I’m feeling especially Christmassy today - everything is all frosty and sunny, it’s warm and cosy inside, and the world seems like a pretty good place. I’m waiting anxiously by the door for my internet gifts to get here so I can wrap them up all purdy and put them under the tree. All in all, I’m getting pretty excited about the big day. Here’s two versions of one of my all-time favorite Christmas songs - the first by the glorious Ronettes, from 1963’s A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector and the second from last year’s indie Christmas compilation It’s Not Like Christmas (which deserves and will get a 100bells post of its own soon).

I hope you all feel Christmassy today, too!

   The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
   The Late Greats - Sleigh Ride