The Christmas Song of the day is: Christmas Through Your Eyes by Gloria Estefan. This is a song that I remember from when I was a child. It’s a song that gives me Christmas feelings and I think the lyrics are where beautiful.
This song is always one my Christmas playlist. And I usually listen to it when I am decorating the tree or baking some Christmas goodies.
I hope you have an amazing Saturday.
Love, Nea
It’s Friday and today’s Christmas Song is a song that I actually listen to for the first time last year. And it’s not one of the classics but I like it.
I just love this song. I love when I found a new Christmas Song and this one with this amazing music video is just fantastic. And the band is new to me too. I hope I will find more songs made by them.
I hope you like it! Have an amazing Friday! I know I will.
Love, Nea
It’s Thursday and wanted to have an upbeat Christmas song to get through the day. So I choose: Here Comes Santa Claus. This is an oldie, that I love. I know my grandfather played it around Christmas from a tape. So this gives me memories from my childhood.
Gene Autry did the original in 1947. He also wrote the lyrics to this song. (source: Wikipedia)
But I know that there are many versions of this song. The populare Tv-show Glee did a version of this song.
I hope you liked today’s Christmas Song. Have an fabulous Thursday!
Love, Nea
The Christmas Song of the Day is: Do They Know It’s Christmas. I love this Christmas Song it gives me maximal Christmas feelings and I think it’s important to think of other people. And this song captures that.
I also like the thought behind Band Aid and I hope there will be more versions of the song in the future.
I hope you have an fantastic Hump Day!
Love, Nea
Today’s Christmas Song is: Maybe This Christmas with Sarah Dawn Finer. I think this song is really beautiful and I listen to this song when I am writing Christmas Cards or just enjoying the Christmas around the house.
Sarah Dawn Finer has a beautiful voice and she has done many more beautiful songs.
Hope you like today’s song. Have an fantastic Tuesday!
Love, Nea
The Christmas Song of the day is: Fairytale of New York. It was released by The Pogues in 1987. The song is written by Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer (source: Wikipedia).
This is a song that I always have on one of my Christmas playlists. I think its an amazing song, and it’s not like any other Christmas song. I think The Pogues original version is fantastic. Watch it down below.
And resently I found this veersion with Ed Sheeran and Anne-Marie. And I think this one is also really good. A Youtube-clip on it is down below.
I hope you have an amazing Monday.
Love, Nea
The Christmas song of the day is: It’s the most wonderful time of the year. I love this song. It’s happy and upbeat and the perfect song to listen to while decorating the house or driving in a winter landscape.
The song is written by Edward Pola and George Wyle in 1963. Andy Williams recorded it for his Christmas Album the same year. (source Wikipedia)
Even though I have heard a lot of different artists singing this song my favourite is Andy Williams original version.
But I also like Pentatonix version:
I will listen to both of them today while I decorate the house.
Have an amazing Sunday!
Love, Nea
I will try to post a post every day until Christmas about Christmas Songs that I love. I am starting this Christmas Countdown with: Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!”. This song was written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne in 1945 (according to Wikipedia).
I chose this song to begin with because I really want it to snow outside. I want to have a white Christmas and I don’t think I will see much snow if it doesn’t snow here at home. In Edinburgh will it probably not be snow next year when we move there.
There are a lot of different singers that sings this song. But I have three favorites and they are:
This one is a classic. I have grown up with this version and I love it. It gives me Christmas feelings.
I love Michael Bublés vioice and he does this song fantasticly.
I Love Lady Antebellum and I think their version of this song is joyful and great.
All these songs belong on my Christmas Playlist, but not directly after each other. Tomorrow it’s time for another Christmas Song.
So I am a big fan of Johnny Cash. And of course, June Carter. I grew up in a house where there was a lot of music playing, and have always listened to a lot of music. And I listen to almost every genre out there. But country music has a special place in my heart.
When “Walk the Line” came out in 2005, I needed to see it. Because it was about Johnny Cash and also about June Carter. And Joaquin Phoenix plays Johnny and Reese Witherspoon plays June which was a great plus for me.
I saw the movie and I loved it. The way Joaquin and Reese manage to capture the voices of Johnny and June. I think they did an excellent version of all the songs in the movie.
I am not going to try and write what the movie is all about, but you can watch the trailer here:
I love how the movie is more or less about the love between Johnny and June. It’s a beautiful story, even if people have been hurt in the process.
Here is a clip from the movie when Johnny plays at the prison:
But one of my favourite songs of Johnny Cash is: “I walk the Line”. Here is the version from the movie:
I know that the movie has won a lot of awards. One of which was an Oscar that Reese won for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. Here is a list of the awards and the nominations.
Have you watched the movie? What did you think?
Pink is this week’s Woman Crush. She has been a role model to me for years. She always been her self. I love her music. I think it gets better and better with every new realise.
I know that Pink is an animal rights activist and she supports many different charities and fights for peoples rights. She is also outspoken about LGBT community should have the same rights that everyone else.
- I’m very involved with PETA – People for Ethical Treatment of Animals – and Greenpeace and a lot of women’s shelter and clothing giveaways. ~Pink
- “I think the best day will be when we no longer talk about being gay or straight… It’s not a gay wedding, it’s just a wedding… It’s not a gay marriage, it’s just a marriage.” ~ Pink
Have you watched this speech that Pink made for her daughter at the 2017 VMA:s
I feel really inspired. Be how you are. Don’t change for anyone. We need more people in the world like Pink.
I really admire her for helping people around the world get accepted for how they are and that you shouldn’t change for anyone. Her music inspires people and they are amazing to have at parties.
I hope that you find Pink as inspiring as me. Even if you don’t like her music, I hope you see all the good things she does for the world.
Quotes from Pink:
“The willow is my favourite tree. I grew up near one. It’s the most flexible tree in nature and nothing can break it – no wind, no elements, it can bend and withstand anything.”
“True beauty is knowing who you are and what you want and never apologizing for it.”
“Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0.”
“To experience the good you have to have seen the bad; plus it makes you appreciate blessings more. Tough times taught me to be a fighter.”
Here are four of my all-time favourites of Pinks songs:
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