On the second day of winter, it’s a good time to ask what all of the hullaballoo is about.
What’s This?, Danny Elfman (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Category: Xmas 2014 Songs
Xmas Song Day 21
You know, if you’re given someone’s heart for Xmas, maybe don’t give it away the very next day. Wait until after New Year’s. Show some class.
Last Christmas, Wham
Xmas Song Day 20
This was a hard one to pick. There are so many versions of it, you could put them end to end and listen just to this song for hours. And then you’d have to rinse out your ears with Goldschlager. It has gold in it. GOLD!
But this version is my favorite.
Jingle Bells, Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
Xmas Song Day 19
You know, you can’t go wrong with some pathos mixed into a kid’s cartoon about everyone’s favorite holiday. And you can’t go wrong with the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
Christmas Time Is Here, Vince Guaraldi Trio
Xmas Song Day 18
Next week it’s going be in the upper 70s next week, just shy of 80 degrees on some days. And I have to admit, I’ve never been in snow that was more than a dirty pile of slush outside of a cabin one winter. Still, this song is about more than snow, isn’t it?
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Vaughn Monroe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmgpydiqoQk
Xmas Song Day 17
Xmas Song Day 16
The Boss.
Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Bruce Springsteen
Xmas Song Day 15
If one song with Ella Fitzgerald is good, two is better.
Sleigh Ride, Ella Fitzgerald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnEbRaFaqfg
Xmas Song Day 14
This song always makes me feel nostalgic. I don’t know why. I’ve never been anywhere but home for holidays.
(There’s No Place Like) Home for the Holidays, Perry Como
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amnRSB-RBVw
Xmas Song Day 13
I first saw a stop motion animation set to this song after my son was born. He was only about a month old, and like many babies, would have a hard time falling back to sleep after being feed in the middle of the night. But he loved being in a swing. So I’d put him in his swing and turn on the the TV downstairs int he dark at two or three in the morning. And what was on? The Bozo show out of Chicago. Leading up to Christmas, they played the cartoon a lot, and I had never even heard the song before.
Suzy Snowflake, Rosemary Clooney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7zOeiPXb58
Ah, and here is the version I saw originally in that dark room, with my son dozing to the soft click-click-click of the swing rocking back and forth.
Suzy Snowflake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEe6KOWdbUs
(Not sure why this one doesn’t embed. Maybe because it’s kind of creepy?)
Oh my god, I just watched this one, too. I’m sure I saw this too.
Hardrock, Coco, and Joe
Words and Feathers 