Do You Know the Rubber Bum Bum Song?

We are snowed in! Yep, the storm came and dumped a ton of snow in just a few short hours. I spent most of the day yesterday curled up on the big chair watching the snow flakes - big, fat snow flakes, so many that I couldn't see the house at the bottom of the hill at times. Even late last night, the snow continued to fall and the wind whipped up that which had covered the ground making little snow eddies as I tromped through the heavy stuff on my routine outing with the dog before bed. This morning, calm - white - beautiful.

Whenever it snows around Christmas I find myself humming or singing "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas". It's one of my favortie Christmas Songs. Or "Let it Snow", another favorite. I have a lot of favorites - and I love pulling out the Christmas CDs for day long marathons of traditional carols and newer holiday songs. Here's some other wonderful picks to get you humming first thing this morning (the links take you to the youTube version of the songs) - or whenever you read this...

"I Saw Three Ships"

"Ava Maria"

"O Holy Night"

"Louisiana Christmas Day" - very cajun, very lively

"So This is Christmas"

"Mary's Boy Child"

"Do You Hear What I Hear?"

When I was teaching in the north, I always played Christmas tapes while we did Christmas crafts on the last couple of days before the holidays. One day, one of the girls came up to me and asked if I could play the "Rubber Bum Bum Song". Naturally, I was a little confused and asked her to repeat her request. Yep, she wanted to hear the "Rubber Bum Bum Song". Nope, I wasn't getting any inkling of which song she wanted. I asked her to sing or hum a few pieces - and to my surprise, I did have the "Rubber Bum Bum Song". We all know it as "The Little Drummer Boy" - come on, sing along "The ox and lamb kept time, pa rubber bum bum..." My favorite Christmas Carol memory.

So, People of Blogland, what's your favorite Christmas song - traditional or modern? Do you find yourself singing or humming those songs during the season? Four days left - are you ready for Christmas?