According to the calendar, it is still officially Autumn. There are still colored leaves on the trees here in Michigan. Many people haven’t even started raking them yet. This, however, may be the shortest Autumn I can remember as we were hit today with quite the winter storm!
I guess we broke the record today for “most snowfall” on November 11th. The record (for the Detroit area, anyway) was set back in 1984 – 4.1 inches. That record was surpassed as early as 1pm today. The snow continued to fall throughout the evening and made for one hell of a ride (3+ hours) into work!
The snow brings out a lot of anger in people. People waste no time talking about how much they hate the snow. “It’s too early,” they say. It’s not like we haven’t had snow early in November before, we have. As a matter of fact, it was one year ago I posted about it snowing on Facebook. We’ve certainly seen snow as early as late October, too! While I don’t necessarily like having to shovel it, or drive in it, I do like the snow. I marvel at the beauty of it when it has first fallen on the ground. Someone posted this on Facebook yesterday, and it is SO true:
“If you choose not to find joy in the snow, you will have less joy in your life but still the same amount of snow.”
Sometimes, in life, we need to look for the positives instead of focusing on the negatives.
At any rate, all the snow brought me back to a thought I had while writing a recent blog about Christmas music (Is It Too Early? – on November 2). Some radio stations (both local and on Sirius XM) have started playing all Christmas music. On my drive in, I was flipping around and stopped on the local station, because they were playing a song that would be considered a Christmas song, but actually worked because of the weather.
Here I am driving 30mph while the snow is falling, and Dean Martin’s “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” is playing. It was the perfect song for the weather. Which brings me back to the thought I had in the previous blog – why can’t stations play “winter” songs before Christmas, and after Christmas? I compiled a list of songs that could certainly be played as just “winter hits”.
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Winter Wonderland
Snowfall
Winter Weather
Snow
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Marshmallow World
Song For A Winter’s Night
Snowbird
Hazy Shade of Winter
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Jingle Bells
There are SO many more. Jingle Bell Rock could easily be a “winter song”. Frosty the Snowman is a “winter song”. Sleigh Ride is also a snowy “winter song”! It doesn’t have to be Christmas for me to enjoy those songs. Am I forgetting any? What can YOU add to the list?
Too Early?
I should mention that my wife listens to Christmas music all year round. AND she likes to be able to enjoy the decorations, so when we have our first snow, the tree goes up. Yes, it is up and decorated…and the cats are already enjoying it.
I guess I should make sure the snow blower starts when I get home ….
What? No Blue Christmas? If…IF I remember correctly, this was recorded in a radio station studio and the guy losing it in the background is John Van Pelt of John Boy & Billy fame. I remember when this thing came out in 1985.
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I remember the cut well! A favorite!
All these songs are winter, not Christmas ones.
Favorite Christmas song blog in the works….
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You have a picture of a Christmas tree. I’m so confused…
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I love this one to death…no matter how many times I listen I still laugh…it’s hard for me to hear Elvis’s version now…I expect the stuttering.
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Exactly!
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We had light sleet and snow this morning… Dude you covered the big ones. Your last one I love…
Plus Peggy Lee was hot.
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Noooooo…that means it is headed our way…😖
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Yea I took Martha out for a walk and I knew by the sound it was sleet…I waited a while this morning before I came in. There were a few wrecks so I waited for them to be clear.
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Yeah. Be careful. It’s been below 40 all day and rainy. If the rain returns, it will be an ice storm. We are at 28, now.
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It is 19 degrees here…Took her out and told her to hurry her ass up and do what she needed…This is January weather.
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Tell me about it…😖
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I saw a thing on Facebook that said “Fall has been my favorite DAY of the year, so far!” Made me laugh – seems like we barely got into fall and the snow hit!
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It’s funny…and, it’s not. I wanted some cool weather for a while, not a giant chest freezer!
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You ain’t kidding!!
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That Doc Severinsen Christmas CD is one of my favorites!!
LOVE Peggy Lee!
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I do too!
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