Is it too soon to start listening to Christmas music?
I mean, I know we just got past Halloween, and Thanksgiving is still coming...but I just can't help myself!
But it seems in general those around me don't feel it's permissible until after Thanksgiving. Seriously??? I can't wait that long. And then I only get a month to listen to all this wooonderful music!
There is just too much good stuff out there to get through in only a month! There's just something that happens when the weather changes. The breezes are chilly, the windows start to get frosty in the morning, you can see your breath as you walk to your car, you break out the gloves and scarves and coats...it just makes me want to break out the Christmas music!
If it has to be cold outside, I should get to listen to Christmas music, that's just how I feel. And heck, it even snowed today! That's all the permission I need to break out the classic tunes :)
Below are some of my all time faves :) I'm sorry, I just can't wait four more weeks!
If you've never heard of Straight No Chaser, I'm about to change your life. They are a men's acapella group from Indiana, and they are, superb. My absolute favorite. They do a lot of mash-ups and a lot of originals, and it's all fantastic. This is one of their best Christmas, though all their Christmas is great!
Next up is Celtic Woman, a group of Irish woman who do folk music but they also have a Christmas album, and their voices just give me the chills every time! So pure and beautiful!
This next one was tough, because Point of Grace's version of O Holy Night is my absolute favorite version ever! But there are absolutely zero good recordings of it...so this was the best I could find, and it's not good. But just to kind of give you an idea...it's really is beautiful if you can ever hear a good version of it.
I love this next one also, I'm a sucker for acapella, if you hadn't figured that out yet. And I love Rascal Flatts :)
And of course no Christmas list would be complete without Michael Buble. This is a duet with Shania Twain off of his new Christmas album. It's fantastic :) This is my other excuse for breaking out the music early. You can't have Michael put out a new album in October and expect me to wait until December to listen to it. Not happening folks :)
There are so many more...but these are always at the top of my list :)
