rudolph. Frosty the Snowman ranks up there too but I have trouble remembering the verses on that one.
LOVE Silent Night! I sing it every night before my daughter goes to bed. Year round none the less.
12 days of Christmas! I love to sing that with friends. It reminds me of Milligan Madrigals where we would pick people out of the audience to join in and they would humiliate themselves. LOVE. I also like the 12 pains of Christmas...WHY ON EARTH ARE THEY BLINKING!!!???
So many wonderful Christmas songs to enjoy! This is my first thing I love about Christmas!
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