(1) The Indigo Girls' "It Really Is (a Wonderful Life)" has been on my December playlist for YEARS, but I always am surprised anew by it. It sorta glances assertively Christmas-ward (snow, a tree, 'Silent Night') without ever falling into the sacred-joy-of-the-season trap. And I usually back up to replay at least twice.
(2) Sinéad O'Connor's "I Believe in You" seems to me at once as Christmas-blind and Christmas-apt as imaginable; but in any case, there it is on one of those 1990s-era Christmas anthology albums -- rubbing elbows with Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin, Tom Petty, Wilson Phillips, at al. My favorite addition to this year's 10 additions to the list.
Thanks for all your writing here, Chris. Hope you'll sail into 2024 as effortlessly as possible!
Two nominees:
(1) The Indigo Girls' "It Really Is (a Wonderful Life)" has been on my December playlist for YEARS, but I always am surprised anew by it. It sorta glances assertively Christmas-ward (snow, a tree, 'Silent Night') without ever falling into the sacred-joy-of-the-season trap. And I usually back up to replay at least twice.
(2) Sinéad O'Connor's "I Believe in You" seems to me at once as Christmas-blind and Christmas-apt as imaginable; but in any case, there it is on one of those 1990s-era Christmas anthology albums -- rubbing elbows with Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin, Tom Petty, Wilson Phillips, at al. My favorite addition to this year's 10 additions to the list.
Thanks for all your writing here, Chris. Hope you'll sail into 2024 as effortlessly as possible!