Today is the kick-off for the CHRISTMAS FUN that will be happening on the blog this month! We have Kristina here from Gone Pecan talking about her favorite holiday tunes! I’m a hateful sort of person so I made her stick to only SIX titles lest she get carried away with the Christmas LOVE, bah, humbug indeed!
I am partial to The Christmas Song performed by Nat King Cole myself but I have been rocking my “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” Pandora playlist since Thanksgiving! Let’s hear what K has to say…
When Alyssa asked me to guest post I agreed automatically since she is awesome sauce but to say I’m slacking in posts for November / December is putting it mildly. It’s the holiday season and life gets in the way of the blog. It also doesn’t help that I’m not a fan of Christmas. Maybe it’s because I live in south Louisiana where even though we are in December it’s still in the 70s and there is always at least a 50/50 chance I can wear shorts on Christmas day. Maybe it’s because everyone makes enough money to just buy what they want so Christmas is filled with less gifts each year and more cash and gift cards or maybe because I make my grandmother’s pralines and I have so many requests each year that I have to start making them three weeks before taking up what little weekend time I have left after trying to shop for gifts. Or the real reason may be that it doesn’t help me with my anti-social tendencies. (Bah Humbug!)
Regardless of all these things there is one thing I love that is a direct result from this holiday. The music. Ah yes, I’m a sucker for Christmas music. We even have a couple of stations where I live that switch to all Christmas music all the time after Thanksgiving. So after thinking about what kind fo Christmas related post I could do why not talk about my favorite songs of the season?
Louisiana Christmas Day by Aaron Neville – I’m from Louisiana so this one doesn’t need much explanation. 🙂
Last Christmas by Wham! – Ah, George Michael my first crush on someone that later came out as gay. Note I did say first because apparently I have a knack for picking the closeted gay member of any boy band (I’m not saying that they all have at least one gay member nor that there is anything wrong with that, just that is who I end up crushing on and they are playing for the other team.) But come on, George Michael when he had that scruffy beard, leather jacket, and aviator glasses? I know I wasn’t alone.
Hard Candy Christmas by Dolly Parton – Hard Candy Christmas is hands down my favorite Christmas song of all time. We’ve listened to this song so much that my brother who is NOT a country fan can identify this song by the fifth note. (Believe me we’ve tested him.) This song plays in one of the best movies ever The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and if the name alone doesn’t make you want to watch it I have nothing left to say to you!
All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey – This is my second favorite Christmas song. I sing it every single time it comes on (and maybe do a little dance) regardless of who is around me so I apologize to anyone that has been subjected to this demonstration. How can you not want to sing/dance to it though? I feel the need to point out this is the ONLY Mariah Carey song I like and I’m pretty sure it’s going to stay that way. (SIDE NOTE: They sing this in Love Actually as well, a version that I can accept since the little girl singing is so darn cute.)
Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley – Every now and then there comes a song that my whole family sings. This is one of them. We not only sing it, we act it out, and definitely include the back up singers. There is a local radio DJ that loves all things Elvis and he said something about Elvis hating this song and not wanting to record it so he told the back up singers to make up the most ridiculous riff they could. I have no idea if that’s true but I find it funny.
Mele Kalilimaka by Bing Crosby – I admit it, I like this song almost entirely for that fact that I learned how to say something in Hawaiian. I feel more cultured. I know, it’s sad.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra by Wizards of Winter – Have you seen that new Volkswagon commerical with the guy playing air drums in his car? (my favorite part is when he tosses the drumstick up and catches it). This song has the same effect on me and I LOVE IT.
So while I spend Christmas with my family trying to pretend that I actually like it (not hanging with my family mind you, just the holiday) and trying to convince myself that I shouldn’t stuff my face with everything sweet I’ll be listening to all my favorites. What about you??
Thanks, Kiki! Some of these songs brought back some fond memories for me and some I have actually never heard before! Love me some Dolly Parton though! Rock out kids! Share the love, what songs do you HAVE to listen to this time of year?
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My sister loves the Mariah Carey version!
AND IT’S SNOWING WHILE I READ THIS (on the computer screen, anyway) and that makes me excited.
Love Mele Kalikimaka (or however you spell it) – My mom used to sing that it us 🙂 And my aunt always puts Trans-Siberian Orchestra on at Christmas.
Of course, our Chistmas traditions are changing even more this year, so I’m right there grumbling with you 🙂
The Mariah Carey version is THE BEST and heck yeah I stole the snow idea from Heidi but WP offers it with just the CLICK of a button so yeah..I went there.
Of course! I turned my snow back on. For some reason it turned off…. Weird. Now I’m just waiting for it to ACTUALLY snow in Chicago…………………. It’s raining.
I love Baby, It’s Cold Outside too, friend! Even if it’s the rapiest of Christmas songs…I like the She and Him version because it’s at least switched the roles. Also, I love me some Andy Williams at Christmas. Seriously.
I approve of Wham!, but I hate Meli Kelikimaka. That and Feliz Navidad. My boyfriend tells me that makes me racist. I tried arguing that I love Christmas in Killarney, which is foreign-focused, but apparently liking Irish people doesn’t make me not racist. Hmph!
Wow…it kind of is the rapiest of Christmas songs…Also never heard the She and Him version!! I must ASAP! LOLing about C saying you are racist…I don’t like any of those songs either. Feliz Navidad makes me want to gauge out my eardrums. Just saying.