This morning began with my mom’s baked berry oatmeal, followed by Jazzercise and decorating my family’s Christmas tree.
Apparently all that ornament hangin’ really got me in the Christmas spirit, because when Ryan and I arrived back in Orlando, we busted out our Christmas decorations and got to work! 
We decided to save the tree for another night, but our apartment is now bursting with holiday spirit.
We decorated while listening to a Christmas CD I made a couple of years ago. I had such a hard time finding a quality Christmas CD that I enjoyed listening to the whole way through, that I made my own by including many of my favorite songs on one CD.
Just in case you’re in the market for a fun holiday playlist to jam to in your car throughout the holiday season, I thought I’d share my list with you!
Warning: Boy bands do make an appearance in this play list. 😉
Enjoy!
- Whitney Houston – Do You Hear What I Hear
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Carol of the Bells
- Mannheim Steamroller – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
- Straight No Chaser – Twelve Days of Christmas (<—AWESOME!)
- Carrie Underwood – Oh Holy Night
- Jessica Simpson – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- ‘N Sync – The First Noel
- Elf Soundtrack – Baby It’s Cold Outside
- Michael Buble – Let it Snow
- ‘N Sync – Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
- Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas is You
- The Nutcracker – Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy
- Barenaked Ladies – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/ We Three Kings
- Dave Matthews Band – Christmas Song
- Mariah Carey – Silent Night
Feel free to let me know of any wonderful holiday songs I may have missed.
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my very favorite christmas song is sister hazel’s version of “have yourself a merry little christmas.” it makes me want to cuddle under the tree every time!
Great choices!
My fave Christmas album is “Snowed In” by Hanson. Yessss. It’s from way back in 1997, but it’s so good. I wish they would record some new Christmas music!
Oooh love this list! Thank you for sharing!
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by James Taylor is so touching that it makes me tear up because it reminds me of my parents.
Nice! I love instrumental Christmas music. I think my all time favorite Christmas cd is the Charlie Brown Christmas one. It’s soooo good! 🙂 Gotta love Pandora radio though! Christmas jazz rocks my world.
YES! Boy bands do go on christmas music lists!!!! I was just talking about this the other day… thank u for agreeing with me 😀
Hey, I see you have a Straight No Chaser song on your playlist. They are from my hometown and my husbands alma mater. Love them guys!
Happy decorating!
Yay yay and woot woot for the Dave Matthews “christmas song”! Its so good even year round haha! My sis just bought us tix to see him in Seattle on December 7th… BTW. 🙂
Great playlist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last Christmas by George Michael & Santa Baby…any version 🙂
Listening to Christmas music always makes me happy :). I love Last Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer & Jingle Bell Rocks ;).
You’ve got some of my favorites on that playlist! Manheim Steamroller’s version of “Silent Night” is also one of my favorites. It’s such a beautiful song. 🙂
I just bought the Glee Christmas CD and it is really really good!
Thanks for sharing the Straight No Chaser song – awesome. My favourite is Snoopy vs the Red Baron (Snoopy’s Christmas)
I love Faith Hill’s “Where Are You Christmas?”
I have most of those songs! The Dave Matthews Band song is my fav! I have the NSYNC cd too. Plus the Hanson one someone else mentioned. I found my 98 degrees Christmas cd the other day too, lol.
I think you’d really like
The Christmas Song- The Ravonettes
and
Christmas-Leona Naess
=)
I love Straight No Chaser! I downloaded their entire Christmas album last year. It is so good. The Glee cast just came out with a Christmas album that seems pretty good. Don’t know if you like that show or not, but I love it!
I am in the middle of making my own Christmas album so I appreciate your list. Brenda Lee does a great version of Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree. It is a classic and I love it! Michael Buble also does a good “My Grown Up Christmas List.” Love his music!
oh great songs! i love christmas music…listening to it today while working on a final project.
I am SO glad you included Straight No Chaser!! They are BY FAR my favorite for Christmas songs–you should check out their “The Christmas Can-Can” and “Carol of the Bells” songs. They also have a couple good non-Christmasy songs where they cover popular songs like “Fix You” by Coldplay.
This is a GREAT playlist, Julie! Thank you! I just watched the Straight No Chaser clip, and wow, they’re fantastic! A Capella is so underrated. 🙂
so funny- I thought I was the only daughter in the world who went to Jazzercise with her mom sometimes! Whenever I go home to visit, I go with her. It’s a good mix up from the regular routine (even though I’m usually the youngest in there!)
Fairytale of New York by the Pogues!
I love that Straight No Chaser song! They’re from Bloomington, IN…which is where Indiana University is…which is where I went to school my freshman year (transferred to Purdue).
So talented! And so fun!
I absolutely LOVE Colbie Calliatt’s Mistletoe. I’m also diggin’ the new Taylor Swift Holiday Album.
Merry Christmas! 🙂
Glee’s Christmas Cd ROCKS!! I never was a huge Xmas carol fan love the season, but the cds left me wanting more,but this one I listen to on repeat!
I really like your Christmas CD playlist! Love that you have Michael Buble on there! I am a huge fan! 🙂
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas” is my all-time favorite. Last year when I was driving back to Missouri for the holidays, I found a station that played it for an hour straight.
You would think it’d get old. Um… nope.
Loving the play list!
It’s definitely not Christmas without NSync!! I also love Barenaked Ladies & Michael Buble’s Elf’s Lament. Such a cute holiday song!
Made the berry oatmeal for breakfast yesterday too! Just subbed pumpkin for the oil and applesauce, worked perfectly. It’s so good and I’ll be eating that all week 🙂 Thanks for sharing this recipe!
I absolutely love the Christmas album by Point of Grace. I can’t remember if there are more of them, but if so, I’m talking about the first one. Definitely makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
Julie. You NEED Hanson Snowed In on this list! 😉
I just love Christmas music!!! I also love the food you make! Yummy!! You are missing the best songs ever for Christmas though….Casting Crowns cd called Peace on Earth. Check it out! My fav. song they sing is I heard the bells on Christmas day. It’s def. a winner!!
Ahh if you like Straight no chaser than you should look up on youtube “On the Rocks” !! I personally think they are better. I’m not sure if they have Christmas music ( I’m sure they probably do if you take a look) but their “bad romance” by lady gaga is amazing haha