Nikita_Adanna

Christmas is my absolute favorite holiday. It's always been my favorite time of year since I was a little girl living in the Caribbean. It's especially hard to keep certain family holiday traditions alive, since we live in the states and the majority of my family still lives in Trinidad. Music is and always has been the one thing that always remind me of my childhood in Trinidad. So here is a list of my favorite holiday songs in no particular order. (I do not own the picture above, I thought it was cute). 1. Trini Christmas- Susan Macio 2. Soca Santa- Machel Montano 3. Rocking around the Christmas tree- Brenda Lee version 4. Bring out the ham- Marcia Mirando 5. Nikita- Scrunter 6. Mamacita- Sharlene Boodram 7. Anita- Scrunter 8. All I want for Christmas- Mariah Carey 9. It's Christmas- Baron 10. Yvonne- Crazy 11. Deck the halls 12. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays- Nsync 13. Feliz N...

So, like I announced earlier this month, for the rest of the month of December each and every Tuesday, I am gonna feature a Christmas song for the throwback Tuesday segment.. So, this week is no exception, however I am going to be doing these a little different..  As I mentioned in one of my posts, I am Trinidadian and in Trinidad one of the major things in which we do around Christmas time is Parang..  Parang is a music with Caribbean and Latin American cultural influences. The word is derived from two Spanish words:  Parranda , meaning "a spree or fete" and  Parar  meaning "to stop".  Parang is a popular folk music originating out of Trinidad and Tobago, it is part of the Island's Hispanic heritage that originated from over 400 years ago during Spanish rule via Venezuela..  The song entitled "Trini Christmas," basically explains how Trinidadians celebrate Christmas.. Not trying to brag or anything, but it surely is the bes...