christmas music

At the risk of loosing any 'man-cards' I may have accumulated in my life, this songs makes me feel all sentimental...warm & fuzzy, if you will. I'm not sure why. It just has that hopeful, melancholy feel to it that just gets me.  Listening to it kind of makes me want to stare out the window to my snow-covered back yard and smile.

'How The Grinch Stole Christmas' by Dr. Seuss is one of my favorite Christmas stories. I loved the animated film from 1966, the Jim Carrey live-action film from 2000 was okay, and the most memorable song of 'You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch,' has become a holiday classic. Rachel Platten just released her own version of the song on an Exclusive NoiseTrade sampler. It's fun and spunky, I like it. Check

'Carol of the Bells' is probably one of my favorite Christmas songs. I love the Trans-Siberian Orchestra version,  versions done by hand bell choirs, and I even love the California Raisins version. But this rendition by 'The Calling' is definitely one of the best...

Screen Team is a duo that creates weekly vlogs on You Tube and a whole bunch of skits and parodies, providing hours of entertainment for those of the geek persuasion (such as myself). Check out this parody montage they made of 2011 pop hits, re-imagined as Christmas tunes. Everything from Pitbull, to Katy Perry. Justin Bieber to Rihanna. LMFAO, Gym Class Heroes, Bruno Mars and more.

Tne new Coldplay Christmas song called "Christmas Lights".   I think it's kind of a downer, but take a listen and see what you think.

We still have the long Thanksgiving weekend to enjoy — and the mad rush of Black Friday to survive — before we really get into the season. But because we can barely contain our Christmas spirit, we’ve created an entire site to get Northern Colorado a head start in celebrating the merriest of time of the year.