“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.

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.