Thursday, December 17, 2009

Free Christmas downloads!

If you are already sick of Christmas music this year, just download it for next year! Heck, burn the music onto cd's and give them away as presents!
Both Amazon.com AND Itunes store have TONS of Christmas songs for free!
Here is what I've gotten so far:
Amazon:
Casting Crowns- Joy to the World
Carola - Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
House of Heroes - Silent Night
Tracy Lawrence - All Wrapped up in Christmas
Stroudavarious Orchestra - Joy to the World
Todd Agnew - No Room
Aliqua - Oh Come Emmanuel
Curious George (one for the kids!) - Christmas with a Monkey
Jars of Clay - God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
(There's a ton more (a total of 25 to celebrate the 25 days of Christmas. They release a new song for free everyday until the 25th.)
Go HERE to check it out!
WARNING:- Just be careful, because a couple of the songs are explicit (none of the ones I mentioned, though) and the Lady Gaga one is dumb. Talk about ruining a Christmas song! Yeesh!

On Itunes:
Yesterday, I went into the iTunes store and there was a whole album called "iTunes Holiday Sampler" and I was able to download for FREE the following (sorry it looks weird, I copy and pasted!):

Above the Northern Lights 4:33 Mannheim Steamroller
Angels We Have Heard On High 5:26 Aretha Franklin iTunes Holiday Sampler Holiday 12/16/2009 5:01 PM
Another Christmas Song 2:40 Stephen Colbert iTunes Holiday Sampler Holiday 12/16/2009 5:01 PM
Auld Lange Syne 2:52 The Lonesome Travelers iTunes Holiday Sampler Holiday 12/16/2009 5:01 PM
Baby, It's Cold Outside 3:34 Lady Antebellum iTunes Holiday Sampler Holiday 12/16/2009 5:01 PM
Dream a Dream 3:49 Charlotte Church iTunes Holiday Sampler Holiday 12/16/2009 5:01 PM
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 3:55 Rascal Flatts iTunes Holiday Sampler Holiday 12/16/2009 5:01 PM
Greensleeves 5:29 Vince Guaraldi Trio iTunes Holiday Sampler Holiday 12/16/2009 5:01 PM
It Snowed 3:40 Meaghan Smith iTunes Holiday Sampler Holiday 12/16/2009 5:01 PM iTunes Holiday Sampler - iTunes LP Various Artists iTunes Holiday Sampler Holiday 12/16/2009 5:01 PM
The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: Character Dances (Divertissement) - Dance of the Reed Pipes 2:14 Kirov Orchestra & Valery Gergiev iTunes Holiday Sampler Holiday 12/16/2009 5:01 PM
O Holy Night 4:22 Musiq Soulchild iTunes Holiday Sampler Holiday 12/16/2009 5:01 PM
Silent Night 3:27 Wynonna iTunes Holiday Sampler Holiday 12/16/2009 5:01 PM
A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss) 4:22 Glasvegas iTunes Holiday Sampler Holiday 12/16/2009 5:01 PM
Twelve Days of Christmas 4:16 Mexicani Marimba Band
We Three Kings 2:27 Toby Keith
We Wish You a Merry Christmas 1:27 Weezer
Carol of the Bells / Jingle Bells 2:46 Barry Manilow
The First Noel 4:32 David Archuleta
O Come All Ye Faithful 3:02 Amy Grant
Silent Night 3:48 Sarah McLachlan

Thursday, December 3, 2009

The Tallest of Smalls book review

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It's no secret that I am a HUGE fan of Max Lucado. I absolutely love his (and LaHaye's) Left Behind series and I've read every single one!
I love the fact that I can share his creative mind with my children! In this book, The Tallest of Smalls, he shows us that you don't have to "fit in" to be loved by God. The flow of the story is very similar to that of a Dr. Suess book. What a great book for kids to read or have an adult read to them!