The finest things in life often come during the Christmas season, where almost everyone I know and see is filled with the spirit of the season. The nights are getting colder, but the thought of spending the times together with my dear loved ones embrace my heart with such warmth that I am starting to feel more excited about Christmas than I have been when I was a little younger.
One of the fantastic things that I love about Christmas is the wonderful collection of songs that go with all the celebration. I remember singing ‘carols’ when I was young, together with childhood buddies with our own improvised instruments in our hands, creating a kind of unorganized yet beautiful music that earns us a couple of pesos. In recent times, the culture has dwindled, and I see less children roaming the streets singing Christmas carols, but the songs of the season are still the same, rich in both meaning and melody.
Let me share to you some of my most favorite songs this festive yuletide season:
First on the list is Give Love on Christmas Day by the Jackson 5, which basically talks about the idea that love is the greatest gift that you could ever give to anyone on Christmas Day.
Next is my choice of love song for the season, Give Love on Christmas Day, written, originally sung, and popularized by Mariah Carey. A decent revival was made by My Chemical Romance, transforming it to a kind of rock music that pleases my eardrums as equally well as the original:
The video that follows features Team GE of IAHGames, singing White Christmas with the pictures taken from community-outreach programs and events they did for the past year. Community-building is the general concept of what I do for a living, and so it wasn’t hard relating to the video and appreciating its real purpose. The cooler thing about the recorded rendition of White Christmas was that they made it the background music which ran during the Character Selection screen as a season tribute to all Granado Espada SEA players. Ah, such beautiful voices!
As for me, Hark the Herald Angels Sing is best sang by Clay Aiken live,
While Josh Groban is my personal choice for the best ‘Oh Holy Night’ singer ever:
Not to run short on OPM hits, sharing to you Ariel Rivera’s Sana Ngayong Pasko, which GMA 7 turned into a tv series which is currently running on their primetime line-up of shows:
On the more contemporary pop song genre for Christmas, here’s David Archie’s duet with Charice Pempengco on Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas:
I also feel like it’s the season when it is best to exercise your vocal chords, and sing merrily.
Just like the old times. 
