Dancing my way into the Christmas spirit…

Ok, so… tiny budget, tiny house and tiny hands.

Combined, these things make christmas decorating just that little bit trickier. For example large, real christmas trees just aren’t very practical when you have a wee adventurer with sticky fingers and a love of climbing and all things shiney.

But – I just LOVE christmas. And I’m determined to love it this year even with our limitations…

So to begin with – I start with Christmas music.

Oh, it has such a distinctive sound! I only have to hear the beginnings of a carol and I’m already smelling pine and seeing lights.

Songs have such a powerful effect on us – and can triggor old and forgotten memories for me. I really want Micah to associate christmas music with lovely family scrummy days!

So over the past few weeks, I’ve been hunting. I’ve been ferriting out various artists and songs, checking other blogs for ideas, doing random searches on Itunes, and slowly building up a little collection of Christmas songs that get me all tingly and ready for our first ‘family’ christmas.

I’m keen to share some of my favs… so here’s a list of some of them. They’re all on itunes, so you can listen to snippets of them to your heart’s content if you so desire…

The First Noel     Sarah McLachlan

Silent Night (duet)    Over the Rhine

Carol of the Bells       Straight No Chaser

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas    Judy Garland

Jingle Bells      Frank Sinatra

Breath of Heaven     Amy Grant

The Christmas Song     Ella Fitzgerald

Mistletoe and Wine    Cliff Richard

Christmas Tonight    David Barnes and Hilary Scott

Baby It’s Cold Outside     Leeanne Womack and Harry Connick Jnr

Song For a Winter’s Night    Sarah McLachlan

Carol of the Bells     BarlowGirl

 

So there you are… Some of my ABSOLUTE favourites… Hope you enjoy 🙂

But… how about you? Do you have any songs that just spell Christmas to you?! Any songs that, until you hear them… it’s just not Christmas?

I would LOVE to know what songs get you dancing your way into the Christmas spirit…. so if you have a moment, please share!