Wishing you the happiest of holidays

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah/Chanuka, or something entirely different or nothing at all, I hope you have the happiest of days and get to spend time with friends and loved ones or otherwise doing something that makes you happy. This is a short and busy week for me as well as most of us, I assume, so I am keeping today's Music Monday/4M short and simple. I have two songs to share - the first is one of my favorite lighthearted songs of the season and the other is a repeat appearance from Christmases past. If you've been reading my blog for a while, you'll know it's just not a Christmas post from me without its inclusion:

Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

Jimmy Fallon, Tracy Morgan, Chris Kattan and Horatio Sanz - I Wish It Was Christmas Today

For more music, head to Dolly's to listen - and play along!

Howdy!

Just wanted to drop in for a quick Music Monday post before Christmas. Is anyone doing the Music Monday hops this close to Christmas? I hope so, because I have missed all my Music Monday people!

I haven't really gotten into the Christmas spirit this year because, just like Thanksgiving, I'm working too much to go visit family, and my son will be gone. (Visiting family, gift-giving and merriment is scheduled for Mid-January around my youngest son's birthday, so while everyone else is over the holidays and struggling to keep their New Year's Resolutions, the party will just be getting started for me!) So aside from taking a moment to reflect on the "reason for the season" when I have a day off on Christmas day, I'll just be spending late Christmas Eve and Christmas Day cuddling my furbabies, reading, getting caught up on housework, getting caught up on my tv-watching, and working on my obligatory year-end post which I really hope you'll all return for.

Christmas really snuck up on me this year - still seems to me like it ought to be two or three weeks away! Even though a tree didn't go up and cards weren't sent this year, I will still indulge in some holiday music here for a quick minute. And guess what? It doesn't even feature anything from the fake Megadeth Christmas Album! Here are a few of my over-played, certainly previously-posted-here yet beloved-all-the-same Christmas tunes:

Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley

Run Run Rudolph - Chuck Berry
Or is it "Run, Rudolph Run"? According to this YouTube vid, it is. But I never knew that!

I Wish It Was Christmas Today - Jimmy Fallon, Horatio Sans, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan
(I guess SNL removed their official video. Boo. Hiss.)

Howdy, y'all!

I know I have neglected this blog for so long now, but I do have plans for a re-launch around the end of the month. I will also be embarking on new blogging journeys at that time, but I'll touch base a bit more with that at a later date. I plan on doing a catch-up post to usher the this year out, but until then I will be attempting to revitalize my "participatory" posts. Hopefully find my groove.....again.

So today is Music Monday! And throughout the month of December, the theme is "Christmas." I know not everyone celebrates Christmas, but I do, and have a few holiday favorites to share.




First up is something that ALWAYS makes me smile......



"I Wish it was Christmas Today"

Love it. Love it. LOOOOVE it! This is everything that is right about (the frivolous side of) holiday music.

If you'd like to play along, head over to The Christmas Dolly's Place for the official rules, then just grab the button and leave your link.

Happy Monday!