The Christmas Spirit overwhelmed me this afternoon and I have been listening to my favorite Christmas music for hours.
The absolute favorite is
I seek No Power, Glory a Finnish traditional Christmas Song , tightly followed by
Star of Bethlehem, or Gläns Över Sjö och Strand (scroll down until you find an Elin Kolm playing piano click on the mp3 link, this is an extremely charming recording from a school concert, complete with crying baby in the background) a Swedish traditional.
And of course
Carol of the Bells - Leontovich/Wilhousky.
And of course Happy Xmas (war is over) with John Lennon.
And Jul Jul Strålande Jul.
And Ave Maria.
And O Holy Night.
And Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
And The Little Drummerboy.
And Santa Baby.
And Do They Know it's Christmas.
And Feliz Navidad.
And Joy to the World.
As a general rule I prefer choir song. In the past couple of years we have actually gone to church on Christmas, and we are not church going folk. But the music. Ah.
You can't go wrong with a Church Choir singing in your Christmas.
But other than that, I'm not really into Christmas.
I mean apart from the lights.
And wrapping gifts.
And eating.
But really I don't like religious holidays.
Oh! You know what else is fun? Dean Martin singing Let it Snow. You can just imagine the great Las Vegas style sixties fake snow falling all around him.
And I really like giving presents. Except to the people I never know what to get, like The Husband (who gets something he has picked out himself), The Grouch and one of my sisters who is SO difficult that we reached a truce that we would not give each other pressies.
As for me, we have in the past couple of years asked people to donate to
charity instead of giving us anything since we have way more than we need. Yes, it is a little empty without the mountain of pressies, but it is so much more satisfying.
