My Christmas playlist

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True confession: I find about 90% of Christmas music out there to be incredibly annoying.  I'm not one to get excited when radio stations start playing it nonstop.  It does the opposite of get me into the holiday spirit.  If you love it, I think that's great.  I'm not hating or judging.  This is just my personal opinion.

For the past couple years, I've been on the hunt for the good stuff.  Here's a good mixture of Advent-related stuff, the classics, and newer music.   Here's my playlist of some of the Christmas music that I love.

-"Linus & Lucy" by the Vince Guaraldi Trio (A Charlie Brown Christmas)
-"Winter song" by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson (The Hotel Cafe presents Winter Songs)
-"Deliver Us" by Andrew Peterson (Behold the Lamb of God)
-"Go Tell it on the Mountain" by James Taylor (James Taylor at Christmas)
-"Last Christmas" by Jimmy Eat World
-"O Come All Ye Faithful" by Nat King Cole (Christmas Carols)
-"All I Want for Christmas" by Dave Barnes (Very Merry Christmas...this just came out and it's awesome!)
-"Come Thou Long Expected Jesus" by Derek Webb (Your King Has Come)
-"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas)
-"The First Noel/Mary Mary" by Sarah McLachlan (Wintersong)
-"White Christmas" by Bing Crosby (my favorite movie!)
-"Cool Yule" by Louis Armstrong
-"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" by Death Cab for Cutie (Maybe This Christmas Tree)
-"Holy Holy Holy" by Sufjan Stevens (Sufjan Stevens: Songs for Christmas)
-"Very Merry Christmas" by Dave Barnes (Very Merry Christmas)
-"Oh Holy Night" by Nat King Cole
-"Baby, It's Cold Outside" by James Taylor and Natalie Cole (James Taylor at Christmas)
-"River" by Joni Mitchell
-"O Come O Come Emmanuel" by Shane & Shane (Glory in the Highest)
-"Sister Winter" by Sufjan Stevens (Sufjan Stevens: Songs for Christmas)
-"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" by Ella Fitzgerald (Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas)


This is just a sample of some my favorites...in my mind, you can never go wrong with Louis Armstron and Ella Fitzgerald.  Throw in some hymns and A Charlie Brown Christmas, and you're good to go.

Starting tomorrow for the next week or so, I will be publishing a few in-depth posts about what God has done in my life this year.  It's mainly for me to remember and reflect, but I'm excited to share it here too!  Come on back tomorrow for installment #1.