tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post6188010665281951402..comments2024-03-28T09:15:29.064-04:00Comments on BB Creations: Christmas Month of Songs or Carols or Teds or AlicesBirgithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-88655942518485041352022-12-07T23:20:06.255-05:002022-12-07T23:20:06.255-05:00My foodie friend Sally loves Il Divo, so I suspec...My foodie friend Sally loves Il Divo, so I suspect she'll be playing this. My favorite is Little Drummer Boy, but I did enjoy Carol of the Bells. Thanks for trying to get me in the mood for Christmas. I can't seem to get my cards out, either.<br /><br />Give Harley a snuggle for me, please.<br /><br />Bleubeard and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149710375520733752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-53347064333115356722022-12-07T21:08:55.724-05:002022-12-07T21:08:55.724-05:00Ohhhh I LOVE Christmas music and all three of your...Ohhhh I LOVE Christmas music and all three of your selections!! <br /><br />I completely agree that Sleigh Ride must be done at a quick tempo. You should feel like you're racing through the snow of the title conveyance during the entire tune. <br /><br />I couldn't possibly say what the first Christmas album we own, my parents loved Christmas and the music just as much as I did and we had scads of them for as long as I can remember. Over the years I've tried to replace them with CD's. One of my happiest days was when I found Calypso Christmas by The Depaur Chorus on CD-we had listened to it for years until the album wore out. My parents were so pleased to have it again, I actually played it today! <br /><br />My mother loved all the instrumentals and while I enjoy most of them I prefer vocals. Since we already had all the biggies of the season-Bing, the Andrews Sisters, Streisand, Sinatra, Doris Day, Burl Ives, Johnny Mathis etc.-for several years I hunted down less common albums from the golden period of the 40's and 50's and while not every one was a winner I've found some real treasures. I just love my Kate Smith and Jo Stafford albums as well as the Kingston Trio's "The Last Month of the Year" which contains one of my top two favorite Christmas songs "The White Snows of Winter". My other is "Mele Kalikimaka". One of my nieces and I have a competition each year to see who hears it first, but it MUST be the Bing Crosby/Andrews Sisters version and it has to be on the radio or in a store, no just playing it yourself. :-) joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-13501514140647980022022-12-07T18:21:24.389-05:002022-12-07T18:21:24.389-05:00I think we had the Harry Simeone Chorale album as ...I think we had the Harry Simeone Chorale album as well, but I can't be certain. John Holtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00545030511941957804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-8579046092640941622022-12-07T17:09:54.893-05:002022-12-07T17:09:54.893-05:00A doggie's life, especially one that lives ind...A doggie's life, especially one that lives indoors doesn't look too bad. It would be grand to just stretch out to take a snooze anytime. lol I loved listening to your Christmas music. Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride" is wonderful. Did Stephen inspire that pick? :D You're certainly welcome to link up with the 4M party if you'd like. ;) I hope you get your brother's scrapbook finished. Enjoy the Christmas season, dearie! Cathy Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01738079671642137018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-83274695252996445382022-12-07T16:00:27.507-05:002022-12-07T16:00:27.507-05:00I totally gave up on Christmas this year. Nothing ...I totally gave up on Christmas this year. Nothing wrong with gifting a scrapbook in March. Or April. Make it easy on yourself this year.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-21266400850132932652022-12-07T11:56:10.248-05:002022-12-07T11:56:10.248-05:00I have never owned a Christmas album!I have never owned a Christmas album!Anabel Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643196773717977697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-30852940491357616392022-12-07T09:09:50.883-05:002022-12-07T09:09:50.883-05:00Sorry you are struggling with your cards this year...Sorry you are struggling with your cards this year.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-62579168441497127072022-12-07T06:34:57.681-05:002022-12-07T06:34:57.681-05:00Hi, Birgit
Awww... I wish I were there to give Ha...Hi, Birgit<br /><br />Awww... I wish I were there to give Harley's belly a good scratchin'. Of course, I'd wait until he was finished with his beauty sleep. Don't you sometimes wish you were a dog and could just flop on the furniture and sleep blissfully without a care in the world, not fretting over yesterday or worrying about tomorrow?<br /><br />I enjoyed your musical interlude featuring sounds of the season. There are quite a few Christmas songs that rub me the wrong way, but not the ones you picked for us. I like all of your selections. I agree with your opinion that the song "Sleigh Ride" works better as a brisk, up tempo number. "Carol Of The Bells" is another song I never tire of hearing at this time of year. Yessum, it is a shame that Carlos Marin, a member of the Italian classical crossover vocal quartet Il Divo took ill and died just before Christmas last year. I read that he was replaced on tour by Mexican-American baritone Steven Labrie. I enjoyed their version of "O Holy Night." I have a version of that song coming up in my next post along with my own selection of holiday classics, (no hard rock), and I think you will enjoy that post which starts Saturday.<br /><br />I don't remember a Christmas album from my boyhood, only a few singles that come to mind, beginning with "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" by Jimmy Boyd. Listening to that record was one of my earliest memories, and so it was with "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas" by Gayla Peevey:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNDri18-eQ0<br /><br />Another very early memory is the song "Thumbelina" by Danny Kaye:<br /><br />Thumbelina, Thumbelina tiny little thing<br />Thumbelina dance, Thumbelina sing<br />Thumbelina what's the difference if you're very small?<br />When your heart is full of love you're nine feet tall<br /><br />I don't know if the above could be considered a Christmas song, but it just popped into my head, and I know you like Danny Kaye.<br /><br /> Another biggie from boyhood was Harley & The Singing Dogs doing their version of "Jingle Bells." :)<br /><br />Have a wonderful Wednesday, dear friend BB. I'll be waiting for you tomorrow, sitting in the balcony-- "At The Movies!" Shady Del Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07887100141814372022noreply@blogger.com