Saturday, December 24, 2011

My Ultimate Christmas Playlist

I love a lot of other songs, too, but these are my particular favorites...

Breath of Heaven- Amy Grant. Let's just face it.  No one does it like her.
Agnus Dei- (also by Amy)  While this technically isn't a Christmas song, it's the prettiest arrangement I've ever heard of this worship song.  And it works.   
All is Well- Heather Payne (Point of Grace)  Apparently she was singing this while POG was on tour with Michael W. Smith, and she got to record it.  It's so pretty. 
Welcome to Our World- Michael W. Smith.  A nice song, and a great message.
New Favorite: Christmas Must Be Something More- Taylor Swift.  Awesome message. 
Let it Snow- POG's arrangement
Let there be Light- POG
For Unto Us- POG
O Come All Ye Faithful (Amy again.)
O Holy Night - POG has an interesting arrangement, since they're a group.  It's my favorite to sing.  
(And of course...) The Christmas Song- Nat King Cole.  Enough said.

(Official Disclaimer: I'm a sucker for lush orchestrated arrangements. Can you tell?  Amy and POG do them well.)

Monday, December 5, 2011

Breaking Dawn- A Postscript

Since the 18th, Mom and I have been back to see Breaking Dawn once more.  I kind of didn't "enjoy" it the first time (as much as I thought I would), because I'd mentally hyped it up so much.  But going to see it a second time- it was much better.  It didn't seem quite as rushed. 

And, there was no flashback during the wedding-  it was during Bella's transformation.  (sorry.)

We don't have too much longer to wait to see it again, because it's supposed to come out on DVD mid-February.  With a longer version.  (Not quite so official... but here's where I got the info: Breaking Dawn Movie.org; they got their info from Hypable.com.)

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