So we went out yesterday, the day after Thanksgiving and got a tree and spent a cheery evening putting it up and decorating.
Now the rule in our house, and it is my rule (rarely broken), and that is there is to be no Christmas music until AFTER Thanksgiving dinner. That’s because long before Dec. 25, maybe even before December, you will become physically nauseated when a happy holiday tune comes on if you start any earlier. (Holiday music tolerance varies from person to person).
(I’ve thought of setting the deadline back some like Dec. 15, but I think by Thanksgiving the dam is ready to burst. The fuse on the Christmas bomb has been lit and already blowing its confetti, ribbons and wrapping paper everywhere. There’s no stopping it.)
So, this year, like most years, I put the music on Friday while tree decorating with family. Now I have a few vinyl Christmas albums but I’m not reviewing those here.
My main listening device for Christmas music is my 120 GB ‘old school’ iPod (has about 7,500 songs on it now). There are 625 songs on my Christmas playlist. I’m going to post 15 of these using our random shuffle method.
That is, for those of you who have not played 5 at 5: Put your device on your Christmas playlist and hit shuffle. Then write down the first 15 songs you shuffle to. Feel free to post your list on comments to this post by clicking on the headline of the post. Here’s mine:
- Away in a Manger/Honey Boy (reggae)
- Let it Snow by Dean Martin
- Home for the Holidays by Perry Como
- Adeste Fideles by the Roches .( I just bought the Roches Christmas album yesterday on vinyl, $2 at Reeds downtown Birmingham. Not bad for one of my favorites, which I’ve long had on CD.)
- O Holy Night by Peter Holsapple
- The First Noel by Elvis Presley
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Los Lonely Boys
- Mysteries of the Christmas Mist by Sufjan Stevens
- The Wonderful World of Christmas by Elvis Presley
- Someday at Christmas by Jack Johnson
- Joy to the World by Sufjan Stevens
- Silent Night Medley by Hanson
- Gift of the Magi by the Squirrel Nut Zippers
- Greensleeves by John Coltrane Quartet
- Peace Child by the Indigo Girls
Overall, totally random, some good, some bad, some, well, nauseating. Happy Christmas everybody.
Here’s the Roches. Awesome: