Merry Christmas Everyone.

Okay–I have to write this quick. I just left breakfast with my parents, and I’m about to head back for dinner with my parents (even though I’m already full of cake and cookies and about 11 cups of coffee) but I thought I’d just pop on to wish you nice people a Merry Christmas.

(Another time I’ll have to tell you about my views on religion–maybe tonight, after I start festively and solitarily mixing the obscure liquors that I compulsively buy and don’t know what to do with. That’ll be fun.)

Anyway, here’s a Christmas treat for you, a holiday song that I’ve cherished since I was about five. I’m sure you’ve heard Christmas songs up the wazoo lately, but this isn’t one that anybody’s playing on the 24-hour Christmas radio stations and it’s not cool enough for everybody and their baby’s mother to be blogging about it. I have it on a cassette tape and believe that it’s never been issued on CD. Recorded at a young age by everyone’s favorite 80’s teen actress when she was an unkown tonedeaf moppet, before she ever graced our hearts by starring in Pretty In Pink and the delightfully trashy Baja, here is a song that will surely bring a tear to your eye. Or maybe several.

Molly Ringwald - The First Noel