Y’all, I am am so excited merry & bright!  See what I did there?  Last weekend I went to the annual Nutcracker Market in Houston.  It is utter chaos with women shopping like mad & their men tailgating out in the parking lot until they’re needed to do the heavy lifting.  It’s a genius plan if you think about it.  This year I went on the last day, instead of the first day, & was so excited because some booths were making deals.  I’m always on the hunt for a reasonably priced Christmas tree skirt & this year I found the perfect red tartan plaid skirt at a booth called The Royal Standard.  It was 50% off, so of course I had to take a second look to determine if it was worth the discounted price – definitely worthy the $20 I paid!

Between the Nutcracker Market & the Hallmark Channel’s Christmas movies (cannot. stop. watching.), I am having such a hard time restraining myself from decorating for the holiday.  I settle for creating holiday inspired playlists instead, so without further ado – I present to you the second playlist of the season.

Listen here: Merry & Bright

All My Bells Are Ringing – Lenka

Christmas Lights – Coldplay

Santa Baby – Colbie Caillat

All I Want IS You (This Christmas) – *NSYNC

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer – George Strait

Grown-Up Christmas List – Amy Grant

Christmas Tonight – Dave Barnes with Hillary Scott

O Come O Come Emmanuel – The Civil Wars

Please Come Home for Christmas (Bells Will Be Ringing) – Kelly Clarkson

Sleigh Ride – Air Supply

I’ll Be Home For Christmas – Darius Rucker

What Child Is This – Martina McBride

Blue Christmas – Lady ANtebellum

The Christmas Waltz – She & Him

Somewhere in My Memory – John Williams

Ave Maria – Rachael Lampa

The Christmas Song – Sheryl Crow

Christmas Wrapping – The Waitresses

Winter Song – Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson

All Alone on Christmas – Darlene Love

Auld Lang Syne – James Taylor

I hope you enjoy this playlist as much as I do.

Kiss Hug,