Fa-la-la-la-la, La Friday Five
Reverendmother here... those of you who read my blog know I have a love-hate relationship with the 24/7 Christmas music we're1. A favorite 'secular' Christmas song. Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth duet by Bing Crosby and David Bowie
2. Christmas song that chokes you up (maybe even in spite of yourself--the cheesier the better) Breath of Heaven by Amy Grant
3. Christmas song that makes you want to stuff your ears with chestnuts roasted on an open fire. Grandma got run over by a reindeer
4. The Twelve Days of Christmas: is there *any* redeeming value to that song? Discuss. It's the last vestige of the real season of Christmas in popular culture -- not that anyone knows the 12 days of Christmas are after Christmas. And its better than "99 bottles of beer on the wall" during road trips
5. A favorite Christmas album A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi
Bonus Christmas Songs that crack me up: St Stephen's Day murders by Elvis Costello and the Chieftans and Veggie Tale's Christmas
10 comments:
I've never heard Stephen's Day Murders. Gotta check that one out!
Oh, I LOVE the Elvis Costello/ Chieftans song!! In fact, I love that whole album! *leaving to go rifle through some cd's*
I love that song too! Just listened to it the other night. Good call--and I like that question, song that makes you laugh.
Another person who's favorite album is Charlie Brown Chrismas! Yeah!
I'm with spookyranch--I haven't heard "Stephen's Day Murders," so I will have to check it out as well.
Fun! I love the Costello album too!
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Deb
"Grandma..." ws my second choice for #3!
Yeah, I was pretty old before I figured out that the 12 days came after Christmas. But then I was one of the last in my class to figure out the Santa thing.
Charlie Brown is a big favorite at our house!
Great taste all round, Vicar. I also like the Christmas Meme that was below the Friday Five... I feel like I got to know you a bit better!
Also single mom, also two kids (though a boy and a girl, boy in his first year of college), also a lover of all things Hogsmeade and the fabulous alchemy of Vince Guaraldi and Peanuts.
Blessings!
Mags
AMEN to the St. Stephen's Day murders - I've loved that album for years; it's my favorite Christmas album by far!
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