Songs of The Season: Carol of The Bells.

Today has been a weird Wednesday for me, and in all honesty, I'm not really up to blogging.   Here I am, though...regardless. 

Today's song of the season is Carol of the Bells - it is my favorite Christmas song of all time.  I've only heard one arrangement of the piece for which I haven't cared.  I'll spare you which one it is just in case it's your favorite rendition ever.  

Everything about the song is beautiful.  It's melody is unique, and it's one of the few Christmas carols that's written in a minor key.  Yes, that's the music major coming out in me.  It's beautiful done acoustically or in an orchestral setting.  And it has words!  I say that only because I'm surprised of the number of people who don't realize it has a chorus.  Because I love this piece so much, I've included two versions of it -- an instrumental version and an acapella piece.  I hope you hear the beauty in both. 

Happy Christmas!

This first one is acapella by Barlow Girl.

This is August Burns Red's instrumental version.