Simply remember

...I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel so bad...


When I am in the need for a few I can simply remember some of my favorite things of Christmas Eve 2011...coffee with devotions, icing chocolate roll cookies and eating half of them, sneaking through the aisles of Walmart, little faces staring at the candles at service, singing carols while finding lights for the first time in charleston...in essence having a beautiful day to just enjoy Christmas.







Merry Christmas!

An Eskimo Hallelujah Chorus

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Fun Times

Day 12: a photo of when you were happy


This is Christmas of 2007 - geez it doesn't seem that long ago! We were renting a beach house on Folly for post Christmas and New Years. Making and eating cookies, doing puzzles, taking walks on the beach and doing a scrapbook for my Aunt Cindy of her wedding filled our days. Watching the recent season of LOST and eating more cookies filled our nights. My mom was there to keep us well fed and well laughed. What was not to be happy about? Well, for Kaylinn and Dudley perhaps the hats :)

Sugar Overload

Day 11: a photo of a night you loved

This picture was taken at the end of a spectacularly fun evening last December filled with driving through the 'Festival of Lights' at James Island County Park, dancing to Trans Siberian Orchestra timed lights in the park, eating mass quantities of s'mores and drinking hot chocolate out of my Christmas china. Granted I got to send sugar filled children home with their parents, so I'm pretty sure my evening was far more enjoyable than theirs :)

Then He Smiled At Me

Today's song is my mom's favorite Christmas song, 'Little Drummer Boy' - Merry Christmas!

Fall On Your Knees

I've had requests for a number of versions of this song, but since day 1, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day has been chosen...and we have arrived. 'O Holy Night' is possibly my favorite song of all time, not just Christmas, and I have yet to hear someone sing it like Ronnie Milsap. Granted, I am somewhat biased in my love for Ronnie at Christmas, but you listen to this version and tell me if much can stand up against it. I will leave you with my mom's thoughts on it..."If that song doesn't bring you to your knees, you don't have a soul."

Let Your Heart Be Light

I am headed home today...for my first Christmas without my mom. But I'm also headed home to a Christmas WITH my dad and Nikole and my aunts and uncles and grandparents. So, for today I'm going to post a song that for some reason seems to match how I feel heading home. There is something about 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' that isn't so overwhelmingly 'everything is great' and yet is also sweetly joyful. I don't think that next year all my troubles will be out of sight, but have yourself a merry little Christmas now...

Hark Hear the Bells

Brandy is headed to Charleston as I write this! Her favorite song is 'Carol of the Bells'. She said it always reminds her of the craziness of the last few days before Christmas, so we saved it for the end of the Christmas song a day list. And, since she woke up at 7am this morning to get things rolling so they could get on their way we figured today she pretty much feels like this! I really wanted to put the Kenny Rogers version on here because that is the best version out there! But, unfortunately YouTube could not deliver on that. So, we shall go with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir version and then for good measure, and because Lisa and I were talking about Trans-Siberian Orchestra today, we'll add their version as well...

You Better Watch Out

Well, since I'm already on the computer this morning, now done attempting to find numbers to get in touch with bus companies, I figured I would post today's song. This is Kim's request, which I needed today - something about 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' makes you smile. And a new singer request - Dolly Parton!

Someday at Christmas

This is a new one for me! My Aunt Barb has requested 'Someday at Christmas' by Stevie Wonder and I am loving it. Enjoy...

'All I Want for Christmas' Montage

My Aunt Jen gets today's song...'All I Want for Christmas is a Really Good Tan'. Which got me thinking of 'All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth' and 'All I Want for Christmas is You'. And thus today, you have the 'All I want for Christmas' montage...which ends with 'I'm Getting Nuttin' for Christmas'...because it doesn't matter what you want for Christmas if you are on the naughty list! :)

Tell Him He Can Take the Freeway Down

My brother, Matthew's request is 'Run, Run, Rudolph', which is pretty appropriate considering we have one week until Christmas - that's right, people - ONE WEEK!



and while we are talking about him, how could we miss his actual song...Rudolph, as sung by Harry Connick, Jr...

Hurry Christmas, Hurry Fast

Prior to Andrea's spectacular find of the Italian Christmas Donkey, she had requested Alvin and the Chipmunks 'The Christmas Song', so I say we continue with the adorableness of animated animals and bring on the Chipmunks for today! While I do not support Alvin's pre-Christmas sneaking into gifts, I do love this song :)

I'm Dreaming...

For Petrone we are going to do a little mid-day switch post. Because I really will be dreaming of a White Christmas tonight...it snowed at home, which makes me hope that come December 25th some little white snowflakes will be falling from the sky. So here is the song for the night between the 16th and 17th :)

Jiggidy Jig

Yesterday I got a call from Andrea that went something like 'I have a song for you! It's about a donkey and they actually sing he haw hew haw in it'. OBVIOUSLY that meant it would be today's song, and thus the little known and yet, hysterically awesome 'Dominic the Italian Christmas Donkey'...

Mistletoe Hung Where You Can See

My cousin, Jack, was the ONLY person who checked to make sure that I would in fact get a song on the blog yesterday, and thus he is the winner of today's Christmas song request. As you will be able to tell, Jack has similar Christmas musical tastes to his dad, which was Day 6, and has requested Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree as performed by Gary Hoey (this was unfortunately the best quality sound I could get for this specific version)...



For those who would prefer a more classic take on Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, here is the Brenda Lee version... :)

I Really Must Say...

...Baby, It's Cold Outside! No really, it is. It also happens to be a song that has been requested by both Lisa and Nicole. Lisa suggested the Royal Crown Revue version, which I am loving, so here you go...hope you are sitting by a fire to listen to it like I am :)

A Little 80s Rock Band for your Christmas

Yesterday 12 people from my church went to see the production 'Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some)'. If you have a production group doing it near you, I would HIGHLY recommend it. You will in essence laugh from the beginning to the end. It's done by only 4 actors and they literally go through every Christmas story you remember growing up, so they are going back and forth changing costumes the entire time. It's awesome. One of our favorite sections was when they did the Nutcracker, I'm still laughing thinking about it. So, I decided for today's song we would post my friend, Lisa's request of "anything Trans-Siberian Orchestra", and go with their version of Nutcracker...which just so happens to be an awesome version :)

Deck the Halls

Next up on the request list - my sister-in-law Tabbi's request for 'Deck the Halls'. Her maiden name was Hall so of course people loved to use the fact that their last name matched the song :) I love the version by Ottmar Liebert and I found this video of someone's house that the set up to light up to the song...yeah, kinda intense :)



but in case you are in the mood for a more classic version, here you go, I went with Bing Crosby as I'm watching White Christmas for the first time...I know, scandelous for a Christmas crazy person such as myself :)

Brilliant

I know, again it's a double song day, but no self respecting Christmas-song-a-day poster could find this one and not immediately post it for others to share in. They play these songs entirely on I-pads and I-phones. Love it!



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