Silent Night is a Temptation

You would think that with the holiday season coming to a close I would be sick of Christmas music but quite the contrary. I dug out my old favorites and researched some new ones on i-tunes. Five days left until Christmas and that means there are four more days of Christmas music to play in my store. The sappier the better. Here is my list of top 10 favorites, old and new. 1."Silent Night" by the Temptations (1980)-the long version, is still my number one favorite. This soulful melody keeps me harmonizing and happy year after year. I hope I don't scare away any shoppers.

The rest are as follows: 2. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" by Jordin Sparks or Sara Evans; 3. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Julianne Hough or Martina McBride; and I would be remiss if I did not mention my two favorite classics from A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vincent Guaraldi Trio, 4. "Linus and Lucy" and 5. "Christmas is Here". Last year I became quite fond of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (T.S.O.) with three songs on my list: 6. "Christmas, Sarajevo 12/24", 7. "A Mad Russian's Christmas", and 8. "Joy of Man's Desire/Angels We Have heard on High". Of course, I have to throw in a Chipmunk song and that would be 9. "The Christmas Song". I especially like to play this song for one of my studio mates who writhes in pain every time. It's really fun to watch...hehehe. And last but not least, 10."Auld Lang Syne" by just about anyone. Dan Fogelberg is one of my old favorites and John Fahey plays a nice mellow guitar version.

Merry Christmas everyone!