So much of the Christmas season, for me, is all about the music. I have no problems with you if you want to start your Christmas celebrations a little early. After Halloween seems excessive. After Thanksgiving is fair game. Then let’s bring on the real Christmas songs and the fake ones, too. I don’t discriminate. From Dec 16-31, it’s all Christmas music playing on Mental Jukebox.

After all these years, the best version of “Sleigh Ride” still belongs to Ella. That warm, inviting, rich voice is paired with a band that’s crushing it with class on the upright bass, horns and piano. Ella’s rendition is one of the most iconic Christmas songs ever recorded. Who hasn’t heard it? It’s at home pretty much everywhere – perfume-filled department stores, ridiculously crowded Starbucks stores, and another dazzling company holiday party. And a Christmas song that makes you feel right at home is my kind of Christmas song.

“Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up, let's go. Let's look at the snow. We're riding in a wonderland of snow.”