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happy first of december to you!

as i’m sure you all are aware, christmas is 24 days away, and hanukkah begins tonight!

it seems as though every year “holiday awareness” creeps in earlier and earlier. this year alone, i saw christmas ornaments put up in some of my favorite stores the day after halloween. of course, as you know, thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, so, to feel like it had been skipped was a little insulting. but i digress.

now that i’ve had my day of thanks, and it is the first of december i feel as though i’ve passed “go” and can collect my $200 dollars. (or in this case, i’ve celebrated thanksgiving and can now break out my holiday music.)

because i’m a 90’s child, i still adore my nsync christmas album as well as my hanson “snowed in” album. i do of course love the classics like nat king cole, and frank sinatra, but there's something exciting about your favorite band or musicians singing a holiday tune.

and boy, did i receive a special treat this year! i trust you’ve all read about my affinity & respect for the sisters quin, or, how they are better known- tegan and sara. (if not, click here: http://bit.ly/gaREhR)

while i was stumbling through the interweb one evening recently, i happened upon a youtube video of tegan and sara (along with their mother & ted) covering "the chipmunk song (christmas don’t be late)" the song is featured on an album titled, "gift wrapped II: snowed in" it has many other well known artists cover christmas tunes, like regina spektor, the goo goo dolls & the spill canvas to name a few.

the video is below this adorable picture of tegan and sara with santa claus.

here's the song:

and here's the website if you're interested in purchasing the album "gift wrapped II: snowed in," http://bit.ly/e1clVk

obviously this was much to my delight and i had it on repeat for a couple of days. after the initial excitement of having a t&s song to add to my holiday music collection, i got to thinking:

what are some of your favorite holiday tunes? and when do you break'em out? do you wait till thanksgiving? the day after? the week before?

just curious as to what your traditions are!

hope you have a lovely rest of your week!

(and for those of you celebrating hanukkah, i am a lover of latkes, so, if there are any extra... i'll take'em!)

much love!

xoxo