Song #19 - Come On Ring Those Bells

Song #19

"Come on, ring those bells"

Last night as I lay in bed, I was overcome with a craving for Chex Mix. Forget visions of sugar plums! My packing was underway (and by underway, I mean that I had neatly folded a pile of long-sleeved t-shirts) and I was ready for a good night's sleep. My head hit the pillow, and boom, I wanted Chex Mix! You know how there are just certain things that really make it feel like you're on Christmas Vacation? Well, my Mom's Chex Mix is one of those things. I know that when I get to my parents' house tonight, there will be Chex Mix. 

Just like certain foods put me in to the holiday spirit, so do certain songs. (And you're like, Kim, isn't that what this whole blog is about?) Today's song is special because it has marked the Christmas season for me my entire life. Evie and me go back to the record player days. And, still, after all these years, pressing play (yes, she was upgraded from record to cassette tape to CD and then mp3) on Evie's Christmas Album brings me back to the happiest childhood a kid could ask for. I do believe I have my mom to blame thank for my devotion to Christmas music. Thanks, Mom!

This blog is being typed (painfully slowly on a touchpad, I might add) at a cruising altitude of 30,000 feet (I made that up; I have no clue what the current altitude is), but by the time you read it, I will have listened to track 1, "Come on ring those bells," munched some Chex Mix, and will be full-on Christmassing.

Signing of, safe and sound, from Urbandale, Iowa

Come on ring those bells performed by Evie Tornquist YouTube