SILENT NIGHT...NOT! OK...I DID get carried away with the music list this week. ( count 'em...21?) But once I started looking for Christmas Songs, I could not quit. Christmas is all about MUSIC, in my opinion. You have heard some of this before, but...Oh well...what the heck.........

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Childhood Christmas Memory:

I was 5 years old when we got our first high tech music system :-). My parents KNEW that this would be a BIG deal for me. Apparently, I DID display an interest in all kinds of music at a very early age and I am still not sure why I was not "persuaded" to play an instrument. Anyway...on my 5th Christmas Morning...there it was in the enclosed hallway by the stairs that led up to our second story apartment. They did not bring inside because they didn't want to take the chance of it being seen before Morning. (I was a sneaky little kid). It was a MAGNAVOX HI-FI console...shiny cherry wood with gold trim....very cool for 1960. On the top, where the sliding door was, opening up to the turntable...the PERRY COMO ALBUM that you see at the beginning of this ...memory. I LOVED HIM. We watched his Christmas Special every year. And...he reminded me of my favorite Uncle. I was thrilled. The next year..one of my BIG surprises was an ANDY WILLIAMS Christmas Album. Oh sure, I got toys and clothes just as I did the previous year and every year thereafter. But MUSIC...was magical. And as our record collection grew, so did my love of music and my tastes. There was Frank, Dean, Doris... (I was on first name basis with ALL of them) and Classical, Jazz, showtunes. (You may remember my POST about how Music effects us and how I memorized all the lyrics of the "My Fair Lady, West Side Story and The Sound of Music" soundtracks by the time I was ten years old.) I loved it all. I played it all...on my own. Then as I got older...there was the Beatles and the Monkees....and whatever singing heartthrob of the week got my attention. But that 'new' music did not replace what I was brought up with....it was added to my personal repertoire. It was not unusual for me to buy some McCartney and Sinatra on the same day. I can still SMELL the Vinyl Records and the electrical/woodsy scent of the " Hi-Fi set", as my father called it. You know, even though I love technology and high quality recording, I do miss LP's, don't you? Is it just nostalgia or is there something more to it? But...I must admit that the swiftness in which we can now in this day and age look up songs and listen to music on our home computers is kind of like...heaven. I hope you enjoy listening to the playlist as much as I enjoyed creating it. And I am hoping that my daughter will not mind when I log on to my BLOG at her house In St. Louis, where I will be spending Christmas this year...just so I can listen to MY music. :-) See you after Christmas! Hey...Click HERE for my Christmas Greeting for all of YOU.