An ElleSee Christmas Music Playlist

My family's tradition is to wait until my Grandad's birthday (November 19) before we start listening to Christmas music. When he passed away 22 years ago, it became a moment for us to also remember him. A salute to Grandad. I'll have to admit that there were a few times this year that I listened to Christmas music before that day, but I was pretty close to sticking to tradition.

I grew up listening to my parents collection of Christmas music on vinyl. My personal favourite was to put on some Bing -- I'm also a huge fan of the White Christmas film -- and as tapes and CDs were added to our collection, I loved listening to Amy Grant and Celine Dion. I also loved listening to the music in Christmas movies like Home Alone and A Charlie Brown Christmas.

YouTube, and Google Play have since opened up many more doors to music, and now I have a massive collection of Christmas music that I didn't know about before -- plus there's all the music that has been added to the genre since I was younger.

Christmas music gives me a warm fuzzy feeling like no other type of music, and it really helps me get into the holiday spirit -- and sometimes mellow out -- so I made a list of some of my favourites to share with you. What are some of yours?

Oldies (The Classics)

White Christmas - The Drifters

The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas - Bing Crosby

Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee

The Chipmunk Song - The Chipmunks

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald

From the Movies

Somewhere in My Memory - John Williams (Home Alone Soundtrack)

Christmastime is Here (Instrumental) - Vince Guaraldi Trio

You're a Mean One, Mr Grinch - Boris Karloff