Grateful For Music Challenge 2024! 🙏𝅘𝅥𝅮

HAPPY NOVEMBER! 🍁🤎🧡🦃

With my "announcement" yesterday in my Halloween post that this would be my last year sharing daily, spooky songs, the same applies to this nine going on TEN YEAR Grateful For Music Challenge 😢💔 It will also go for my Musical Christmas Advent and my entire blog in general. Music Is My Therapy will officially be retiring after TEN LOVELY YEARS of music sharing. It's bittersweet, but it's time. I feel it. I feel it every time I go back and read through my past posts, thinking about all the time and effort I put into them each year, for nothing. No followers, comments, connection. Although I have and did enjoy writing them, it was cathartic and therapeutic for me many times, especially as I processed my grief and life changes. But I need to focus on my "real" life, in the real world and not spend so much time writing words on a screen. But, you never know with me...I feel I've made similar announcements, or hints of them, before but continued to come back year after year for my own enjoyment. And because I love traditions and this has become a tradition for me. Truthfully, I do still enjoy going down memory lane and reminiscing with the songs I chose; reading my rambles, thoughts, feelings, etc. and remembering where I was at that time in my life, or what I was going through. Some of them are happy, joyful memories and moments that I cherish and look back on fondly, other times bring back sad, lonely, painful memories. That's life. 🤷

Sorry to start things off on such a downer...let's get this FINALE GRATEFUL FOR MUSIC CHALLENGE year started!! 🙏𝅘𝅥𝅮

Song: What's This?

Artist: From, The Nightmare Before Christmas

Huh?? 😕 Why am I still sharing Halloween songs you might ask?? Well, I'm not! I started watching The Nightmare of Christmas late last night and then continued it today because that's where the movie starts, the night of Halloween and then picks up the day after! I've always loved this particular song, even before I really gained a love and appreciation for the rest of the music and film. This song was on Disney compilation CD I had growing up, so it's full of nostalgia for me! It's also a perfect "blending of the holiday seasons" if you will...the ending of Halloween into the holiday/Christmas season! I love it!! I think I'm clever, haha. So, this is what you get today! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! 🎃🍂🦃🎄❄ IT'S THE MOST MAGICAL TIME OF THE YEAR! ✨🍂🎄🤎🧡💖💚

What's this? What's this?

There's color everywhere

What's this? There's white things in the air

What's this? I can't believe my eyes

I must be dreaming, wake up, Jack, this isn't fair

What's this?

What's this? What's this?

There's something very wrong

What's this? There's people singing songs

What's this? The streets are lined with little creatures laughing

Everybody seems so happy

Have I possibly gone daffy? What is this?

What's this?

There's children throwing snowballs

Instead of throwing heads

They're busy building toys

And absolutely no one's dead

There's frost on every window

Oh, I can't believe my eyes

And in my bones, I feel the warmth

That's coming from inside

Oh, look, what's this?

They're hanging mistletoe

They kiss? Why, that looks so unique

Inspired! They're gathering around to hear a story

Roasting chestnuts on a fire, what's this?

What's this in here? They've got a little tree

How queer! And who would ever think?

And why? They're covering it with tiny little things

They've got electric lights on strings

And there's a smile on everyone, so now correct me if I'm wrong

This looks like fun, this looks like fun

Oh, could it be I got my wish? What's this?

Oh my, what now?

The children are asleep

But look, there's nothing underneath

No ghouls, no witches here to scream

And scare them or ensnare them

Only little cozy things, secure inside their dreamland

Ahh, What's this?

The monsters are all missing

And the nightmares can't be found

And in their place, there seems to be

Good feeling all around

Instead of screams, I swear

I can hear music in the air

The smell of cakes and pies

Are absolutely everywhere

The sights, the sounds

They're everywhere and all around

I've never felt so good before

This empty place inside of me is filling up

I simply cannot get enough

I want it, oh, I want it, oh, I want it for my own

I've got to know, I've got to know

What is this place that I have found?

What is this?

Christmas Town? Hmm