Another great melancholy song is "Christmastime is Here"
reading over these comments is making me think of all the lesser-covered Christmas songs I love…

Mariah's is pretty much it. And its inclusion in the pantheon is well deserved.

I was always obsessed with the cake and ice cream in the Halloween scene. It was such an ordeal for Rose to go get the ice cream, and damn that cake looked good.

Love that. I actually sang that in a concert once. It's really delightful and I'm surprised more people don't incorporate it into the season somehow.

I've never seen this. I really ought to fix that this year.

I think the version they show on television is edited. I saw it last year on the big screen in the full version, and let me tell you, I've rarely been as uncomfortable in a movie theater as I was in that moment.

In the Bleak Midwinter is one of my absolute favorites.

I don't get why people feel the need to adorn "Carol of the Bells" with electronics, dance beats, and other useless attributes. Save it for the dance floor. "Carol of the Bells" is just fine and dandy on it's own. Which reminds me, how great is "Hard Candy Christmas?"

Agreed. Who, in your opinion nails it?

Meet Me in St. Louis is such a gem, and this scene is one of the reasons why.

I love Christmas Collection, but I agree - Portrait is better than Old Fashioned Christmas. But I'll take Karen singing Christmas however. To me, her voice on these songs is the equivalent of a clear, cold, sunny winter morning.

I LOVE Christmas music, but If I never hear Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree or Jingle Bell Rock ever again, I will live a long and fulfilled life.

The wackier Bernice is, the better in my book.

I just imagine there's a big well-apppointed Hallmark movie writer's room stocked with fragile figurines, cookies and issues, and I just want to spend an afternoon in there to see the "magic" happen.

Looking forward to your Designing Women thoughts later. You've really inspired me to go back and do a focused watch of the entire series.

Not even a little ashamed to say that I've got Melissa & Joey and Baby Daddy set to DVR (although I probably ought to be severely ashamed).

I can't imagine that we're not too, too far off from the official death of the September-May season. Winter finales are a baby step in the right direction.

I really hope Benched gets to return. It's the kind of show that deserves a shot. Eliza Coupe can do no wrong in my mind.

But in the 80s, who could resist a Loni/Duffy/NPH combo??

I've heard the last book has issues, which makes me nervous.