wisht to god i could go back in time and see real georgian christmas fare.. little cakes made to look like swans, sugared plums and pears, jellies in pastel shades, desserts in little cut glass bowls.. fruit on silver platters
“Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow.”
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) dir. Frank Capra
AMID THE WINTER’S SNOW / quiet choral and instrumental versions of more traditional carols for the holidays. good for relaxing on a quiet, snowy night.
Traditional Holiday [LISTEN]
i. Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)// Luciano Pavarotti ii. Auld Lang Syne // Guy Lombardo iii. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing- Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) // Mariah Carey iv. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)// Nat King Cole v. O Come All Ye Faithful // Nat King Cole vi.O Little Town of Bethlehem// Burl Ives vii. O Holy Night // Il Divo viii. Gold Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen // Bing Crosby ix. Joy to the World// Faith Hill x. Silent Night // Johnny Cash
Classic Holiday [LISTEN]
i. Happy Holiday // Peggy Lee ii. Santa Baby // Eartha Kitt iii. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree // Brenda Lee iv. Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney // Ella Fitzgerald v. Frosty the Snowman // Nat King Cole vi. Rudolph the Red- Nosed Reindeer // Bing Crosby vii. Where Did My Snowman Go? // Petula Clark viii. All I Want for Christmas [ Is My Two Front Teeth] // Spike Jones ix. Santa Claus is Coming to Town // Frank Sinatra x. Jingle Bell Rock // Bobby Helms xi. Boogie Woogie Santa Claus // Mabel Scott xii. Mrs. Santa Claus // Nat King Cole xiii. C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S // Eddy Arnold xiv. Frosty the Snowman // Jackson Five xv. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer // Elmo & Patsy xvi. Baby, It’s Cold Outside // Dean Martin xvii. Winter Wonderland // Louis Armstrong xviii. The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late) // The Chipmunks xix. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus // The Ronettes xx. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) // Elvis Presley xxi. A Marshmallow World // Dean Martin xxii. Feliz Navidad // Jose Feliciano xxiii. Santa Claus is Coming to Town // The Jackson 5 xxiv. White Christmas // Bing Crosby xxv. Jingle Bells // Sammy Davis Jr. xxvi. You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch // Thurl Ravenscroft xxvii. Winter Wonderland // Tony Bennett xxviii. I’ll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in My Dreams) // Frank Sinatra xxvix. Happy New Year // Judy Garland
Rock Holiday [LISTEN]
i. Christmas All Over Again // Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ii. The Christmas Blues // Bob Dylan iii. Happy Xmas (War is Over) // John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band iv. Do They Know It’s Christmas? // Band Aid v. Step Into Christmas // Elton John vi. 2000 Miles // Pretenders vii. Wonderful Christmas Time // Paul McCartney viii. Last Christmas // Wham! ix. Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town // Bruce Springsteen x. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) // U2 xi. Father Christmas // The Kinks xii. Thank God It’s Christmas // Queen xiii. Blue Christmas // Elvis Presley xiv. Jingle Bell Rock // Hall & Oates xv. Run Rudolph Run // Chuck Berry xvi. Silent Night // Johnny Cash
Pop Holiday [LISTEN]
i. Santa Baby // Kylie Minogue ii. I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas // Bon Jovi iii. Oh Holy Night // Christina Aguilera iv. All I Want for Christmas is You // Mariah Carey v. You Don’t Have to be Alone (On Christmas) // NSYNC vi. Happy Christmas (War is Over) // Maroon 5 vii. Spread a Little Love on Christmas Day // Destiny’s Child viii. Christmases When You Were Mine // Taylor Swift ix. Winter Paradise // Destiny’s Child x. Once Upon a December // Liz Callaway xi. My Only Wish (This Year) // Britney Spears xii. Christmas Time // Backstreet Boys xiii. I’ll Be Home for Christmas // Whitney Houston xiv. Christmas Lights // Coldplay xv. Please Come Home for Chritmas // Grace Potter and the Nocturnals xvi. I Don’t Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You // NSYNC xvii. White Christmas // Lady Gaga xviii. Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow // Michael Buble xix. Merry Christmas, Baby // Christina Aguilera xx. Oi to the World // No Doubt xxi. Baby It’s Cold Outside // Leon Redbone and Zooey Deschanel xxii. Happy New Year // ABBA
Alternative Holiday [LISTEN]
i. Christmas Tree // Lady Gaga ii. The Fallen // Franz Ferdinand iii. Santa Through the Back Door // 30 Seconds to Mars iv. A Great Big Sled // The Killers v. Not Tonight Santa // Girls Aloud vi. Santa Looked a lot like Daddy // Bowling for Soup vii. Merry Christmas // The Ramones viii. Oi to the World // The Vandals ix. All I Want for Christmas is You // My Chemical Romance x. Yule Shoot Your Eye Out // Fall Out Boy xi. Don’t Shoot Me Santa // The Killers xii. There Ain’t No Sanity Claus // The Damned xiii. What’s This? // Danny Elfman xiv. Feliz Navidad // It Dies Today xv. Credit Crunch Christmas // The Toy Dolls xvi. Mr. Grinch // D.I. xvii. I Won’t Be Home for Christmas // Blink- 182 xviii. Merry Christmas I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight // Bowling for Soup xix. Punk Rock Christmas // The Ravers
Traditional Christmas Carols, with Maybe a Little Twist
I Saw Three Ships – Blackmore’s Night/ Coventry Carol – Pentatonix/ God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen – Loreena McKennitt/ The Wexford Carol – Alison Krauss & Yo-Yo Ma/ Oíche Chiúin – Enya/ O Come, O Come Emmanuel – The Civil Wars/ In the Bleak Midwinter – Chanticleer/ The First Noel – Lady Antebellum/ Adeste Fideles – Celtic Woman/ We Three Kings – Sufjan Stevens
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In Iceland, books are exchanged on Christmas Eve, and you spend the rest of the night reading. People generally take their books to bed along with some chocolate. How cozy and wonderful does that sound?
(More fun facts: Iceland publishes more books per capita than any other country, and new books are typically published only during the Christmas season—the frenzy is called Jólabókaflóð, or the Christmas Book Flood.)
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