I was wrong- I found a lot of stuff! Pardon the super stupid links. Some are decent but most are either abbreviated or are incorporated into very strange, inexplicably unrelated videos.
Jingle Bells/Sleigh Ride – Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
La Virgin Lava Panales – Placido Domingo
Or Nous Dites, Marie – Chris Norman
Burgundian Carol – Joan Baez
Do you hear what I hear – Mahalia Jackson
White Christmas – Otis Redding
The Christmas Song – Mel Torme
The Gifts they Gave – Johnny Cash
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Pedro the Lion
Christmas – Leona Naess
Merry Christmas – Judy Garland
Mary, What You Going To Name That Pretty Baby? – Mike, Peggy and Penny Seeger
The Merriest – June Christy
Wintersong – Sarah McLachlan
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains
Christmas Bells – Perry Como
Silent Night – The Everly Brothers
Its Christmastime Again – Peggy Lee
Someday at Christmas – Stevie Wonder
Winter Weather – Fats Waller
Mary Had a Baby – Paul Robeson
Little Jack Frost Get Lost – Bing Crosby and Peggy Lee
Christmas Dreaming – Frank Sinatra
All I want for Christmas is You – Carla Thomas
Happy New Year – Nat King Cole
A Change at Christmas– The Flaming Lips
O Christmas Candle – Doyle Lawson
Maybe this Christmas – Ron Sexsmith
The Friendly Beasts – Johnson Mountain Boys
Santa Will Find You – Mindy Smith
Monday, December 21, 2009
I fully endorse this playlist:
From indiemuse.com last year; a really good selection!
Belle and Sebastian – Christmas Time is Here
Rogue Wave – Christmas
Blitzen Trapper – Christmas is Coming Soon
Daniel Johnston – Rock Around the Christmas Tree
Sufjan Stevens – We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Rilo Kiley – Xmas Cake
Deerhoof – Little Drummer Boy
The Flaming Lips – A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn’t So)
The Walkmen – The Christmas Party
The Kinks – Father Christmas
MP3: My Morning Jacket – Xmas Curtain
MP3: Low – Just Like Christmas
Belle and Sebastian – Christmas Time is Here
Rogue Wave – Christmas
Blitzen Trapper – Christmas is Coming Soon
Daniel Johnston – Rock Around the Christmas Tree
Sufjan Stevens – We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Rilo Kiley – Xmas Cake
Deerhoof – Little Drummer Boy
The Flaming Lips – A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn’t So)
The Walkmen – The Christmas Party
The Kinks – Father Christmas
MP3: My Morning Jacket – Xmas Curtain
MP3: Low – Just Like Christmas
The darkest midnight
December has flown by; I feel like Thanksgiving was last week. Yesterday, we had early christmas with the grandparents, siblings, s.o.'s, a cousin, and a mom. It was very jolly and silly and a pleasant time was definitely had by all. It was a much needed experience as I feel like I haven’t gotten around to as many xmas elf activities this year as I would like but I figure it's ok to cut myself a little slack since 2009 has easily been the WORST YEAR EVER.
I would like to at least complete my xmas music mix so we'll see if that can be accomplished!
On that note, I will share a seasonal occurrence and the related thoughts it inspired:
Today I received a card from a coworker that was so outrageously religious it made me uncomfortable and strangely offended, which was a little exciting and new to me. This kind of behavior I’ll tolerate from family but for some reason, from strangers it seems even more offensive. I have made it a point to be tolerant and respectful of others' religious choices but, as an atheist, I know that few of my friends of christian faith particularly tolerate or respect that choice – technically my choice, and any choice that differs from following jesus, really upsets the prime christian directive.
It was interesting to feel actually offended by a piece of christian propaganda and it made me think: I think it's nearly unconscionably rude to force your faith on someone else, or presume that the person to whom you're speaking shares those same views (clearly I'm not a missionary (colonialism) fan). Since I have let go of faith, I have worked very hard to not assume or judge people based on faith and what irritates me about this is that my choice to tolerate and keep my opinions to myself (to possibly be shared loudly and with mild derision in the privacy of my own home with other like-minded individuals, but never mind that) is completely non-reciprocated.
My choice to live a faith-free life, to work consciously to free myself from the constraints of hope and fear, and to decorate uproariously at christmas as a nod to my christian, pagan, and mid-century american roots, has not ever been a belief that I feel I could or should brandish at friends and strangers of all faiths on a card. I'm not sure where this leaves me on the scale of offense so I'll just conclude with something like: boo to you, humans and culture!
Lastly! Pandora gripes: PANDORA! I DO NOT LIKE HAWAIIAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC and even though I love christmas music, I am not christian! So, that means the do-not-play list is as follows: no hawaiian xmas music, contemporary-christian carols, or hanukkah songs. How's that for a demonstrated exercise in tolerance!
I would like to at least complete my xmas music mix so we'll see if that can be accomplished!
On that note, I will share a seasonal occurrence and the related thoughts it inspired:
Today I received a card from a coworker that was so outrageously religious it made me uncomfortable and strangely offended, which was a little exciting and new to me. This kind of behavior I’ll tolerate from family but for some reason, from strangers it seems even more offensive. I have made it a point to be tolerant and respectful of others' religious choices but, as an atheist, I know that few of my friends of christian faith particularly tolerate or respect that choice – technically my choice, and any choice that differs from following jesus, really upsets the prime christian directive.
It was interesting to feel actually offended by a piece of christian propaganda and it made me think: I think it's nearly unconscionably rude to force your faith on someone else, or presume that the person to whom you're speaking shares those same views (clearly I'm not a missionary (colonialism) fan). Since I have let go of faith, I have worked very hard to not assume or judge people based on faith and what irritates me about this is that my choice to tolerate and keep my opinions to myself (to possibly be shared loudly and with mild derision in the privacy of my own home with other like-minded individuals, but never mind that) is completely non-reciprocated.
My choice to live a faith-free life, to work consciously to free myself from the constraints of hope and fear, and to decorate uproariously at christmas as a nod to my christian, pagan, and mid-century american roots, has not ever been a belief that I feel I could or should brandish at friends and strangers of all faiths on a card. I'm not sure where this leaves me on the scale of offense so I'll just conclude with something like: boo to you, humans and culture!
Lastly! Pandora gripes: PANDORA! I DO NOT LIKE HAWAIIAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC and even though I love christmas music, I am not christian! So, that means the do-not-play list is as follows: no hawaiian xmas music, contemporary-christian carols, or hanukkah songs. How's that for a demonstrated exercise in tolerance!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
The majority
of americans do not share my feelings on christmas carols: Check out this Culture Monster article. Really? O Holy Night? It would be interesting to hear it in french, though.
Also, Pandora, stop playing Hanukkah songs for me. I feel anti-Semitic every time I thumb them down.
Also, Pandora, stop playing Hanukkah songs for me. I feel anti-Semitic every time I thumb them down.
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