The best part of Christmas is music. When I was a child, it was sacred music, exquisitely executed by professional musicians and choirs with paid soloists — and enthusiastic, off-tune hymns belted out by parishioners. I loved both.

I still love both. I have a 19 hour 22 hour* holiday music playlist, and I’ll listen to it non-stop until Christmas. And I will enthusiastically belt out, off-tune, those hymns to Pea, too. (Fortunately for Pea, M has an incredible baritone and ear, so she’ll get a few in-tune hymns, too.)

Here’s my Christmas Playlist. If I had to pick an absolute favorite, it’d be O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (but that’s with one arm tied behind my back; I love so many of them).

What’s your favorite?

*After I posted this, I realized I’d left a bunch off the list! Corrected now.