12 Days of Christmas Music 2012

Day 1 - December 14th 2012

Welcome to my 2nd annual 12 Days of Christmas Music!

This year, let's start Christmas with Dino... Here are 16 of his greatest - turn it on and let it play. A wonderful way to start your day!

Merry Christmas...

Merry Christmas loves! 

I want to thank you all - friends, family, bloggy buddies - for enhancing my life and allowing me to share yours. This year has been full of ups and downs, this blog and all it has brought into my world has definitely been an "up". I am so grateful for all the friends I've made in bloggy land. You all mean more to me than you know! I am looking forward to a wonderful 2012 - and can't wait to see what this blog will bring in the new year!

I will be taking a break from the internet this week, spending some time with family and friends. I will see you all in the new year (unless something that absolutely can NOT wait pops up!)

Until then my dears - have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

12(ish) Days of Christmas Music...

A song for that "special someone"...

12(ish) Days of Christmas Music

In memory of a troubled soul...

12(ish) Days of Christmas Music

12 Days of Christmas Music

Here's one of my favorite Christmas/Winter songs from my absolute FAVORITE Christmas movie! 

What's your favorite Christmas movie?

12(ish) Days of Christmas

This song really needs no introduction - simply enjoy...

12 Days of Christmas Music - Colbie Caillat

12(ish) Days of Christmas Music - Day 9

I love Christmas lights - one thing I miss about living in Georgia is the elaborate Christmas lights displays people would put up on their houses. 
We used to drive around every year just to look at Christmas lights. No need to pay money to go see the zoo lights, etc. The people here don't decorate like they did in Georgia. I don't know if it's just the part of Arizona that I live in - but we might get a few neighbors throwing a string of lights in a tree with a "Feliz Navidad" sign and that's about it. Seriously. One block down from my house, the guy has a blinking "Feliz Navidad" sign in his tree. I think it might be time to move... 
In contrast - there was a guy who's house we used to drive by every year in Georgia who had a red convertible he'd decorate and have a stuffed Santa sitting in it waving at everyone. And that was only PART of his lights display! I miss that. I suppose when you live in a neighborhood of huge houses on 1/4th of an acre lots you don't exactly have much room to be elaborate with the decorations. And we always have the HOA's to contend with. I'm feeling quite nostalgic right now and would love to move back to the country - where we have things like this...

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And that brings us to today's Christmas song. This is really cool - I didn't even know you could do this to your house until this year. I suppose I just never really thought about it... Check it out! 

What's the best Christmas lights display you've ever seen? If you send pictures I'll post them! 

12 Days of Christmas Music

I'm a little late to do the whole "12 Days' thing. It will be more like 10 days of Christmas music if you count yesterday's post... and I'm gonna count yesterday's post :) For those of you who know me well, you already know that "Late" is my middle name and would expect nothing less than a late start to MY 12 Days of Christmas Music! 

I love Christmas - and I love music. So clearly I love to put two of my favorite things together. The result: I LOVE CHRISTMAS MUSIC! We have a local radio station here in the Phoenix area that starts playing  Christmas tunes 24/7 around Thanksgiving. My radio at work has been tuned in ever since. My alarm clock is set to wake me up to festive music every morning. Love...

So here it is folks - the Belle of the Desert's 12 10 Days of Christmas Music!  

Day #9: Kenny Chesney's All I Want For Christmas is a Real Good Tan

(pic via via my iPhone - I am lame and took a picture of my own desktop background.)

Check back tomorrow as I continue the countdown to the best day of the year with a celebration of my Christmas music favorites!