Favorite Christmas Songs

We love Christmas music. It adds so much to the atmosphere in our home and brings in the joy and the peace of the season.

1. All I Want for Christmas is You – Michael Buble
2. Angels We Have Heard on High - ?
3. Baby It's Colt Outside – Leigh Nash
4. Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley
5. Breath of Heaven – Amy Grant
6. Calling Santa – from the movie 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
7. Carol of the Bells – Scott D. Davis (piano)
8. Christmas Dreaming – Frank Sinatra
9. Christmastime is Here – Vince Guardaldi
10. Dance of the Mirlitons – The Nutcracker Ballet
11. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy – The Nutcracker Ballet
12. Even a Miracle Needs a Hand – from the movie “Twas the Night Before Christmas
13. God Bless Us Everyone – from A Christmas Carol: The Musical
14. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Nat King Cole
15. Grown Up Christmas List -
16. Happy Holidays – Andy Williams
17. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - ?
18. Here Comes Santa Clause – Elvis Presley
19. Holly and the Ivy - ?
20. Holly Jolly Christmas – Michael Buble
21. Home for the Holidays – Perry Como
22. How Great Thou Art – Chris Rice (piano)
23. I'll be Home for Christmas – Perry Como
24. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – Harry Connick Jr., Johnny Mathis
25. Jingle Bell Rock – Rascal Flat, Straight No Chaser
26. Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
27. Linus & Lucy – Vince Guardaldi
28. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring – Bach
29. Jingle, Jingle, Jingle – Burl Ives
30. Joy to the World – Mormon Tabernacle Choir
31. Marshmallow World – Dean Martin
32. Mele Kalikimaka - ?
33. Night part 1 – George Winston
34. O Come All Ye Faithful – Kelly Willard, Nat King Cole
35. O Holy Night – Nat King Cole
36. Precious Moments - ?
37. One Foot in Front of the Other – from the movie Santa Clause is Coming to Town
38. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – Bing Crosby & Ella Fitzgerald
39. Santa Baby – Bernadette Peters
40. Santa Clause is Coming to Town – Perry Como, Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pippers
41. Silent Night – Dana Cunningham – piano & violin
42. Silver Bells – Bing Crosby & Ella Fitzgerald
43. Sleigh Ride – The Carpenters
44. Thank You Very Much – Scrooge the Musical
45. The Christmas Song – Ed Higgins Trio
46. There's Always Tomorrow – Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
47. Twelve Days of Christmas – The King Singers
48. There is No Christmas like a Home Christmas – Perry Como
49. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - ?
50. The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra (not really a Christmas song – but a fun uplifting song to add into the mix)
51. Waltz of the Snowflakes – Peter Tchaikovsky From the Nutcracker Ballet
52. Welcome Christmas – from the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas
53. We Need a Little Christmas - ?
54. What Child is This - ?
55. Where Are You Christmas – Faith Hill
56. White Christmas – Bing Crosby, The Drifters
57. Winter Wonderland – Frank Sinatra
58. Wonderful Christmas - Wings

Christmas Movies

Here are some of our favorite Christmas Movies.

Family Christmas Movies
1. All Mine to Give – 1957
2. An Affair to Remember - 1957
3. Babes in Toyland - 1934
4. Bachelor Mother - 1939
5. The Bells of St. Mary's – 1945
6. Beyond Tomorrow - 1940
7. The Bishops Wife - 1947
8. Blossoms in the Dust - 1941
9. The Boy's Town – 1938
10. By the Light of the Silvery Moon - 1953
11. Christmas Carol the Musical - 2004
12. Christmas in Connecticut – 1945
13. Christmas with the Kranks – 2004
14. The Desk Set - 1957
15. Fitzwilli – 1967
16. The Ghost of Dicken's Past - 1998
17. Going My Way – 1944
18. Good-bye Mr. Chips – 1939
19. The Great Rupert (A Christmas Wish) – 1950
20. Holiday – 1938
21. Holiday Affair – 1949
22. Holiday Inn - 1942
23. The Holly and the Ivy ? - 1952
24. Homeless for the Holidays -2009
25. I'll be Seeing You – 1944
26. White Christmas - 1954
27. It Happened on 5th Avenue – 1947
28. In the Good old Summertime – 1949
29. It's a Wonderful Life - 1946
30. Lady for a Day – 1933
31. The Lemon Drop Kid (Bob Hope) – 1951
32. Little Women - 1949, 1994
33. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1988 BBC version
34. Love Affair 1939
35. Love Finds Andy Hardy - 1938
36. Meet Me in St. Louis – 1944
37. Miracle on 34th Street - 1947
38. The Miracle of Morgans Creek – 1944
39. Mr. & Mrs. Smith – 1941
40. On Moonlight Bay - 1951
41. On the Avenue – 1937
42. Penny Serenade – 1941
43. The Seven Little Foys – 1955
44. The Shop Around the Corner – 1940

Children Christmas Movies
1. Barbie in a Christmas Carol - 2008
2. A Charlie Brown Christmas - 1965
3. Frosty the Snowman - 1969
4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas - 1966
6. It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
7. Lady & the Tramp
8. The Little Drummer Boy - 1968
9. Mickey's Christmas Carol - 1983
10. Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol - 1962
11. The Muppet's Christmas Carol - 1992
12. Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer - 1964
13. Santa Clause is Coming to Town - 1970
14. The Sesame Street Christmas Carol - 2006
15. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas - 1974
16. The Year Without a Santa Clause - 1974

Science Magazines

I'm always trying to find things that make learning fun and memorable for our children. And one of the way we do that is with magazines. Here are some Science Magazines we have discovered. If any of you have science magazines that you love we'd love to know about them.

1. Odyssey (10-16)
2. Discover
3. Scientific American