holiday music extravaganza

until recently i hated the holidays. they sucked when i was a kid, so i have very few positive memories of christmas. i've dreaded the expense, the fuss, the disappointment... overall i've just wished that december didn't happen.

i don't want that for my kids. i want them to love the holidays and to remember them as the best time, ever, when they're older. so i've had to get over my christmas-related negativity and get into the spirit. i may have gone overboard. it's been nonstop holiday cheer here since december 1, and i've been planning since october. a homemade advent calendar, daily holiday activities, a mountain of recipes for gluten free cookies...

and music. the christmas music starts each morning around 9 and doesn't stop until the babes go to bed. i've tried to have the longest, most diverse playlist possible to avoid holiday music fatigue, but i'm pretty sick of it already. i feel like i'm trapped in a mall in december. i need to add in some new stuff and mix it up.

i have:

• joy electric (synth-pop-techno, irritatingly and unrelentingly cheerful)
• boney m
• the vienna boys' choir
• the ramones
• jack johnson
• frank sinatra
• the mormon tabernacle choir
• otis redding
• john lennon
• nat king cole
• some big band stuff
• and i'm downloading some sufjan stevens on the recommendation of soulemama

what else can i add? mama needs a change, babies!