Trans-Siberian Orchestra

With Christmas coming around the corner, I've been getting in the spirit by listening to some amazing Christmas music by the fantastic band Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Oh, who am I kidding. I've been listening to their Christmas CDs non-stop since Thanksgiving was over. Yes, I am one of those people. My flatmates forbid me from putting up Christmas decorations until after Thanksgiving had passed. I restrained myself (barely) and now the place looks like Christmas threw up everywhere. Beside for the mini-tree, wreaths and stockings with candy canes on them, I've really enjoyed making paper snowflakes. Cheap, easy decorations to make the place seem festive! And of course I needed to listen to some wonderful Christmas music while all this decorating was happening, hence Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) 24/7!  

  

Trans-Siberian Orchestra has been making wonderful music since 1996, and I love all their albums. They do other music besides Christmas stuff, which is awesome and I listen to throughout the year, but it's their Christmas CDs that I listen to the most. Blending Christmas ideas with lovely musical themes, TSO really captures the spirit of Christmas in their music and share it with their millions of fans. The have the upbeat, jazzy tunes, the classic ones, the slower, more emotional songs, and the ones that move you so completely that you have to listen to them again and again. They have a wide variety of singers, letting us hear all sorts of wonderful voices, and the amount of instruments they use create a phenomenal symphony that combine to produce something truly beautiful. I want to list some of my favorites for you guys, but it's so hard to choose! They are so many stunning, awe-inspiring Christmas songs that TSO has created, I don't know how to decide my favorites. But if I really had to pick, I'd have to go with Music Box Blues, Christmas Canon Rock, and This Christmas Day. Oh, and can't forget An Angel Returned! Seriously, they are all so fantastic, I highly recommend giving them a listen to help pump up your Christmas spirit. And if you don't celebrate Christmas, it's all good -- you can still listen to their Night Castle and Beethoven's Last Night albums, and can't forget their newest album: Letters From The Labyrinth. I am so extremely excited to hear the new album, fingers crossed it's a Christmas gift!

Merry Christmas and happy New Year! Enjoy the holidays everybody!