Christmas Music, Lights, Cheer, Love!

I haven't listened to any seasonal music until today. I always loved Christmas music, even when I was a kid and didn't celebrate the holiday. It's lovely, so warm and fun to have this music playing in the house.  What better way to enjoy making the house beautiful for the family celebrations tonight? I have many of these in multiple versions, each with their own style.

You guessed it - these beam me on, and on, and on.

• Angels We Have Heard On High
• Away In A Manger
• Baby, It's Cold Outside
• Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light
• Carol Of The Bells
• The Chipmunk Song
• Christmas Canon
• The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
• Come All Ye Faithful
• Coventry Carol
• Deck the Rooftop
• Ding Dong Merrily On High
• Do You See What I See
• Feliz Navidad
• The First Noel
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
• Good King Wenceslas
• Hallelujah Chorus
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
• Here Comes Santa Claus
• The Holly And The Ivy
• I'll Be Home for Christmas
• I Saw Three Ships
• I Wonder as I Wander
• Jingle Bells
• Joy To The World
• Last Christmas
• Little Drummer Boy
• Merry Christmas Darling
• The Most Wonderful Day of the Year
• O Christmas Tree
• O Holy Night
• O Magnum Mysterium
• Patapan
• Santa Baby
• Silent Night
• Silver Bells
• Sleigh Ride
• We Need a Little Christmas
• Welcome Christmas
• What Child Is This
• You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch

Cool digital art

My two favorites are:


Joseph Nechvatal




Marco Brambilla

The Feeling of Being on Top of the World

"Top of the World" by The Carpenters

Such a feelin's comin' over me
There is wonder in most every thing I see
Not a cloud in the sky, got the sun in my eyes
And I won't be surprised if it's a dream

Everything I want the world to be
Is now comin' true especially for me
And the reason is clear, it's because you are here
You're the nearest thing to Heaven that I've seen

I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world

Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

There is only one wish on my mind
When this day is through I hope that I will find
That tomorrow will be just the same for you and me
All I need will be mine if you are here

I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world

I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world

Beautiful Phantom Doll

I can't find a video of this one, sorry! Thanks to Suzanne for sending this to me. It's grown on me since you sent it. It's in my top ten list for singing now. And I'm going outside... to sing it.... now.

Tracy Grammer, "Phantom Doll"

raggedy ann came out to play
kittened a thin disguise against the day
painted a face across the mask
victim of the looking glass:
store windows are cruel
mannequin charms outshine her own
running away from her reflection home
hangin her head behind the door
sleepin on the kitchen floor

in glorious dreams
she walks outside her skin
her face so fine, her waist so thin
her voice like chimes and mandolins
beautiful phantom doll
saturday night on circus street
beating a long and ill-conceived retreat
carnival barkers bar her way
she never hears a word they say

in glorious dreams
she strolls, the boys beseech
the venus queen of venice beach
so near, so ever out of reach
beautiful phantom doll

midnight, the struggle is over
rise up, lily-white delicate shoulders
outside, the poets all know her
all of her children are waiting…

beggars and wrecks line junkyard lanes
tiffany slippers click-clack through the rain
rickety bones and sheer chiffon
dancin on the mayor’s lawn

in glorious dreams
they glide through gilded rooms
the drakes and gravely pale dragoons
the wasted daughters of the moon
beautiful phantom doll

raggedy andy wrote this song
scribbled it here where oceans meet the dawn
scuttled away on hansen claws
cinderella sailors draw

on glorious dreams
sunrise, she spins her spells
on rising tides of wishing wells
on aphrodite lotus shells
beautiful phantom doll