What gets you most into the holiday spirit? Do you enjoy decorating your home with lights and small ornaments or are you more of the person who simply enjoys the company of friends and family for dinners and festive evenings? I enjoy both of these holiday events, but what really gets me into the holiday season is nothing other than Christmas music!
There is something about Christmas music’s cheery tone that I can’t escape. No matter how wishful or cliché they may be, I merrily sing along to all. In high school, my sister and I would blare Maria Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You, every morning and evening on our way to and from school and any other time we got in the car and felt the impulse to listen to it, which happened frequently during the month of December. Maybe it is those fond memories that leave a weak spot in my heart for Christmas music.
I was in one of my classes recently and I heard someone say they absolutely hated Christmas music. I was appalled! It was similar to the way Tinkerbelle felt whenever she heard someone say they didn’t believe in fairies. Ok, maybe that’s an extreme comparison, but that is what it felt like.
You can bet that I get through finals with the help of my trusted musically talented professionals serenading me in the background. I don’t know where I would be without them. I could listen to the entire album of the Nutcracker on repeat for hours. I even listen to it when it is not the holiday season. This is telling of how obsessed I am.
My favorites beside All I Want for Christmas is You and the Nutcracker are Dean Martin’s White Christmas, Linus and Lucy, Charlie Brown, and Rocking Around the Christmas Tree.
I get awfully sad when December 26th roles around and radio stations stop playing my beloved music. However, it is only December 8th, so I am in the prime of my Christmas music marathon!
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