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Christmas Music Recommendations

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It’s snowing here at Southwestern Adventist University in Keene, TX. At least, I like to call it snow. My friends call is slush. But it rarely snows in Texas. So, to me, any light and clear thing that falls from the sky is snow right?

Anyway, things like snow (or slush) and this cold weather really get me into the Christmas mood. It’s the time to bring out the eggnog, apple cider, coffee, and cocoa. I just bought some ingredients today so I can warm up with my minestrone soup. Christmas music brings all of these elements of the holidays together.

Now, I’m not really into that old vintage-sounding Christmas music, the traditional “classics” from the Carpenters, Bing Cosby, Nat King Cole, Andy Williams, Dean Martin, and the like. I think it’s the hiss of old recordings that bothers me. I suspect that it may also be the background singers whom you would normally hear in Catherine Hepburn movies, like My Fair Lady, where they burst out into song (shudder).

Most of the radio stations that play Christmas music mainly offer this genre. So, I have to build my own Christmas play list. I like contemporary Christmas music and traditional classics sung with a modern twist. The following is a list of my Christmas music recommendations with some of my comments. I’ve provided some links to buy them from iTunes (per track) and Amazon.com (per album).

So, “the weather outside is frightful,” just turn up this music. “Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!” It helps bring up my Christmas spirits. (Sigh) All I need now is a Christmas tree…

I will update this list periodically as I find more songs so keep visiting this article and this blog. If you find any good ones, please drop me a line or comment.

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Posted on Saturday, December 10th, 2005

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