All is Calm, All is Bright…
Two songs that provide the perfect soundtrack as the star rises over Bethlehem: Sinead O’Connor’s beautiful rendition of “Silent Night” and James Taylor’s lovely “Go Tell It On the Mountain”…and a happy Christmas to all of you…
Roll On, John….
Every year this fills us with sadness…and with hope:
The ghost of Christmas past
How are you feeling as Christmas nears? Sad? Nostalgic? Wistful? Disillusioned? Hurt? You are not alone. Here’s the late Jim Croce:
Hip to the holiday
OK, it’s really “Greensleeves,” but it sounds just like “What Child is This?” So here’s the John Coltrane Quartet, circa 1961, live at the Village Vanguard:
In the Bleak Midwinter
They say the darkest hour is just before the dawn. It’s true. Here’s a perfect song for winter solstice…”In the Bleak Midwinter,” sung beautifully by the choir at King’s College, Cambridge:
Cool Yule
Written by Steve Allen…sung by Louis Armstrong with the Commanders…circa 1953….Have yourself a cool Yule!
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree….
Bob…
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/sy-50273075001/bob_dylan_must_be_santa_official_music_video/
And Bruce (with jolly old Santa Clarence)…
Blue Christmas
Merry Christmas from Elvis…
And from Porky…
“We’ll Be Caroling Through the Night”
Christmas, every year, needs to include Donny Hathaway singing once again about “This Christmas.”
