On The 8th Day of Christmas: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells

“Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg. The Batmobile lost its wheel and the Joker got away.” Happily my taste in Christmas music as evolved. Because on the 8th day of Christmas my true love gave to me:

……Christmas music. The other day I got a frantic text from one of friends because she couldn’t find the Christmas cd that I had given her a few years ago. She needed that cd and she needed it NOW. Her kids were asking for it, she was missing it and the whole family needed it to get in the Christmas spirit. The cd that she is referring to is called “Sherrelle’s Christmas Spirit”, a compilation that I made several years ago of my favorite Christmas songs. Lucky for her the songs are now in my iTunes library and I just burned another cd for her. Lucky for you that I am listing them here so that you can have my Christmas spirit also.

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Since last Christmas, when I first blogged about this cd, I’ve added two more songs: Last Christmas by George Michael (the song is catchy, just ignore the hideous 80′s fashions in the video) and Baby, It’s Cold Outside by Lou Rawls & Dianne Reeves (this is the best version of the song; trust me).

Pandora–love Pandora!–makes listening to Christmas music all day and night a breeze, but sometimes between Perry Como and the obscure country Christmas songs, I wind up hitting “thumbs down” too much. That’s when I put on my Christmas playlist and BAM!–I’m instantly in the Christmas spirit.

What about you: what’s your favorite Christmas song? What song instantly puts you in a jolly mood?

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The 12 Days of Christmas by Funkidivagirl

On the 1st day of Christmas my true love gave to me….the words to the song.

On the 2nd day of Christmas my true love gave to me….Christmas cards.

On the 3rd day of Christmas my true love gave to me….Chili Dawg.

On the 4th day of Christmas my true love gave to me…..a Christmas vacation.

On the 5th day of Christmas my true love gave to me…..Santa Claus.

On the 6th day of Christmas my true love gave to me…..Red Velvet Cake.

On the 7th day of Christmas my true love gave to me….a Christmas tree.

4 Comments so far

Hi Sherrelle! I am so happy to have found your blog yesterday. I really enjoy your posts!

My favorite Christams songs are Silent Night by The Temptations and Let it Snow by Boys II Men.

I love the idea of making a personal complilation CD! I think I’ll do this for a few people on my Christmas list this year!

Yay! Welcome!

I love Silent Night by the Temptations…it makes me cry when I sing it. Oh, I remember Let it Snow by Boys II Men; I have to get that on iTunes. Yes, you should make a cd…I gave it as gifts one year and everyone still has it and loves to play it.

I am in LOVE with your whole 12 Days of Christmas series! Please don’t laugh, but I have a few off-the-grid favorite Christmas songs. They are: Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC; Christmas in the City by Mary J. Blige; All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey; and that TLC Christmas song I can’t remember the name of for the life of me.
I love you list! It’s sooo comprehensive and includes so many of my faves, but you HAVE to add Silent Night by the Temptations. That’s the ultimate in Christmas songs. And Lou Rawls and Dianne Reeves? *sigh* LOVE it!!

Okay, you are the second person to comment about Silent Night and I SWEAR that I thought I had it on there! And I can’t figure out why I don’t! That version is a classic in my extended family; we sang it as a group at the close of every Christmas Eve talent show. I checked my iTunes and see that I do have it in my library, but I don’t know why it didn’t make it to the favorites cd. Hmmph!

I love Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC and the Mariah Carey song. Looks like I will be downloading some new songs from iTunes.

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