Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Christmas bells are ringing...

I promised a friend nearly a month ago that I would post my Christmas music favorites!  I finished my list.  I tried to create the list on itunes but couldn't figure it out.  If what I tried works I will post it bellow.  Some of these are favorites because my girls love them so much (Santa Baby).  They all make us happy and we have been listening to Christmas music almost exclusivly since Thanksgiving!  We love it!

Jingle Bells  
Barbra Streisand A Christmas Album
Must Be Santa  Bob Dylan Christmas In the Heart
Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful) Liberian Children's Choir, Luciano Pavarotti & Trisha Yearwood Pavarotti & Friends: For the Children of Liberia
Christmas Song  Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds  A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 3
Christmas Day Dido  A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 5
We Three Kings of Orient Are/O Little Town of Bethlehem Ella Fitzgerald Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
Beautiful Star of Bethlehem Emmylou Harris Light of the Stable
Winter Wonderland  Eurythmics A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 1
Were You There On that Christmas Night? Hue & Hum - Hue & Hum Christmas
Someday At Christmas Jack Johnson This Warm December: Brushfire Holiday's, Vol. 1
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen  Jars of Clay Christmas Songs 
Sleep Well Little Children/What a Wonderful World  Kristin Chenoweth  A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas
Angels We Have Heard On High The Lower Lights Come Let Us Adore Him
Santa Baby  Macy Gray Sounds Of The Season: The NBC R & B Holiday Collection
It Snowed   Meaghan Smith iTunes Holiday Sampler
The Christmas Song  Mindy Gledhill Winter Moon
Children Go Where I Send Thee Natalie Merchant A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 3
My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year)  Regina Spektor Gift Wrapped - 20 Songs That Keep On Giving!
A Cradle In Bethlehem Sara  Groves O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem Sarah McLachlan Wintersong
There Is a Star That Shines Tonight  Sheryl Crow Home for Christmas
Silent Night Stevie Nicks A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 1
I Saw Three Ships Sting A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 3
The Friendly Beasts   Sufjan Stevens  Songs for Christmas
O Holy Night Tracy Chapman  A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 3

Another two favorite albums:

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite
Charlie Brown Christmas (just bought it this year...delightful!)

My favorite Christmas video:



This song makes us happy so I thought I would see if there is a video-
Must Be Santa (see above):




I would love to see Barbra Streisand singing Jingle Bells but I couldn't find it.
We LOVE that version!
She is amazing!

What songs am I missing??
What are your favorites??

3 comments:

Heather said...

Thank you carin! You gave me plenty of new songs to enjoy and I'm glad to see some of my favorites made your list!!! Loved the bob Dylan video!! Haha!!!!

nikki said...

I love Christmas music too! O' Holy Night and In the Bleak Midwinter are my two favorites.

Tebbs Family said...

I'll Be Home For Christmas by Josh Groban and Grown-Up Christmas List by Michael Buble!!! Loved your list...