Rock the Holiday

I absolutely love Christmas music.  Hubs and I start listening to the radio stations that play only Christmas music almost exclusively from Thanksgiving until right after Christmas.

I have to admit, though, I’m kind of a Christmas music purist.  I like the oldies but goodies.  Christmas music should be sung by the likes of Burl Ives and Bing Crosby.  Mariah Carey has no business jacking up my Christmas song goodness and she’s a surefire way to get me to change the station.

That said, I have the love love for the Transiberian Orchestra.  They rock the Christmas music like no one else.  Last year my friend gifted me with a ticket to the concert, and I fell in love with them.  Like everyone else, I had heard Christmas Eve in Sarajevo, but I really had no idea how cool they were.  It was like being at a rock concert!  The story is a little hokey, but the music is awesome and more than makes up for the cheese factor.  If you haven’t had a chance to see them live, I highly recommend it.

This year I didn’t want to spend the money to go see them, especially when Ticketmaster throws in a goat-holing for an extra $30 for 3 tickets over and above the cost of admission, so we bought the DVD and had our own TSO concert at home.  It wasn’t the same as being there, but it was pretty nice just the same.