If These Don't Get You in the Spirit, You May Be Hopeless. Just My Opinion.

Miss Conduct's blog in the Boston Globe today asks about most favorite/least favorite Christmas carols, which got me thinking about my favorites and inspired a series of You Tube searches with the following results. How is it possible for two songs with exactly the same name to be so totally different AND so completely wonderful, too? It's the season of miracles, I guess. Enjoy!

Mariah Carey version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8rY0Fyws20

Vince Vance version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWAM1WBt6Po