5 on Friday - Set 99

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Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.

Merry Almost Christmas, everyone! And here on Canada's east coast, we've got magical Christmas snow today - a BIG dumping. To celebrate the arrival of the white stuff, here are five snowy songs.

1 - It Snowed - Meaghan Smith



2 - Snow - Carolyne Mas

This is one of my husband's favorite singers. I'm glad he introduced me to this lovely song.



3 - Let it Snow - Dianna Krall

So fine.



4 - Snow - Loreena McKennitt

Truly magical.



5 - Snow - Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen

My sister, my mom and I started up a new tradition a few years ago - I think actually it was in the wake of my gram's departure from this life into the next. We decided to shake up Christmas a little bit, and we began to watch White Christmas every year. This is now a big favorite of mine.



Hope you enjoy the snow, if you get some!

Through the Opera Glasses - 39 - White Christmas

My sister has been staying with us for the past week while she's had her allergy needle from the clinic in Fall River. This is not your ordinary needle or allergy treatment. The allergy shots require her to keep everything in her environment as allergen-free as possible, which used to mean a week spent by herself at her house, eating a very restricted diet, not reading newspapers or magazines, no contact with animals, etc., etc.

But she sold her house since her last needle, and needed a place to crash during this treatment, so home again, home again, jiggety jig she came. It's been fun. Especially tonight, when we watched White Christmas with Mom in front of the newly-put-up Christmas tree.













This is one of those films I'd never seen until tonight.

Believe it.

It was so much fun to watch it with my mom and sister. We love musicals. We loved the costumes by Edith Head, loved the music by Irving Berlin, loved the dancing, loved Danny Kaye (a big favorite of my mom) and loved Bing's lovely voice.













Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen

If you haven't seen it before, why not take a breather from all the hubbub and watch this 1954 Hollywood musical? And if you've enjoyed it before, here's a reminder to rent it or pull it off your DVD shelf and settle in.





Ailurophile says Great to see that you enjoyed the film. Hoping also that your sister's allergy remains subsided.

Akelamalu says That's one of my all time favourite films!

Wylie Kinson says I used to watch it with my mom every year.