Thanks to those of you who answered my poll. I enjoyed reading your responses! 🙂 Here are my personal faves:

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (original animated TV version, thank you very much. I refuse to watch the Jim Carrey movie on principle) I cry every time the Grinch’s heart grows three sizes.
A Charlie Brown Christmas Again with the tears. During Linus’s speech, and when they all sing around the little tree at the end.
Rudolph because who doesn’t like Rudolph?

And interestingly, Rand and I were just talking about the one that I believe is called ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. It has to do with some mice and a clock tower, and there’s a song that goes “Christmas bells are ringing, Santa, Santa.” Anyone else remember it? 🙂

I’ve dug out the holiday music, and in fact, just bought a copy of the Barenaked Ladies’ Barenaked for the Holidays. I really enjoy most of it, but could probably do without a few of the tracks. There’s a short little track called “Deck the Stills” which had me rolling on the floor.

Also, I listened to Collin Raye’s Christmas album today, which really deserves a listen if for nothing more than his version of “O Holy Night.” I like it for a lot of reasons, his voice not being the least of them, but also because it includes this verse:

Truly he taught us
To love one another
His law is love
and his gospel is peace
Chains shall he break
for the slave is our brother
and in his name
all oppression shall cease.

I don’t usually hear that verse in other people’s recorded versions, and to me, it’s such a perfect statement about what it should mean to be a Christian. When I’m in a particularly emotional mood, it makes me a little bit weepy.

Oh, and this was so funny, I just had to share.

I have a burned CD marked “Tony Bennett Xmas”, so I put that in on my drive down to PA today. The first track was indeed Tony Bennett. But the second? Shania Twain. Any Man of Mine. The huh? Track 3 was Tony Bennett again, but track 4 was Shania. (If You’re Not in it For Love) The rest of it seemed to be safe, but no….track 14 was No One Needs to Know. I don’t know what the hell I was doing when I burned that one.

Ok, enough…I’ve got pies to bake. Happy Thanksgiving!