A Very Rosie Christmas

I'm a bit of a grinch about Christmas music before Thanksgiving. To me, it feels like the result of retailers forcing the holidays upon us earlier and earlier each year. So it ends up sounding more like a dentist's drill than wassailing.

But once Thanksgiving hits, I'm ready. Full steam ahead. Get out the egg nog and bring on the Christmas tunes. (Well, at least the good ones. I'm not a "Santa Baby" kind of guy.)

Rosie Thomas just released A Very Rosie Christmas, and I think it's going to become a holiday staple at my house. Thomas's sweet, lovely voice and overall gosh-darn-cute presence on record make her the perfect artist to release a Christmas album. Her version of hymns like "O Come O Come Emmanuel" and "Silent Night" are gorgeous, and her take on Joni Mitchell's "River" is surprisingly new and refreshing.

I'm can also be a humbug about new Christmas tunes, just because they never seem to measure up to the classics. But Rosie proves me wrong on her originals, especially "Why Can't It Be Christmastime All Year." I may even listen to it before Thanksgiving next year...