Today’s song needs no explanation. Happy Christmas – John and Yoko

Today’s song is a family favorite. My aunt breaks out her recording of this song when she sees the first snow in upstate New York. She even calls my cousin and plays it through the phone. I hope all of you in the midwest can appreciate this right now. Suzy Snowflake – Rosemary Clooney

In honor of tonight’s season premiere of the Sing Off, today’s Christmas song features host Nick Lachey and the rest of his late 90s beloved boy band crew serenading us to a catchy pop tune. This Gift – 98 Degrees

It’s gotten awfully chilly here in the DC area, and considering western New York and the Midwest are currently being burried under pretty thick blanket of snow, today’s song is meant to warm you up a bit. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

Raise your hand if you watched Glee last night! My roommates and I have been listening to the Glee Christmas Album since we saw a brief ad for it two weeks ago after an episode of the songful show. While I thoroughly enjoy the whole album, I was pleasantly surprised to find this claymation Rudolph cover: The Most Wonderful Day of the Year from the Cast of Glee

To counter yesterday’s pop throwback Hanson tribute, today’s song is the original version of a classic old Christmas tune. According to my brief Wikipedia research, The Christmas Song was written by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells in 1944. The song was originally performed by the Nat King Cole Trio in 1946, but we often hear Nat King Cole’s 1961 version with a full orchestra on the radio. For fun (and because in order to be hip one must appreciate pop culture history), I found what I think is the original version, sans strings and still a pleasantly simple way to feel Christmassy. The Christmas Song, Performed by the Nat King Cole Trio

Today, I’m kicking off my Christmas Song of the Day series. I realize that it’s neither the day after Thanksgiving nor December 1st, but it’s a Monday and it feels right and this is my blog so I can do whatever I want and rules about when to play Christmas music are silly.  Today’s post comes from an old favorite. Sure, maybe Hanson initially caused us to wonder if they were all boys and talked about their record player like their affinity for the turntable made them legit rockers. But let’s face it, you loved them and you would probably still start to move if you heard MMMBop right now. For those of you who weren’t true fans, you’ll be happy to know that my sister was, and thus received their Christmas Album, “Snowed In” for Christmas when she was 9ish. And now I listen to it religiously throughout the Holiday season. Here’s a gem […]