Comments on: Christmas Is Música!

By: Joe Rishel

Joe Rishel — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 03:50:27 +0000

Susan, it sounds like you came from a really put-together family that many other dis-functional families can only dream of. I hope that your family’s tradition of singing together spreads throughout our land. I too love music and it is the regret of my life that I cannot play a musical instrument. Methinks that you spread joy wherever you go. What a great column you have written!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:38:03 +0000

Thank you for all of the great recommendations of music. That is why I love this website-there are so many wonderful recommendations and ideas. I am going to have a music party with my moms’ group in January. That will be so much fun for the children.

@Ana~Luke loves the Christmas music from Jose Luis Orozco and Sust Dorn. They are alwys favorites with us. I love a CD put together by Disney called Navidad en las Americas. It has a lot of great singers from Celia Cruz to Ricky Martin and many more. I bought several copies on amazon.com for only $3. They were popular Christmas gifts.

By: Ana Lilian

Ana Lilian — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:58:31 +0000

I read this with a touch of yearning for a musical family! I don’t play a single instrument, but I really want my girl to pursue music if she’s at all inclined. We have been singing a lot of villancicos and she loves to dance, but I so often wish we had family that can share more of that with her.
Thanks for sharing your family stories. Would love to know which Villancicos CDs your kids are listening to!!

By: Roxana S.

Roxana S. — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:41:39 +0000

I think music is my favorite part of Christmas – although I like the food too!

We listen to a lot of villancicos, but we also listen to an awesome repertoire of Christmas/Reyes music that hails from my husband’s native Puerto Rico. If you’ve never heard it, I suggest you do a search for parrandas Navideñas on YouTube, I promise you won’t be disappointed. It’s fun, loud, catchy, totally danceable and truly beautiful.

BTW, I love your picture, Susan!

By: Charles Mister

Charles Mister — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:07:47 +0000

We just had a villancicos party on Sunday that was great. We sang a bunch of songs that the kids (ages 1-5) really liked. The shakers and percussions instruments strewn across the floor helped keep them interested. We cannot stop singing though is “Mi Burrito Sabanero.”
But the fun doesn’t end with Christmas! Fati and I are performing a show at our local children’s museum for Los Reyes and there are lots of really great songs for Los Reyes. Check out “Ya Vienen Los Reyes Magos”, and “Los Reyes Magos” sung by Mercedes Sosa on You Tube.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:32:07 +0000

What a fun tradition, Susan! I would like to hear that Spanish Christmas cd! Have a blessed and Merry Christmas with your beautiful family!!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:07:38 +0000

I am breaking out my guitar this Christmas.

By: BethO

BethO — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:28:49 +0000

Yay for you, taking some music in Spanish home to your family! The first Christmas I was with my Spanish-speaking husband, my mom (who does not speak Spanish) bought 2 CDs of villancicos for us as a gift saying “I hope they’re good; I had no idea what I was getting!” That’s the spirit!
This Christmas season I have been working on learning Silent Night and O Tannenbaum in German so I can sing them to my son. I only took a little German in school but it’s enough for this, and Spanglishbaby.com has inspired me!
Music satisfies in a way nothing else does! And it’s especially important to kids, who can’t always express themselves, or learn things, with purely words as well as adults (sometimes) can.

By: Christie

Christie — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:13:10 +0000

Music makes every occasion more joyous. We went caroling for the first time in years with our new baby. Feliz Navidad was included in the songs and it felt so good to see the smile on her face. My mom just finished singing O Tannenbaum We’ll definitely introduce more songs in all languages. Music is such a fun way to learn!

¡Feliz Navidad, próspero año y felicidad!

By: Joan Scheide

Joan Scheide — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:05:08 +0000

I love all the music of the holidays and my baby does too!
Feliz Navidad a Todos~