Usually, I am not a party breaker. I hope you are not one of those either, as the most wonderful time of the year is at the doorstep and we should not be like Ebenezer Scrooge was. However, as I already mentioned some time ago to 
However, not to bring a misleading feeling and continue with the rant, and as I said I am usually not a party breaker... I do like some things around Christmas. I have some really nice memories from my early childhood about Christmas as it was celebrated only in the very closed circle of the family. We decorated the tree on Christmas eve, never before, and after dinner, which in our tradition is fish stew, some gifts always appeared under the tree. How? How was it possible? I remember an electric toy train we got one year and played with that in a delightful ambient... imagine, just the Christmas lights were on and some glittering reflections from the Christmas tree decorations that made it even more memorable. The heat of the fire from the furnace. The smell of orange and marzipan, which I didnt like that much back in time as now. Christmas songs of our tradition, that had nothing in common with the songs used in other parts of the world.
What I also like are the lights, all around in the cities. But, set with taste, of course. Maybe something modest as the photo I used as the cover one. Though, we see many times kitsch, not just in terms of decorations but also in the accompanying music that comes with these luminous effects. So, just silence and lights, please. Or, music on my selection. Well, here comes the tricky part, as lately I can not listen to the carols that are those that represent every Christmas in the "best way". I have a CD in the car, for the third year I think, and when December comes, I tend to put it while driving instead of the radio. But. There are only three songs I listen to. If I am not alone, which is just 1% of the cases, I ( we) listen to The First Noel through the voice of Whitney Houston - exactly this version. The second great voice that can come is Christina Aguilera with Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. That is all. When those songs finish, we switch to the radio or to silence. When I am alone, one other song is on. Wintersong by Sarah McLachlan.
This version that I have found is not the same as I have. The exact performance I have appears in the whole album on YouTube, if you want you can check out here and skip to minute 10:58. It is almost the same as the version shared here above. Not everyone would hear the difference but just a few chords and some of the words how she sings are different. I listen to it only when I am alone, like 99% of the time spent in my small four-wheeled-friend. This is the only song I can sing, from the beginning to the end. I listened to it so many times, and I know when and how she will breathe, where the vibrato in the voice, the phrasing, the way of pronunciation. Everything. So we, Sarah and I sing it once, and usually, there is room for half of the song before I arrive to work. Many times, if more traffic, two times. The route back home is the same. It gives an easy maths, four times every day that I listen to this song ;) No, I am not bored with it, and after December I will not put it until next year. And this way, every year.
I dont usually bring lyrics to my posts, and maybe should not do it this time either. But, if anyone wants to check them out, it can be seen in the following link... sing with Sarah and feel this song through singing. If not, then just listen to it.
