13 - The Jingling One

It's Jingle Bells.  And it's Michael.... again.

Honestly, have you bought the song yet?  I've previewed at least half the album for you. :)

Honestly, with my love of Michael aside, this is one of the best versions of Jingle Bells out there. It's fun and playful. And, the Puppini Sisters are kind of awesome.

If you listen to his studio clip from the production of the song (yes, I follow Michael on YouTube), he says that he wanted to emulate his favorite version of the song, Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters.  Honestly.... that was my favorite version too!!!  I knew Michael and I were destined to be friends.

For those of you that don't know, here's an extra bonus song... the Bing Crosby version.  Can you hear the similarities?

14 - The Unknown One

I'm not sure how many people would know this song for today.  It's by a well known artist, Frank Sinatra, but it's not a very common song.

It is, however, one of my all time favorites (top 5 for sure).

"I wouldn't trade Christmas" by Frank Sinatra and his kids is a great holiday song.  It is my holiday anthem....  for all of those who love Christmas more than all the other holidays combined.

Also, for an extra bonus, you might enjoy this other less common song by Frank, Old Fashioned Christmas.

For all the single ladies

 found on pinterest

Christmas spirit

Since this week is my last week in the office until after Christmas, we have a few holiday activities taking place. In keeping up with the spirit, I have bright red nails.  And I LOVE them.

The red is a really old "Revlon Red" I had in my collection and the glitter on the tips is actually a glitter glue pen from Martha Stewart.  It's the perfect match and so easy to use on my nails.

 (sorry, the photo was pre-clean up.)

Also, I've been wearing the same winter coat (only one nice one) for over 7 years.  It's showing it's wear.  So when I got an email that said that outerwear was on sale at Jcrew AND I had a gift card, I couldn't resist browsing.  And wouldn't you know, my favorite coat was seriously on sale.  So I treated myself.  It came on Friday afternoon and I couldn't wait to try it on.

I wore the sock bun again today.  It seriously is the perfect go-to when you need your hair to look nice, but don't want to spend a ton of time on it.  My hair gets pretty curly in the ponytail at the end of the day, so I might mess around on Friday for the Holiday lunch.

*sweater, Jcrew, jeans - Gap, shoes - Nine West

15 - The coupley One

"The snow is flowing..."

I love "I've got my Love to Keep me Warm" by Dean Martin.  Sure, it's not specifically Christmas, but it's definitely holiday and wintery.

This is another song you can hear on just about every radio station during the holiday season.  I can't help but sing along with it!

16 - The One from the Claymation Movie

There's Santa Clause is coming to town and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and a few other Christmas specials all made in the 60s and 70s.  They are quintessential holiday movies.  Everyone knows them.  (Although, I found out at work the other day that there are adults that have never seen these before.... I'm not sure how that's possible.)

Burl Ives sings "A Holly Jolly Christmas" in Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.  My office watched this movie last week and it was hilarious.  It's so funny watching these movies as adults and seeing how they can be pretty inappropriate lessons for kids.  If you are different, you are a misfit?  Nice.  :)

At least the music and ultimate ending saves the day!

17 - The second favorite

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is my second favorite Christmas song.  (The first is coming later.)

Everyone that ever makes a Christmas album does a version of this song....  so how do I pick my favorite version?  There are a couple that I had a hard time choosing between.  My selection for today's post comes from Michael Buble.  (His third time on this countdown.)

He has such a cool voice that it makes this version seem traditional and modern at the same time.  That's possible right?