So I have some strong and totally ridiculous views on certain aspects of Christmas. For instance:
-I don't think that you should mix and match Christmas light colors. Pick a color, or a series of colors, and stick with it. I don't hate all LED versions of lights, but I really don't like the red, orange, and blue ones. They remind me of those chili pepper lights you sometimes see in Mexican restaurants. Okay, I might dislike all LED lights. I love those really fat old glass lights that glow with wanton disregard to your skyrocketing electric bill. I prefer them in the red, green, yellow combination, but have seen some red and white, and even green and white ones that are super cute too. They remind me of my childhood. I actually despair at Bella growing up in a world where only LED lights exist. The only time it is acceptable to mix the above mentioned lighting colors is if you're adding white icicle lights to a solid color. Someone nearby has their house trimmed in red, with white icicles everywhere. It's gorgeous. NEVER, under any circumstances, change the color of your lights in the middle of your roof line. Don't be lazy. I know you grabbed the wrong color at WalMart. Go change them over.
-Our tree has only white lights on it. Only white lights are acceptable. Decorations are mostly red, green, and gold. I have a couple of white ones, and one really special one that has a tiny bit of blue on it, but otherwise the colors are coordinating, though almost none of the ornaments are. The wrapping paper used on any gift under the tree, must meet the color criteria of the tree above. We found gorgeous blue and silver wrap this year, and we left it for slightly less beautiful, but matching, wrapping paper. This is when Peter laughed at me and called me a Christmas Nazi. He's not wrong. I have issues. My mother has multi-colored lights on the tree. She always has, she always should. Her tree would look wrong with white lights. I understand this is unreasonable, but it's the way it is.
-Christmas carols are classic for a reason. They live forever for a reason. I think Justin Beiber should possibly be sued for his version of Drummer Boy. You do not need to make a carol current, or cool, or different. That song has been beautiful for much longer than he's been alive and I find his version almost disrespectful to Christmas itself. I have no problem with making a new Christmas song. There are quite a few that I really love. I'll do a post soon and we can all share original Christmas songs we love, that'd be fun! But under no circumstances is it okay to totally change the feeling of, say, O Come All Ye Faithful so that it's "trendy" and "you". If you're famous and reading this - don't mess around with what is already great. Also, if you're famous and reading this, I need to update my privacy settings.
Speaking of Christmas carols, my favorite might be O Come O Come Emmanuel. I've actually never been able to pick a favorite. I do really love this one though. I love the haunting sound of it, and I adore the lyrics.
So here's the conundrum: So far, my favorite is the Bethany Dillon version. I have a feeling that there's a better one out there, but I haven't found it yet. For that matter, I can't even find a link to the one I like - it's not on YouTube that I can see. Get it on iTunes. You won't regret that dollar. I just LOVE the last verse of it, even though it breaks my cardinal rule of Christmas songs (don't ever change the original lyrics!). See? I'm flexible! She does a beautiful job on it, and the best part about it is that she doesn't rush it. I HATE speedy versions of this song.
So this challenge will be twofold:
Find me a better version of this song that isn't speedy or obnoxious.
ALSO
Tell me your favorite Christmas song, and your favorite version of it. I plan on listening to nothing else tomorrow and I'm needing to update my playlist.
-I don't think that you should mix and match Christmas light colors. Pick a color, or a series of colors, and stick with it. I don't hate all LED versions of lights, but I really don't like the red, orange, and blue ones. They remind me of those chili pepper lights you sometimes see in Mexican restaurants. Okay, I might dislike all LED lights. I love those really fat old glass lights that glow with wanton disregard to your skyrocketing electric bill. I prefer them in the red, green, yellow combination, but have seen some red and white, and even green and white ones that are super cute too. They remind me of my childhood. I actually despair at Bella growing up in a world where only LED lights exist. The only time it is acceptable to mix the above mentioned lighting colors is if you're adding white icicle lights to a solid color. Someone nearby has their house trimmed in red, with white icicles everywhere. It's gorgeous. NEVER, under any circumstances, change the color of your lights in the middle of your roof line. Don't be lazy. I know you grabbed the wrong color at WalMart. Go change them over.
-Our tree has only white lights on it. Only white lights are acceptable. Decorations are mostly red, green, and gold. I have a couple of white ones, and one really special one that has a tiny bit of blue on it, but otherwise the colors are coordinating, though almost none of the ornaments are. The wrapping paper used on any gift under the tree, must meet the color criteria of the tree above. We found gorgeous blue and silver wrap this year, and we left it for slightly less beautiful, but matching, wrapping paper. This is when Peter laughed at me and called me a Christmas Nazi. He's not wrong. I have issues. My mother has multi-colored lights on the tree. She always has, she always should. Her tree would look wrong with white lights. I understand this is unreasonable, but it's the way it is.
-Christmas carols are classic for a reason. They live forever for a reason. I think Justin Beiber should possibly be sued for his version of Drummer Boy. You do not need to make a carol current, or cool, or different. That song has been beautiful for much longer than he's been alive and I find his version almost disrespectful to Christmas itself. I have no problem with making a new Christmas song. There are quite a few that I really love. I'll do a post soon and we can all share original Christmas songs we love, that'd be fun! But under no circumstances is it okay to totally change the feeling of, say, O Come All Ye Faithful so that it's "trendy" and "you". If you're famous and reading this - don't mess around with what is already great. Also, if you're famous and reading this, I need to update my privacy settings.
Speaking of Christmas carols, my favorite might be O Come O Come Emmanuel. I've actually never been able to pick a favorite. I do really love this one though. I love the haunting sound of it, and I adore the lyrics.
So here's the conundrum: So far, my favorite is the Bethany Dillon version. I have a feeling that there's a better one out there, but I haven't found it yet. For that matter, I can't even find a link to the one I like - it's not on YouTube that I can see. Get it on iTunes. You won't regret that dollar. I just LOVE the last verse of it, even though it breaks my cardinal rule of Christmas songs (don't ever change the original lyrics!). See? I'm flexible! She does a beautiful job on it, and the best part about it is that she doesn't rush it. I HATE speedy versions of this song.
So this challenge will be twofold:
Find me a better version of this song that isn't speedy or obnoxious.
ALSO
Tell me your favorite Christmas song, and your favorite version of it. I plan on listening to nothing else tomorrow and I'm needing to update my playlist.
