Christmas Is… music of the season

 When I was a kid there were only two Christmas records in the house: The Original Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Other Children's Christmas Favorites (by) Gene Autry with Guest Star Rosemary Clooney and Christmas Is… which I think my dad got at a gas station (there is a Good Year tire logo on the jacket).  We played the heck out of them and even though I went through a "collect as many Christmas CDs as you can" phase i9n the late 20s/early 30s I have never found an album I liked better.

The songs on these albums ARE CHRISTMAS to me. I like new interpretations, new songs, new artists but it's like the difference between an artificial tree and a live tree. Maybe there is more sap in these old songs but I like it that way once in a while. Ok every year.

This year I am making a CD of all those songs by all those artists (in that order) for my family's Christmas. I have wanted to do this for years but "Jingle Bells" by The Mills Brothers and "Christmas Is" by The Hillside Singers were nearly impossible to find and the cost of all those songs on separate albums/CDs would have be prohibitive. This year I found them all on Freegal and iTunes. So happy.

Here is the play list. All beautiful and all classics in my mind.

Christmas Is	The Hillside Singers
Winter Wonderland	Jo Stafford
White Christmas	Frank Sinatra
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Judy Garland
What Child Is This?	Vikki Carr
Santa Claus is Coming to Town	Tony Bennett
The Christmas Song	Barbra Streisand
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas	Bing Crosby
I'll Be Home For Christmas	Doris Day
O Holy Night	Andy Williams
Jingle Bells	The Mills Brothers
Silver Bells	Patti Page
Merry Christmas Darling	Carpenters
Silent Night, Holy Night	Julie Andrews

Happy Crafting,

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