Welcome to Monday’s Music Moves Me on Sundays! How was your Thanksgiving weekend? I hope you had a lovely time with family and friends reflecting on the blessings of your life.
This week’s theme is your choice song picks. It’s really hard for me to not be in the Christmas spirit about now, so why not spin some holiday tunes a wee bit early? I stumbled on Don’t Need A Reindeer after Christmas last year which I liked so I am bringing that tune along with the whole playlist from the 2003 December album by The Moody Blues!
This month’s honorary co-host is Driller’s Place
This is a mewsic linky party. Every other week we have a suggested mewsic theme (see side menu) to build your song set around and all participants share YouTube or Vimeo videos for our mewsic enthusiasts. Failure to meet this basic guideline puts your URL in danger of being removed or labeled – NO MUSIC.
Have you picked your favorite month to be honorary co-host in 2022 yet? The 4M gang would love to have you, please send an email now to secure a good time slot! I hope you enjoyed the music today and hope you make me apart of each day through December with my song-a-day Christmas challenge. Also, the 4M crew will be rockin’ around the Christmas tree all month long. It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Up next is my December 1st BOTB on Wednesday. I hope you’ll come by to join the fun. That’s a wrap. Have a boogietastic week. X
X, Cathy
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Love the bunny! I enjoyed the music. I saw the Moody Blues in concert many years ago but I did not know they had a Christmas album.
MOL…that’s quite an inspiration to find…MOL…very cute bunny and Moody Blues on Christmas, I like it, CK. Pawkisses for a Happy Thursday and thank you for the mewsic
I thought for sure I wrote here because I loved listening to the Moody Blues and you introduced me to their Christmas album. I will be thanking you tomorrow in my post and using one of these songs. Have a fab day tomorrow.
Hi Cathy!! ♥ Oh I just laughed so hard at the motivation image! That really made my day!
Rain,
That is pretty funny, isn’t it? lol
Absolute great job my dearest friend!!! Woo Hoo! You have rocked the house!!! With our name being Moody you would thing “Moody Blues” would have a little click with us! hahahaha Anyway, CHRISTMAS SEASON IS FINALLY HERE! WOO HOO! I sure hope the spirit lifts my spirits for sure!!! All these great Christmas tunes and others has to lift my spirits/!!! So have a great week and I’m just so happy Christmas Season is finally here and just ting ting ga ling a ling along!!! WOO HOO!!!! HUGS HUGS AND MORE HUGS!!!! SO DANCE WITH ME GIRLFRIEND!!! ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE AT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY HOP!!! JUST U AND ME!!! LEMME BE THE FIRST TO SAY “MERRY CHRISTMAS”!!!!!!!!!!
Marie,
Thanks, my friend! I knew you’d have a fondness for this week’s featured artist. lol I hope your spirits improve now that it’s the Christmas season. It’s a magical and blessed time of the year that can turn one’s frown upside down like no other time. Thanks for boogieing with me again, my friend.
I forgot that the Moody Blues had done a Christmas album. Good way to kick off the Xmas Music Xtravaganza!
John,
I think you’re the first person who knew that the Moody Blues had a Christmas album. Thanks for stopping by!
Like nearly everyone else, I was like, “Who knew the Moody Blues did a Christmas album.” I had five or six MB albums back in the day and just pick up an old vinyl recently to play on my recently acquired turntable. Well played…really well played.
Thanks, my friend. I’m floored I managed to not only share but surprise everyone.
Awww on the precious bunny. Adorable.
Love your playlist.
Thanks for the invite to join in. I may post a video before Christmas.
Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week, Cathy. Love and hugs. ♥
Thanks for boogieing by for some music and friendship, dear Sandee. I love it when my faithful peeps like come for a visit!
A Moody Blues Christmas album? Wow.
Robin,
I’m so thrilled to have found an old band that everyone knows but didn’t know they put out a Christmas album until now. What a stroke of good luck I had when I stumbled on this lat year!
Believe it or not I’ve never heard this tune by the Moody Blues! I’m going to play this for Dave I’m sure he’s hurt it before, but we’ll see. I like it… oh wow a Christmas song I have never heard! WOO HOO! THANKS CAT and I really like it… it’s so pretty & too cool. I can’t wait to play it for Dave too. He’s definitely a Moody Blues follower! How was your Thanksgiving? Hope you got a chance to see your family. I’m going to see mine on Tuesday… well, at least my oldest daughter and my two granddaughters and my two great granddaughters. I’ll take some pics and maybe post them on Wednesday so you can see them. Thanks Cat for helping me out this whole time. You’ll never know how much I appreciate it. Luv ya girlfriend, and have a great day! HUGS
Marie,
I hope you have a good time with your daughters. It was great that you found a few minutes to swing by to listen to my song picks and to join me on the dance floor, my dear. You’re da-bomb! Have a boogietastic week!
Neither my husband (a big Moody Blues fan; in fact he just bought some Moody Blues CDs) nor I knew they had done a Christmas album. Lots of peaceful music here. Interesting that they had several covers here. Definitely a different side of the Blues.
Alana,
I thought this was a happy discovery and am thrilled to spring on so many for the first time.
Thanks for sharing the dance floor with me, darlin’!
I am not a Christmas girl. But I do love your new banner and I do like the Moody Blues. Have a great day.
Nicole,
Ahhh, well that’s too bad you’re not a Christmas girl but I’m happy you stopped by for a visit and you’re always welcome, my dear! Sending hugs & love to you!!
Very interesting and good. Thanks for hosting and I hope that you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I will be starting my Xmas music next week.
Patrick,
Our Thanksgiving was nice. Thank you for asking. I hope that you had a good, too. Thanks for being a par to the 4M party today, my friend. Have a boogietastic week!
Awww, that bunny is precious, and i love the motivation picture. Thanks for putting us in the Mood(y) for holidays!
Mimi,
The motivation picture cracked me up. I wish I had that kind of motivation some days. lol
We didn’t know they had a Christmas album either, cool!
Brian,
I’m glad to share this discovery with you, my furriend. Thanks for joining me on the dance floor!
I didn’t know the Moody Blues had a Christmas album (although this shouldn’t surprise me – everyone does!) Thanks for sharing – look forward to checking it out! Thanks for hosting and hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving weekend Cathy!
Thank you for asking about our Thanksgiving. We had a lovely time.
There’s plenty to discover where music goes. I’m always finding new songs and learning about artists all the time. I’m delighted to have you join me on the dance floor, my dear.
Hi, Cathy!
Happy Pawww-some 4M Monday on Sunday, dear friend! I hope you are DH are having a nice weekend. I’ve been looking for this feature since 6 am, and eventually thought you had postponed publication until tamale. I’m glad I can read and listen now before another busy week gets underway.
First, I want to say how much I admire your dazzling new header composed of holiday themed vintage pinups. Next – awww… I just wanna smooth that little bunny’s ears and his/her “kisser.” He/she’s just the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.
I also loved listening to the sounds of the holidays on this Moodys album. The Christmas season is the time of year when we can choose to get back in touch with our inner child. That is not to say that we act childish and selfish. It is to say that we open our hearts and our minds, let our imagination run free, let our minds fill with wonder and spread unconditional love and goodwill in abundance. This Moody Blues album is truly a gift. Every song induces peace, calm and sanity, helps us get our priorities realigned and, as Abraham Lincoln did in the closing of his First Inaugural Address, calls upon “the better angels of our nature.”
That closing meme is indeed an example of getting motivated. It reminds me of the soldier in The Dirty Dozen who didn’t believe he could climb the rope during training. When Lee Marvin grabbed a machine gun and started shooting the rope out from under him, he instantly found the strength to climb all the way to the top.
I look forward to your band battle on Wednesday. I have a doctor appointment that morning, but I should be able to visit you before I leave. Have a wonderful week, dear friend Cathy!
Tom,
Thank you for noticing CAAC has a new blog layout for the Christmas season. That bunny is adorable, is it not? I agree Christmas time is the time of year to get let one’s inner child soar to embrace that sense of wonder is a magical feeling and one I hope I never, ever loss. Ever since I was little, I knew the true meaning of Christmas and I am deeply moved thinking about Jesus’ birth in a stable and the heavenly hosts proclaiming the good news to shepherds in the field. It’s really beautiful and I hope others are thinking of these things as well. It’s great having you to visit, my friend. Have a marvelous Monday!
Never knew Moody Blues had put out a Christmas album. I guess they can make anything sound good.
Arlee Bird
Tossing It Out
Lee,
Thanks for dropping by to sample my prelude to Christmas with the Moody Blues, my friend!
Darling wittle bunny! and the motivation photo was spot on! Cheers!
So happy you stopped by for a visit, Kathe. You ought to join the party sometime. We’d love to have you hit the dance floor!
Thanks for dropping by, Kathe!