Day 67 of 365 - Gift Wrapping & Christmas Music
Today I decided to get a head start on gift wrapping. Pretty much all the stocking stuffers have been purchased. What I like to do with them is, to wrap each one in tissue before I put them in the Christmas stocking. It just makes it a little more fun. It's a tedious and time consuming task though, even if it is quite simple. So, this year, instead of feeling frazzled trying to do all the wrapping on one day, I'm splitting it up. I'm quite pleased with myself.
We have a pretty big selection of Christmas and holiday CDs, in fact, so many that I don't even take them all out of the cabinet every year now. We each have some favorites, so those are the ones brought out first. Then, I might remember later something else I enjoy and will freshen up the mix with that.
When we used to be church goers and in a contemporary choir for many years, our music listening was heavily influenced by that. There are some quite beautiful albums of contemporary Christmas hymns, along with the more traditional ones. We don't listen to those nowadays. Some of the CDs I bring out do have familiar hymns like Silent Night or O Holy Night, but they are included in a mix of other popular holiday songs.
Today I chose a CD which I enjoy more than my husband does, and played it through twice while I was doing my wrapping. I certainly found the task more pleasant with the background of inspiring music. In the days when I wrote a lot of Christmas cards, I would also play music for that as well.
On my computer, I also have the Spotify app. I don't use it a lot, but in December I sometimes enjoy listening to some seasonal music by a variety of artists while I am going through email. I have a lot in my inbox to clean up this week, so will definitely be listening to music as I do that.
Music is such a balm for the soul. It can activate all the emotions. It can evoke memories. It can soothe our weary minds and calm our frazzled nervous systems. I am so appreciative of my gift of hearing and that music is such an important aspect of my life.
When I was growing up, my mom played Christmas carols on the piano from her songbooks. I still have some of those. We also had some Christmas LP records, such as Bing Crosby's White Christmas. In recent years I bought that on CD just for sentimental reasons.
When our children were little, we had children's Christmas records, then cassettes, then CDs which became part of their holiday traditions. When they were early teens we had two or three cassettes by Mannheim Steamroller, which introduced a lot of synthesizer music into holiday songs. Last year I found a double CD 25th anniversary collection from that group and the boys were delighted to hear the music again last Christmas.
My husband and I always listen to music while we are eating our dinner. Now, that music is exclusively from one of our holiday CDs. And that's the way I like it. The season is not that long and we can listen to everything else the rest of the year. It adds to the ambience, along with the Christmas tree, lights and other decorations. It brightens our evening and is a nice way to wind down after busy days.
We have a pretty big selection of Christmas and holiday CDs, in fact, so many that I don't even take them all out of the cabinet every year now. We each have some favorites, so those are the ones brought out first. Then, I might remember later something else I enjoy and will freshen up the mix with that.
When we used to be church goers and in a contemporary choir for many years, our music listening was heavily influenced by that. There are some quite beautiful albums of contemporary Christmas hymns, along with the more traditional ones. We don't listen to those nowadays. Some of the CDs I bring out do have familiar hymns like Silent Night or O Holy Night, but they are included in a mix of other popular holiday songs.
Today I chose a CD which I enjoy more than my husband does, and played it through twice while I was doing my wrapping. I certainly found the task more pleasant with the background of inspiring music. In the days when I wrote a lot of Christmas cards, I would also play music for that as well.
On my computer, I also have the Spotify app. I don't use it a lot, but in December I sometimes enjoy listening to some seasonal music by a variety of artists while I am going through email. I have a lot in my inbox to clean up this week, so will definitely be listening to music as I do that.
Music is such a balm for the soul. It can activate all the emotions. It can evoke memories. It can soothe our weary minds and calm our frazzled nervous systems. I am so appreciative of my gift of hearing and that music is such an important aspect of my life.
When I was growing up, my mom played Christmas carols on the piano from her songbooks. I still have some of those. We also had some Christmas LP records, such as Bing Crosby's White Christmas. In recent years I bought that on CD just for sentimental reasons.
When our children were little, we had children's Christmas records, then cassettes, then CDs which became part of their holiday traditions. When they were early teens we had two or three cassettes by Mannheim Steamroller, which introduced a lot of synthesizer music into holiday songs. Last year I found a double CD 25th anniversary collection from that group and the boys were delighted to hear the music again last Christmas.
My husband and I always listen to music while we are eating our dinner. Now, that music is exclusively from one of our holiday CDs. And that's the way I like it. The season is not that long and we can listen to everything else the rest of the year. It adds to the ambience, along with the Christmas tree, lights and other decorations. It brightens our evening and is a nice way to wind down after busy days.
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