Prepping for the Holidays

One of my very favorite blogs to read is The Daily Prep. I love the authentic feel and down to earth vibe. I'm not living in New England any longer and am originally from out West anyway but the values I was brought up with and am trying to pass on to my family are similar. I wanted to share the fabulous list of Christmas music from that site. Click here for the original post which has some fabulous pictures.

My personal favorite is the Classic Christmas Carols from the Choir of King's College in Cambridge. I also love the Nutcracker of course. Do you have favorites?

Some suggestions (with links to playable music samples on Amazon):

• O Come All Ye Faithful - Favourite Christmas Carols - Choir of King's College, Cambridge (with crowd-pleaser I Saw Three Ships) 
• A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols - Choir of King's College, Cambridge
• Classic Christmas Carols - Choir of King's College, Cambridge
• Silent Night - 25 Carols of Peace & Tranquility - Choir of King's College, Cambridge
• Handel: Messiah
• Britten: A Ceremony of Carols (CD only)
• Bach: Christmas Oratorio
• Advent At Ephesus
• Festival of Christmas Carols (CD only)
• Christmas At St. Thomas New York (with crowd-pleaser Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant)
• Christmas Festive Concert - Bach, J.S. / Handel, G.F. / Praetorius, M. / Manfredini, F.O. / Mendelssohn, Felix / Gabrieli, G.
• Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
• A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection from The Sixteen
• Carols from the Yard: The 85th Annual Carol Service
• Sing We Christmas (CD only)
• Christmas Adagios
• A Chanticleer Christmas
• John Rutter Christmas Album
• The Colors Of Christmas - John Rutter
• James Galway's Christmas Carol
• A Dave Brubeck Christmas
• Christmas Night In Harlem - A Big Band Christmas
• Ella At Christmas
• Christmas Eve With Johnny Mathis
• A Michael Feinstein Christmas 
• Christmas Classics - Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald
• Bing Crosby Christmas Classics
• The Andy Williams Christmas Album