Karen Carpenter. I can't believe I liked The Carpenters once upon a time (way back in time). I heard several of her Christmas songs on the radio recently and had to change the channel.

I love the celtic/old English tunes (Greensleeves) and my guilty pleasure is Mannheim Steamroller (the original), but I think that was because when it first came out was an amazing happy time in my life.

My friends and I have decided not to exchange gifts this year (we truly don't need anything) and instead are having "sweatpant suppers". We had one tonight at my house with chicken pot pie, mashed potatoes, asparagus nothing fancy. But we had good wine, celtic holiday tunes, wore fleecy clothes and, best of all, laughter.