Author Archives: Kelly Sedinger

I’ve always loved “The Little Drummer Boy,” so here are several to choose from. Pa rum pa pum pum!

In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (see the next post down), here’s the only Christmas song ever specifically composed for a James Bond movie: “Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?”

I love traditional Christmas music as much as anybody, but it’s also fun to hear Christmas music performed on non-traditional instruments! Here are a couple of selections of such:

Another song I feature annually: Dan Fogelberg’s Same Old Lang Syne. For my thoughts on this song, I refer you to this old post. Suffice it to say that this song’s bittersweet nature appeals to me more and more with … Continue reading →

Oddly, I cannot conceive of the Christmas Season without The Nutcracker, and yet to this day, I have never attended a live performance of the ballet. This is something I very much need to correct one of these years! But … Continue reading →

A Star Trek holiday classic!

Sometimes the definitive version of a song really is the first one. Here’s Judy Garland.

Wow…today is the birthday of the Chairman of the Board himself, Mr. Frank Sinatra! He would have been 104 today. What a star he was! There’s never been a time when his voice wasn’t a part of my life. One … Continue reading →