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.

There are two kinds of Christmas songs that I love. One kind I seek out intentionally. The other kind are the songs that find me. This Carpenters classic is one of the latter. A Christmas staple in every way, but mainly because of Karen Carpenter’s warm, inviting lead vocals. If you follow my blog, you might be a little surprised to see this song featured here. It is, after all, a bit on the nose. Maybe too mainstream for its own good. But screw it. I get the warm fuzzies every time I hear Karen Carpenter sing it. And what’s Christmas without the warm fuzzies?

“But I can dream. And in my dreams I'm Christmasing with you.”