Country Christmas Music


From now until Christmas I’m going to be hooking you up with some fabulous country Christmas music every Tuesday! Let’s get started with an awesome mix of all the best: iTunes Essentials Country Christmas. You guys this has almost everybody you can think of…75 songs in all ranging from Carrie Underwood, Toby Keith, and Little Big Town to Gene Autry, Elvis, and Merle Haggard!

I’ll go ahead and list off my favorite songs that you must listen to: A Baby Changes Everything by Faith Hill, Hard Candy Christmas by Dolly Parton, Please Come Home for Christmas by Willie Nelson. And oh man, Christmas in Dixie by Alabama…that’ll definitely take you back.

So, do you bust out the Christmas music at the holidays? And if so, who are your favorites? I want to know!! I would love to add to MY ongoing list of holiday music. Next week I’ll share with you my all time favorite Christmas album.

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Here’s what you can catch on TV this week. I highly recommend the Train/Martina McBride Crossroads if you haven’t seen that yet. And I’m definitely curious about the What’s Your 20? show…

  • GAC’s Backstory: Rascal Flatts will be airing Sunday, 7/31.
  • The Today Show has an appearance by Trace Adkins on Tuesday, 8/2.
  • GAC’s The Collection: Reba McEntire will be on Tuesday, 8/2.
  • CMT Crossroads featuring Train and Martina McBride will be airing Tuesday, 8/2.
  • GAC’s The Collection: Dolly Parton will be on Wednesday, 8/3.
  • CMT What’s Your 20? 20 Greatest Women, 20 Years features women country artists via interviews and videos and will be shown Wednesday, 8/3.
  • GAC’s The Collection: Lady Antebellum will be on Thursday, 8/4.
  • GAC’s Behind the Video: Martina McBride‘s Teenage Daughters is re-airing Thursday, 8/4.
  • Another new episode of Texas Women will be on Thursday, 8/4.
  • GAC’s Behind the Video: The Band Perry‘s You Lie will be on Friday, 8/5.

What did yall watch last week? I’m obvs all over the new Texas Women episodes, it’s sort of an addiction at this point…what will those crazy ladies be saying and wearing, they’ve definitely got me tuned in.  I’m also a sucker for the Behind the Videos that GAC airs.

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Lots of stuff on this week featuring just about anybody you’d ever want to see.  I would like to recommend the Who Do You Think You Are with Tim McGraw if you haven’t already seen it, it’s quite interesting his family tree… And I’ll of course be watching all of the Behind the Video’s on GAC.

  • Biography presents Martina McBride on Monday, 7/25.
  • Biography presents Mavericks: Honky Tonk Angels featuring Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Shania Twain, k.d. lang, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, and Trisha Yearwood on Monday, 7/25.
  • GAC’s Behind the Video: Darius Rucker‘s I Got Nothin’ will be on Tuesday, 7/26.
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show has a rerun with a Kellie Pickler appearance on Wednesday, 7/27.
  • CMT has a showing of the movie Broken Bridges starring Toby Keith with a special appearance by Willie Nelson on Wednesday, 7/27.
  • GAC’s Behind the Video: Gloriana‘s Wanna Take You Home will be on Wednesday, 7/27.
  • GAC’s Behind the Video: Taylor Swift‘s Mean will be on Wednesday, 7/27.
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live has a performance by Chris Young on Wednesday, 7/27.
  • GAC’s The Collection: Martina McBride can be seen on Wednesday, 7/27.
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show has a rerun with a performance by The Band Perry on Thursday, 7/28.
  • GAC’s The Collection: Billy Currington can be seen on Thursday, 7/28.
  • A new episode of CMT’s Texas Women can be seen on Thursday, 7/28.
  • CMT’s Invitation Only: Jason Aldean will be shown on Friday, 7/29.
  • GAC’s Backstory: Reba McEntire with commentary by Ronnie Dunn and Lee Ann Womack will be on Saturday, 7/30.
  • A rerun of NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? featuring Tim McGraw can be seen Saturday, 7/30.
  • GAC’s Breaking the Myth: Waylon Jennings featuring commentary by Kris Kristofferson, Alabama, Jamey Johnson, Dierks Bentley, Trace Adkins, and Jessi Colter will be on Saturday, 7/30.

What will you be watching?

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All the fun happens mid-week! Will you be watching?

  • Billy Ray Cyrus will appear on Good Morning America on Wednesday, 3/23.
  • Biography Channel will be featuring Kris Kristofferson on Wednesday, 3/23.
  • Keith Urban performs on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday, 3/23.
  • Biography Channel will be featuring Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, and Carrie Underwood on Thursday, 3/24.

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Looks like Thursday on the Biography channel is our lucky day!  Lots of country artists are featured.  In addition to that, Oprah is running shows about her trip to Australia this week and we get to see Keith Urban on her show on Friday!  What are you most looking forward to watching?

  • Darius Rucker is performing on The Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday, 1/19.
  • Biography is showcasing LeAnn Rimes, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson on Thursday, 1/20.
  • Keith Urban will be on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Friday, 1/21.

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I think all the Food Network personalities took over all the shows this week because of Thanksgiving. Unless you are interested in seeing Taylor Swift on a ton of talk shows or her first primetime special, you are out of luck this week!

  • Taylor Swift will be performing on the American Music Awards tonight on ABC.
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno has Taylor Swift on Monday, 11/22.
  • Wednesday, 11/24 The Oprah Winfrey has Garth Brooks on!
  • Regis and Kelly have Dolly Parton on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday 11/25.
  • A Thanksgiving Special will air Thursday, 11/25 showcasing Taylor Swift.
  • Taylor Swift will also be on The Late Show with David Letterman on Thursday, 11/25.

@langstons…and some Levi’s

First the tweets…

@blakeshelton – Ahhh!!! that’s it!!! I can’t take it anymore!!! What’s the difference in scallop potatoes and potatoes au gratin!?!?

@Dolly_Parton – I look just like the girl next door…if you happen to live next door to an amusement park.

And now the Levi’s…Have you entered to win a pair of Levi’s? We are working with Petite Elefant and giving away 2 pairs! Ends on Tuesday….so hurry and enter!!

And by the way Blake…per Families.com , “Scalloped potatoes are a milk based potato dish. The potatoes are usually sliced very thinly although what technically makes it ‘scalloped’ is the milk base. A gratin on the other hand is any dish that is topped with cheese and/or bread crumbs and layered with bits of butter and is baked until brown and crispy.”