No music in this post, as it's been a rather busy day. I do have a few more albums I want to post about, though, so I'll try to get at least one more post out before Christmas to wrap things up for the year.
I wanted to try something a little different today and ask a question to everyone who reads this: where does your love of Christmas music come from?
I came up with this idea earlier today when I was kneading bread dough and listening to Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Christmas Eve and Other Stories for what is probably about the hundredth time. I got that album in 1997, and it was the first Christmas album I ever owned. I think I got another one or two albums that year, but that was really the one that started it all for me. The combination of traditional Christmas music with progressive rock and heavy metal was unlike anything I had ever heard before, and it fit perfectly with my taste at the time. The following year I really began collecting Christmas music in earnest, and at this point in my life it's something bordering on an obsession - I'm always on the lookout for new songs and new versions of old songs, hence all the music that I find and share with you here.
So does anyone else have a special album or song to which they can trace back their love of Christmas music? If so, please share it in the comments. I'd love to know where everyone who reads this blog is coming from musically.
I wanted to try something a little different today and ask a question to everyone who reads this: where does your love of Christmas music come from?
I came up with this idea earlier today when I was kneading bread dough and listening to Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Christmas Eve and Other Stories for what is probably about the hundredth time. I got that album in 1997, and it was the first Christmas album I ever owned. I think I got another one or two albums that year, but that was really the one that started it all for me. The combination of traditional Christmas music with progressive rock and heavy metal was unlike anything I had ever heard before, and it fit perfectly with my taste at the time. The following year I really began collecting Christmas music in earnest, and at this point in my life it's something bordering on an obsession - I'm always on the lookout for new songs and new versions of old songs, hence all the music that I find and share with you here.
So does anyone else have a special album or song to which they can trace back their love of Christmas music? If so, please share it in the comments. I'd love to know where everyone who reads this blog is coming from musically.
