Confession #10: Christmas is my FAVORITE holiday :-)

So, as you all probably already know, tomorrow is the first day of December. I don't know about you, but I'm EXCITED!!!! :-) There's so much that's going to be going on in December; the dance concert, the Chamber Singers concert, and then... FINALS *shudders* ugh, just the thought of finals makes me feel sick. But then, once finals are over, that means I'll get a break and by then I'll hopefully have found a job of some kind. At this point, I'm so desperate for money, I think I'd take ANY job. I need to start earning money for the England and Scotland trip next summer, and I'm basically broke now. So yeah, let's hope that I find a job and that my dad finds a job too. Sure, he's working part-time now as a janitor at our church, but mom is still working full-time and we're still struggling financially. But, I don't want to talk about gloom and doom. I want to talk about CHRISTMAS!!!

My two favorite things about Christmas are all the colorful lights and, of course, all the amazing and fun music. I think it's safe to say that after Broadway songs, Christmas music is my favorite type of music. There's so much of it! And it's all so fun to sing. I love everything about Christmas; the decorations, the tree, the lights, the music, giving to other people, the presents (oh God, I sound like such a little kid... Eh, I don't care, haha!) everything! I just love Christmas. I have so many good memories of Christmas. My family has a few traditions that we stick to every year, and as I've gotten older and as the years have gone by, I've come to appreciate them a lot more now than I did when I was a kid. Every time we take out the decorations and put up the tree, every single decoration and ornament we have has a fond memory for me attached to it.We still have a lot of the decorations and ornaments that we've had ever since I was a little kid, which always takes me on a lovely trip down Memory Lane.

Funny... I know I'm only 21, but I feel a lot older than that some times. I can't explain it, but when I look at kids these days, or look through my Memory Box that has things in it from when I was little (my parents made each of us kids' a Memory Box, that has all kinds of paraphernalia from when we were all little) I feel so old. I know, I know; everyone out there who is 30 or over is going to want to hit me when I post this, saying how I feel so old when I'm just 21. But, I feel like that sometimes. It's weird. Anyway, back to talking about Christmas music! There's a couple songs I want to share with y'all :-)

Christmas is often considered a very romantic holiday, and I think that's definitely true. Someday, I'll have someone special to spend Christmas with (well... I already know EXACTLY who I would love to spend Christmas with, but that won't be happening...) But, until the day I do find my special someone, I'll just keep right on dreaming and singing my heart out. Now, because there are so many great and amazing Christmas songs out there, I'm only going to put a few of my favorites up. Trust me, I have A LOT MORE favorite Christmas songs than just these ones, but it would take forever for me to post them all. Okay, well, enjoy the music! :-) Until next time, farewell, my dear readers!

Okay, so, there are only a few songs out there that can make me cry, but this one never fails to make me cry.