Bethany Hagen's Blog

This year, I’ve been less Christmas-y than in years past.  Normally, I’m like wrapping paper!  Scotch tape!  Watching Little Women while drinking spiked wassail!

But this year, I have a sixteen-month old who’s made it her life goal to destroy our tree (and who currently has the stomach flu), a new job starting soon, and a novel that I’m scrabbling to revise as quickly as possible.  It’s just been too busy and too difficult this year to revel in the season like I normally do.  That being said, I do have a nice Christmas playlist going.

The highlights:

The Grinch Song–Thurl Ravenscroft (I *love* the wordplay in this song.  Okay, done being wanky.)

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen–BNL and Sarah Maclaclan

Little Saint Nick–She & Him (I once heard Zooey Deschanel referred to as a professional adorable person.  Sometimes this grates on me…but I do like this song.)

Auld Lang Syne–Die toten Hosen

Frosty the Snowman–Fiona Apple

Last Christmas–Florence and the Machine

The Coventry Carol–Loveliesbleeding

The Christmas Song–Dave Matthews Band (lovelovelove)

O Come O Come Emmanuel–Sufjan Stevens (You didn’t really think I’d leave Sufjan off the list, did you?)

aaaaaaaaaannnnnnd of course:

All I Want For Christmas Is You–Mariah Carey

Enjoy!