Tag Archives: Daily Dose of Christmas

Here’s an entire album for you! The Many Moods of Christmas is a collection of four suites of Christmas carols, set by Robert Russell Bennett. It was recorded in the 1960s, and then it was re-recorded in the 1990s for … Continue reading →

From Mr. Lennon, via Ms. McLachlan.

Sometimes you gotta swing!

I remember watching this sketch on Saturday Night Live years ago, but I’d never seen it on YouTube until now. And then there’s this, which I’ve used before:

An eternal favorite. Judy Garland’s performance of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is, for me, so iconic that I can barely stand any others. (Insert my usual rant about Frank Sinatra destroying the song’s meaning by changing the lyrics … Continue reading →

From King’s College in London, here is “O Holy Night”.

Victor Herbert’s “March of the Toys”.

Well, seeing as how nuclear annihilation seems to be back on the table as an option, here’s Weird Al and “Christmas At Ground Zero”.

I first heard this piece by John Rutter performed by the local high school choir at a Christmas concert a few years ago. It is, quite simply, one of the most achingly beautiful pieces I have ever heard. Here is … Continue reading →

Several different versions of “The Little Drummer Boy”. Which do you prefer?