“Christmas is my absolute favorite time of the year: the decorations, the smells, the food, the family — I love it all! Growing up, we played all the great Christmas albums around the house, from Eddy Arnold to Johnny Mathis to Nat King Cole,” Faith Hill writes in a Christmas posting on About.com.

She added “Personally, I couldn’t wait for the Claymation shows to come on television, like ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.’ ”