Today I drove down to Corvallis for the day…in the hard, driving rain. Because I didn’t leave the office until about 4:40, the drive back was also in the dark–with harder rain. Not pleasant.

The one bright spot was I could listen to my favorite Christmas music on my iPod (via a tape deck adaptor). I love Christmas music…just listening to “Silent Night” can bring tears to my eyes.

Although I have a wide variety loaded on my Christmas iTunes library, these are my favorite Christmas albums, in no particular order:

Peter Paul and Mary, “A Holiday Celebration“–favorite song:

Harry Belafonte, “Christmas”
Harry Connick Jr., “Harry for the Holidays”
James Taylor, “A Christmas Album”
John Denver and the Muppets, “A Christmas Together”–the song that made me cry–can you believe it?!!:

Judy Collins, “Come Rejoice! A Judy Collins Christmas”:

Kenny Loggins, “December”
Mary Chapin Carpenter, “Come Darkness Come Light”
Melissa Etheridge, “A New Thought for Christmas“–this is the one that makes me cry:

Pacific Lutheran University Choirs, “Beautiful Savior”:

Peter Paul and Mary, “A Holiday Celebration” (rest in peace, Mary Travers)–favorite song:

Sarah McLachlan, “Wintersong“–love the whole album, but here’s one:

Trail Band, “Christmas with the Trail Band”
Blind Boys of Alabama, “Go Tell It on the Mountain”:

The Chieftains, “Bells of Dublin”

What are your favorites?