I’m making banana-apple cookies with my neighbor (and sister from another mister) Nia and listening to Mark Steyn and Jessica Martin’s first full-length Christmas cd. It feels like Christmas all of a sudden. I don’t know about the rest of you, but since Mark and Jessica’s first single, I’ve wanted more than just a few songs, and this cd is perfect. I love traditional Christmas songs, the dorkier the better. I’ve got no use for Mariah Carey warbling some insipid “Give peace a chance” post modern neo-Christmas ballad. If I want meaningless holiday drivel, there are many places I could go. Steyn’s Christmas cds have supplanted my standard Carpenters’ Christmas fare, a staple from my childhood, and I’m okay with that.
This is truly enjoyable, sweet music. I love the many facets of Steyn, the bits of him that aren’t all politics and doom and gloom and seriousness. (Though I love that part too.) This is the Song of the Week Steyn, the generous Steyn, the truly interesting and absolutely nice Steyn. Thanks to him, I know who the lovely, staggeringly talented Jessica Martin is, and I suspect that is the point.
Have a wonderful Christmas, and buy this cd or download the mp3. It’s worth it and it will make you smile throughout the whole season.
