Anne Estelle Singingby
Mary Engelbreit
It's an old refrain. I didn't appreciate what I had until it went missing. Happily my choir can get along nicely without me now; they each carry their parts beautifully. It wasn't always that way.
One year our family went Christmas caroling to the neighbors. At the first door we burst into a rendition of Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The kids were enthusiastic for the first few bars, but something dimmed as we sang "you would even say it glows." By name-calling time there were only a couple of little voices left, and it was just Dee and me warbling "then one foggy Christmas Eve..."
Have you ever noticed how long that song is? I did, as we were squeaking out "Won't you guide my sleigh tonight..." while our audience stood barefoot, with their front door open to the wind, impatiently waiting for us to hand over the cookies and go home.
I do my Christmas caroling in the car now.
A Winter Symphonyby
Sarah Brightman
I crank up the volume and pretend I'm a soprano!
Any favorites?
Have you tried Enya's new Christmas CD from this year? There are some really beatiful songs on there. The favorites in our house are The Chipmunk Song {Christmas Don't Be Late} and When Chrismtas Comes To Town from the Polar Express. My son digs the chipmunks and my daughter loves the Polar Express. :0)
ReplyDeleteJust give me a vacuum cleaner handle and turn on Barbra (she's finally got a Christmas cd) and I can belt out every song.
ReplyDeleteWillie Nelson (Pretty Paper), Amy Grant, Peter Breinholt, Neil Diamond, James Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Jewel....put those on with a warm fire....nothing better.
ReplyDeleteIf you enjoy Sarah Brightman, you should try Michael Crawford's Christmas CD. It might be difficult to get past hearing "the Phantom" sing Christmas songs at first, but there are some lesser-known Christas carols and an amazing medley on the CD that make it worth having in your collection!
ReplyDeleteWe still listen to John Denver and The Muppets Christmas CD--corny, I know. (Good 'ol John) I love Enya, so I'll have to check out her Christmas CD. Thanks for the idea Ashlee.
ReplyDeleteOOOoooo, I'm also and Enya fan and didn't realize she had a Christmas CD.
ReplyDeleteI too have lost my voice, though I'm hoping it will return this week. If I'm fortunate it'll still be a good twenty years or so before I sing Bass next to Ryan in the choir.
Kristen Chenoweth has a new one out this year -- so does Harry Conick Jr --- lovely
ReplyDeletei have a question...will i 'find my voice' since i never had one?
ReplyDeleteIt has always been a kind of dream of mine to do some of that traditional christmas caroling door to door but honestly, with the harsh winters we have here, our voices would freeze and our neighbours would be peeking through the keyholes to keep the warm in the house lol...was -30C here yesterday, and today we have gotten over a foot of snow lol
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas too you!!