Welcome to the Romance Writers Weekly blog hop. If you've arrived from Raine Balkera's blog, you've made it to the right place. I hope you took a moment to check out her site. It's especially appropriate with this week's topic, our favorite Christmas Carol. Raine has an entire section of her website dedicated to writing music. Even her book, published earlier this year is about singing!
This week challenge comes from Xio Axelrod We're to tell you about our favorite Christmas Carol.
This week challenge comes from Xio Axelrod We're to tell you about our favorite Christmas Carol.
I have to say this was a tough one. I have a lot of favorites. Way too many in fact. I typically start listening to Christmas music in June. Not traditional stuff, but a lot of Celtic songs. I don't understand the words because they are in a foreign language, so I tune that part out and just write to the lovely lilting songs. As you can see by the photo below, my Christmas music collection is extensive. Here's a look at it.
And this doesn't include the old vinyl albums I own. Those will swell the collection by about 20 items.
You can understand how it's hard for me to pick a favorite. I managed to narrow it down to a few. I love the Carol of the Bells by almost anyone (this one by the Pentatonix), and Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time by Paul MacCartney. But ultimately, I think my favorite is Haul Out the Holly. I first heard this song when I was in tenth grade choir and we had to sing it for our Christmas Chorale program. Years later, when I was watching Mame, with Lucille Ball and Robert Preston, I heard it again and fell back in love with it. The lyrics perfectly describe me at Christmas, impatient, ready for the holiday, putting up strings of lights, in need of a little laughter, ringing through the rafters. You can't help but be happy when you hear this song. Give it a little listen here:
You can understand how it's hard for me to pick a favorite. I managed to narrow it down to a few. I love the Carol of the Bells by almost anyone (this one by the Pentatonix), and Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time by Paul MacCartney. But ultimately, I think my favorite is Haul Out the Holly. I first heard this song when I was in tenth grade choir and we had to sing it for our Christmas Chorale program. Years later, when I was watching Mame, with Lucille Ball and Robert Preston, I heard it again and fell back in love with it. The lyrics perfectly describe me at Christmas, impatient, ready for the holiday, putting up strings of lights, in need of a little laughter, ringing through the rafters. You can't help but be happy when you hear this song. Give it a little listen here:
Did you dance in your seat, just a little? I know I do. Do you have a favorite Christmas carol or album? I'd like to know.
That's it for me for now. Thanks for dropping by and be sure to continue hopping over to A.S. Fenichel's for more holiday music fun and memories.
That's it for me for now. Thanks for dropping by and be sure to continue hopping over to A.S. Fenichel's for more holiday music fun and memories.
But before you leave, consider this a little public service announcement. My holiday novella, A Winter Wedding will be FREE on Amazon December 10 & 11. You can click here to download it. I hope you'll take advantage of my gift to you!
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