Well, technically it started in November, with "Feliz Navidad" acting as a bridge between a very long musical celebration of Hispanic Heritage month into the holidays.
Last December I didn't really feel like doing Christmas songs and mostly I didn't.
This year was not quite as hard, I guess, but there still wasn't a coherent theme or anything.
Since I had "Feliz Navidad", it reminded me of songs that we sung in Spanish class and French class, and I did bring in some of those.
I also brought in random songs that happened to cross my mind.
There were little mini-themes, like songs that people try to avoid and dance-related songs, but it was never planned out that far ahead and at the end it turned kind of dark.
I was thinking that maybe last year was harder than this year, but it was just differently hard.
Next year could be a doozy, but then I might overcompensate with my Christmas cheer.
It's just too early to say.
Daily songs:
11/24 “Feliz Navidad” by Jose Feliciano
11/25 “Cascabeles” from Love to Sing
11/26 “The ’59 Sound” by The Gaslight Anthem
11/27 “Grand Saint Nicolas” from Claudia AB
11/28 “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” by Sly & The Family Stone
11/29 “Il est né, le divin enfant” from The Best Christmas Songs
11/30 “Helena” by My Chemical Romance
12/1 “Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle” by Cambridge Singers and City of London Sinfonia
12/2 “Patapan” by The Stairwell Carolers
12/3 “Calypso Noel” by Johnny Mathis
12/4 “Mary’s Prayer” by Danny Wilson
12/5 “I Wanna Be Rich” by Calloway
12/6 “I’m Still Standing” by Elton John
12/7 “It’s a Living Thing” by Electric Light Orchestra
12/8 “I Can Dream About You” by Dan Hartman
12/9 “We Need a Little Christmas” by the Muppets from A Muppet Family Christmas
12/10 “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid
12/11 “Last Christmas” by Wham
12/12 “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey
12/13 “The Little Drummer Boy” by The Harry Simeone Choir
12/14 “Bring Me Love” by John Legend
12/15 “Life Day Song” performed by Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in The Star Wars Holiday Special
12/16 “Christmas Waltz” by The Carpenters
12/17 “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee
12/18 “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms
12/19 “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever” by Perry Como
12/20 “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” by Thurl Ravenscroft
12/21 “Ring Out Solstice Bells” by Jethro Tull
12/22 “For Unto Us a Child Is Born” from Handel’s Messiah, performed by The Tabernacle Choir
12/23 “Happy Holidays” by Billy Idol
12/24 “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Spock” from John C. Worsley
12/25 “A Heart to Hold You” by Keane
12/26 “There’s Always Tomorrow” from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, sung by Janis Orenstein
12/27 “O Bambino (One Cold and Blessed Winter)” by The New Christy Minstrels
12/28 “Mistletoe Blues” by Prima Donna
12/29 “St. Elmos’s Fire (Man in Motion) by John Parr
12/30 “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” by R.E.M.
12/31 “Paint It Black”by The Rolling Stones
Related posts:
https://sporkful.blogspot.com/2024/12/daily-songs-for-hispanic-heritage-month.html
https://sporkful.blogspot.com/2024/01/daily-songs-for-december-mostly.html
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