I’ve always found this carol haunting and beautiful.

First, I love any counting that involves a unit of 20. Secondly, this group sounds so lovely performing this song.

So, this song always made me giggle because there is that line, “later on we’ll conspire as we dream by the fire” which could so easily be “we perspire”. Yes, internally, I’m like 12 years old.

Bing Crosby rocks out in this rendition. It is very enjoyable.

Chuck Berry’s the best. That is all.

First, I love this song because of the syntax in lyrics. Also, I think the harmonies and the violins are a nice touch in this rendition of the carol. Enjoy.

So, this is another song that again reminds me of the little things that make everything better. But, this one is more about interpretation than the little things themselves. For example, stoplights do blink a bright red and green and normally that means stop and go. But, it doesn’t always.

Additionally, Rosemary Clooney just kicks so much behind. Her voice is so gorgeous.

I think this a great song. It reminds me that little things can make everything better.

This is the Muppets’ interpretation of the Carol of the Bells. It is classic.

So, xkcd recently had a comic about how Christmas tradition, in particular the music you hear on the radio, is just recreating the childhood of baby boomers. And whether that’s true or not is irrelevant for me. What I found interesting was when all of these songs, that have from my perspective “always been” came out. And, of course this old chestnut was released in the 1940′s. All of those soldiers away at the front during the second world war would be thinking about home at Christmas. And, everyone at home would be thinking about their soldiers.