To start, on the First Day of Christmas I posted the video that started things for Straight, No Chaser.
On the Second Day of Christmas I posted two versions of the now-controversial "Baby it's Cold Outside".
On the Third Day of Christmas, I posted two light show videos, one of "Dueling Jingle Bells" and the other based upon "Star Wars". I thought of posting a third, but worried that people would expect more and more music videos for each day, and I wasn't prepared to post a total of 36 videos!
On the Fourth Day of Christmas, a classic performed as a Gregorian chant, in Latin of course.
On the Fifth Day of Christmas, I went alliterative and did a Firehouse Video, plus linked an article about a number of other videos by fire departments around the country.
On the Sixth Day of Christmas, I decided that since Ukraine is in the news (AGAIN/still), I would focus on a song from there, with a couple of variations and one from the frontline of conflict.
On the Seventh Day of Christmas, it being New Year's Eve, a song I think encapsulates the feeling. And of course the traditional one most people (pretend/attempt) to sing, and then a list of classical music for the occasion.
On the Eighth Day of Christmas, a favorite video of an unexpected holiday song, "Riu Chiu".
On the Ninth Day of Christmas, the commas nerd in me enjoyed this speculation about "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen".
On the Tenth Day of Christmas, Tom Lehrer's "A Christmas Carol".
On the Eleventh Day of Christmas, two high schools' versions of The Silent Monks performing parts of Handel's "Hallelujah" chorus.
And on the Twelfth (and final) Day of Christmas, "Gaudete" a song I learned to sing (but mostly listened to others sing) while engaged in medieval recreation activities. Plus a bonus about the National Parks from the U.S. Forest Service.
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And I don't have a recording of this (just the first lines from the Monkees' Christmas show), but it's one my family sings every year:
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