Holiday Countdown: 48 days! Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

An old classic...Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree...I can't listen to any other version without as much appreciation as this one. I remember teaching this to a piano student years ago. This was her favourite Christmas song. She learned and performed it at my recitals three years in a row if I remember correctly. Such a joy to listen to her perform it as she has a fantastic singing voice and used to sing it at the top of her lungs as she played.

Not only is this a great song and a great classic, but it brings back a wonderful memory of a student I enjoyed teaching. And that is a reason all on its own to make my list.

Another lovely memory for this song...it's not Brenda, but we have a fun version that always gets put on when the tree comes out and when we begin our Christmas morning presents. It's from a CD put out by .......wait for it.........K-Mart! Lolllll. It's awesome. While it's never as good as Brenda, it is actually quite funny with how it's arranged. Second favourite version I suppose.

Rock Around, all!

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