Do you love Christmas music? Of course you do, you’re not Scrooge McDuck! Well, for a couple years I created mix CDs as gifts. 50 neighbors plus countless teachers received them. They were such a hit that people still tell me that they listen to them every single year! For your listening pleasure, I’ve made a compilation of the jams on my Spotify account (jahmelby). But here’s a list of songs from a past Christmas for you to enjoy!
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- Have a Holly Jolly Christmas – Harry Connick, Jr.
- White Christmas – The Drifters
- Sleigh Ride – Ella Fitzgerald
- All I Want For Christmas Is You – Olivia Olson
- Joy To The World – Aretha Franklin
- Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
- Santa Baby – Eartha Kitt
- Christmas Time Is Here – Sarah McLachlan Feat. Diana Krall
- The Christmas Song – Nat King Cole
- O Tannenbaum – Vince Guaraldi Trio
- Little Drummer Boy – Jars of Clay
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Ray Charles
- Baby It’s Cold Outside – Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel
- Please Come Home For Christmas – Southside Johnny Lyon
- (There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays – Perry Como
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Frank Sinatra
- Winter Wonderland – Peggy Lee
- Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow – Lena Horne
- The Nutcracker Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy – Tchaikovsky
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – Over The Rhine
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Jars of Clay
- I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm – Dean Martin
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Eddy Arnold
- It’s the Most Wonderful Time Of The Year – Andy Williams
- Winter Wonderland – Tony Bennett
- White Christmas – Otis Redding
But for the record, I’m planning to skip neighbor gifts this year. I know, it feels so naughty! It’s not that I don’t wanna gift the lovely people who live in my neck of the woods. Or because they don’t deserve it. Or even because it’s probably illegal to make mix CDs without buying the rights to every single song. Rather, I’m crossing this task off my to-do list as a personal training session. See, it takes training to say no. To deny busy. To let go of tradition. In an attempt to prove to myself that I can do hard things (like not blessing 50 of my favorite neighborhood friends), I’m skipping this year and maybe all subsequent years. Maybe not. But as for 2019, it’s the thing I’m saying no to. What thing(s) could you take a pass on this year?
