Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Christmas?!
The Christian festival ignorantly trashed and trivialized into the secular spend frenzy.?
Unless you're a (real) Christian, ignore it.
I do.
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Spend money? You must be kidding. I just like the celebrations, and some of the music too, not taking things too seriously... But, I wouldn't mind a nice single malt, or a good book or CD...
This has been discussed in the past, a few examples, some posted in November ~
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Any set lists you'd be willing to share? Any favourite sets?
Floss, I agree, December, but I was beeing nagged by a couple of associates to consider certain dances for December, and that meant music too... And then I remembered the past discussions on this topic...
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Nice tune there, ceol. Tolkienesque, like - well - an awful lot that hails from the Nordic world. In the YouTube clip(s), I could imagine Orcish armies fleeing before it as the earth quaked at the onset of the players. Very nice tune, in fact. It hasn't reached my ears in Durham sessions yet. Mind, they do get waxed up. My ears, I mean, not the sessions.
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Yer Two months late! We started the normal musical pushing/shoving with the Liturginazi and her pianomeister in August! And Herself has inserted herself into the mix this year no less......
And I am just getting The Liturginazi to come around to a couple of this august group's splendid suggestions from last year's thread!
I love 'The Little Bodhran Player Boy'.
Seriously, I am working on the french folk song cum double jig 'Christmas Bells are ringing' (I think that is the name.)
I like the 'Three ships' tune though didn't even think of it though last year I tried to do an improve B phrase. Perhaps worth a revisit.
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
As ever, I will be doing my level best to avoid the entire sham of christmas. If you do believe in god, go practice what he allegedly preached you hypocrites.
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Nonononononononononno, Christmas isn't a sham, it's just almost everything attached to it.
Someone called Jesus WAS born about 2005 years ago. We're really not sure of the date, let alone the day.
He did say some good things about being nice to each other. Lots of people wrote things about him, mostly when they were getting old, just to make sure everyone could remember these things once they were gone. A lot of these writings were suppressed, or severely edited, not to mention being copied, mis-copied, translated, mis-translated, all after they were written to put particular people's points of view, especially Paul, formerly Saul, once a follower of Mithras, then a Jewish convert, finally, after an epileptic fit, a Christian.
Oh, by the way, you know that bit about a Roman census, ordered by Caesar Augustus ? Didn't happen. There is no evidence for it in any Roman records. Someone made it up.
But what Jesus said, about being good to each other ?
That's worth living up to. And giving a few presents, and having a nice meal with your family. That's nice too, if you can manage it without a row. Not sure I'll manage that this year.
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Hard to find that purity , Pete,what with people in the states getting trampled to death for the latest trendy toy. F'em. Weather or no you believe in Christ we should all be in agreement that what happens in, America anyway, in December is an ugly, nasty spectacle of selfish, mindless commercialism at its absolute worst.
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Since when was Paul/Saul a follower of Mithras? It's possible Mithras hadn't even been INVENTED in his lifetime! Or that's the impression I get from a loutish barge through Wiki.
He was born Jewish all right, saying he'd had the snip on the eighth day (after birth). Well again, he came along a bit too early to be a Muslim.
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
"If you do believe in god, go practice what he allegedly preached you hypocrites." ~ Strayaway
Who?
I just like the community of it all, call it what you will, it's in the cold Mid-Winter, wet, long nights, short days, and what more could you want for collecting wood, setting a fire, and inviting folks in for a little celebration so being ~ maybe a hot spiced something to drink, or just a few tunes and a bit of laughter to warm things up? I can't say "BAH HUMBUG!" to that, but I enjoy it most times, whatever the season. However ~ cold, wet, Mid-Winter ~ yeah, it is extra special around then. It just happens to also be around a date called Christmas.
We even enjoy decorating a tree I grew from seed, for a deceased friend, a Yew. It's odd and scraggly and we get a joy out of decorating it and we keep it up till January, the 12th day of this thing called Christmas. It is about 'spirit', and it is a spirit we quite enjoy... Like with anything, it is what you make of it. For us, part of that joy, is sharing that time with others, and if you throw music into the mix, great, and dance too, brilliant, that will warm us all up nicely... Laughter and smiles are as good as burning coals...
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
I like what I understand used to be the tradition in North America ~ the 'Colonies' ~ that they didn't think about Christmas until after the Harvest Festival / Thanksgiving Day, the 4th Thursday in November, though in Canada it comes along much earlier, October... We were told that they didn't used to see anything Christmas until late November, early December...
We were with a dear friend in the U.S. of A. this Summer and saw some Christmas displays as early as August, in a shop window. I looked for that usual sign ~ '-- days till Christmas', but didn't find one. Somewhere over here we saw that they had put up street decorations for Christmas in September. That aspect of it all ~ Daft!
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Too deep here. Maybe too cynical.
I am in the states. And yes-all the criticisms are spot on. I would like to say that most of the folks in the states are a bunch of Philistines, but that would be assume to great deal of thoughtfulness on most people's part. As I get older I just write off the whole exercise to most folks being a bunch of consumerist sheep directed by a very sophisticated advertising. You know. Beer, big bums, and viagra will solve all the worlds problems.
Christmas is a bit like playing in a loud, chaotic bar. You have to really ignore the baloney in order to focus on the music.
98% of the Christmas is hype and noise. Its the 2% that has the value. Problem is, most of the world ignores that 2%.
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Ah, Zippy, you can come over to our place for the season and we'll keep you in homebaked things and hot drinks and music. We'll wrap you up and get you p*ssed till Christmas and the added B.S. of the New Year have passed by unnoticed. We'll keep you away from the media of it all too. No Christmas shows on the tele or radio, just old Star Trek, Cheers and Friends reruns...
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
I don't think they've put up the price for the classes yet (I've just downloaded the booking form and it shows them as €0.00 in toto), but a ticket for all the concerts is €108.
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
I can manage to get p*ssed quite well on my own thank you. But the invite sounds quite nice. However, I have to keep up appearances here in the Toddlin' Town. Responsibilities you know.
Us church organists are a vanishing breed...maybe that's why so many of us play accordion...but we are in such demand at least a few days per year. When people want to feel like they been 'good n churched'. Christmas, with a rousing 'O Come All ye Faithful' (at least occasionally). Also in Demand around Easter. I always say a bit of Protestant schmultz organ goes a long way.
Herself has to put up with me during the high holy days. When I accompany her church choir, the last practice before the big day, I wear my favorite green shirt with the red letter -"Bah Humbug". Usually the time I start making snide remarks about Amy Grant Christmas music.... Just this side of a 'Charlie Brown Christmas'.
Then we go home and she gets mad at me for my lack of exuberance for the Holiday.
I know...I will get her Bob Dylan's new Chirstmas Carol collection CD as a stocking gift!
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
I will be all Xmassed out by the time it gets here,goin by the way the shops are gearing up.So I am going to spend it in Glen Uig,in a static listening to some good Scots / Irish tunes and practicing on my fiddle, and hopefully find a session somewhere in the area!
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
ceolachan, not referring to anybody on here in particular, sorry if it came across that way, bad phrasing by me. Personally, I'd much prefer to celebrate the birth of Woody Guthrie, a true man of the people.
zippydw, the Dylan CD is not bad, buy it, it's for charity and that allegedly is in the spirit of xmas!
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Charity is a good thing. No worry, I hadn't taken anything you'd said badly strayaway. I'm not necessarily in disagreement with the negatives. I don't care what it's called, I just see the cold Winter as a good excuse for doing anything that might warm things up, and we enjoy some of the ritual, which includes remembering old friends, including through music.
It's cold and wet here at the moment and I'm looking forward to the craic of some music with friends in the week...
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
I think I could deal with the reruns.....except maybe for Freinds.
Different generation there. I saw the Star Trek and Cheers when they first appeared. Long before Captain Kirk got into shilling for internet business and Spock became a recording star
I like your vision. I tried to get herself to do Christmas in Ireland. I thought we could find some warm spirit (and spirits) there.
But there are the Kids...... Herself didn't buy the idea of Family Christmas in January. And she was worried that the choir might miss my skillfull accompaniment of some very forgetable Amy Grant composition.
Didn't Dylan record with Paddy Maloney once? I would love to hear Dylan sing with a brogue!
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
I think it's fair to say that the bould Paddy has recorded with everyone, even the great grizzled one himself. I thought Dylan had a brogue these days! Personally, I love all of his recent stuff and Tell Tale Signs is surely one of the greatest releases of recent years, must put it on now and silence Townes Van Zandt, no mean songwriter himself.
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
The one I always get a kick out of playing is Leroy Anderson's "Sleighride", and for dance too ~ but you need friends and some jingles to really get a hoot out of it, and something hot . spiced and alcoholic can help too, but isn't a necessity ~
November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Here's a sweet one from the North Counties to start it off
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/9261
# Posted on November 3rd 2009 by ceolachan
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
I received my first Christmas card last week - I kid you not!
Somewhat astonished, I quizzed the person who sent it to me and the reply was, "Well, I thought I'd get them off early this year".
Ceol, I know your heart's in the right place, but can we possibly leave 'thinking about music for Christmas' until December?
# Posted on November 3rd 2009 by Floss the Tethers
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Christmas?!
The Christian festival ignorantly trashed and trivialized into the secular spend frenzy.?
Unless you're a (real) Christian, ignore it.
I do.
# Posted on November 3rd 2009 by Krick Stahlschwanz
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Spend money? You must be kidding. I just like the celebrations, and some of the music too, not taking things too seriously... But, I wouldn't mind a nice single malt, or a good book or CD...
This has been discussed in the past, a few examples, some posted in November
~
2008 ~
Top Three ITM Christmas Tunes in This Sites Sheet Music
# Posted on December 5th 2008 by Arthur Nordstrom
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/19958
2007 ~
Favourite Christmas Tune
# Posted on December 23rd 2007 by Bannerman
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/16179
Christmas suggestions requested
# Posted on October 9th 2007 by zippydw
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/15439
2006 ~
Christmas Instrumental
# Posted on December 17th 2006 by ceolgal
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/12069
2005 ~
Sooo.. Christmas tunes? I think so!
# Posted on November 21st 2005 by fiddlinviolinin
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/8412
Air for Christmas
# Posted on November 12th 2005 by lowdens
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/8339
2004 ~
Christmas coming
# Posted on November 15th 2004 by jorge o'lochlainn
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/4973
2003 ~
Ohhhhhhhhh, Christmas tree O Christmas tree...
# Posted on December 1st 2003 by Zina Lee
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/2472
2002 ~
Any Holiday Tunes to Play on the Fiddle??
# Posted on December 12th 2002 by BluFiddle
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/1148
Christmas Music
# Posted on December 3rd 2002 by kitkat
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/1117
Christmas Carve Up
# Posted on November 24th 2002 by geoffwright
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display.php/1099
2001 ~
Christmas (or The Little Bodhran Player Boy)
# Posted on December 14th 2001 by glauber
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/236
# Posted on November 3rd 2009 by ceolachan
"Ho, Ho, Ho!" I'm practicing and it may take some time to get the Ho right ~
Jig: "I Saw Three Ships"
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6494
# Posted on November 3rd 2009 by ceolachan
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Any set lists you'd be willing to share? Any favourite sets?
Floss, I agree, December, but I was beeing nagged by a couple of associates to consider certain dances for December, and that meant music too...
And then I remembered the past discussions on this topic...
# Posted on November 3rd 2009 by ceolachan
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Every year at this time I wish I could put myself into a self induced coma and wake up January 2nd.
I don't dislike Christmas but I'm sick of all the hype already and it starts here before Halloween.
# Posted on November 3rd 2009 by Antikhntr
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Nice tune there, ceol. Tolkienesque, like - well - an awful lot that hails from the Nordic world. In the YouTube clip(s), I could imagine Orcish armies fleeing before it as the earth quaked at the onset of the players. Very nice tune, in fact. It hasn't reached my ears in Durham sessions yet. Mind, they do get waxed up. My ears, I mean, not the sessions.
# Posted on November 3rd 2009 by nicholas
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Yer Two months late! We started the normal musical pushing/shoving with the Liturginazi and her pianomeister in August! And Herself has inserted herself into the mix this year no less......
And I am just getting The Liturginazi to come around to a couple of this august group's splendid suggestions from last year's thread!
I love 'The Little Bodhran Player Boy'.
Seriously, I am working on the french folk song cum double jig 'Christmas Bells are ringing' (I think that is the name.)
I like the 'Three ships' tune though didn't even think of it though last year I tried to do an improve B phrase. Perhaps worth a revisit.
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by zippydw
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
last line 'improv a B phrase'
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by zippydw
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
One of my Freinds here just came up with the Jak Tam Squegee Polka....don't laugh or ridicule me too much.
I just googled it and found it on an old Columbia label.
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by zippydw
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
As ever, I will be doing my level best to avoid the entire sham of christmas. If you do believe in god, go practice what he allegedly preached you hypocrites.
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by strayaway
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Nonononononononononno, Christmas isn't a sham, it's just almost everything attached to it.
Someone called Jesus WAS born about 2005 years ago. We're really not sure of the date, let alone the day.
He did say some good things about being nice to each other. Lots of people wrote things about him, mostly when they were getting old, just to make sure everyone could remember these things once they were gone. A lot of these writings were suppressed, or severely edited, not to mention being copied, mis-copied, translated, mis-translated, all after they were written to put particular people's points of view, especially Paul, formerly Saul, once a follower of Mithras, then a Jewish convert, finally, after an epileptic fit, a Christian.
Oh, by the way, you know that bit about a Roman census, ordered by Caesar Augustus ? Didn't happen. There is no evidence for it in any Roman records. Someone made it up.
But what Jesus said, about being good to each other ?
That's worth living up to. And giving a few presents, and having a nice meal with your family. That's nice too, if you can manage it without a row. Not sure I'll manage that this year.
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by Guernsey Pete
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Hard to find that purity , Pete,what with people in the states getting trampled to death for the latest trendy toy. F'em. Weather or no you believe in Christ we should all be in agreement that what happens in, America anyway, in December is an ugly, nasty spectacle of selfish, mindless commercialism at its absolute worst.
Silent Night solo on whistle is nice....
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by shanty
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Since when was Paul/Saul a follower of Mithras? It's possible Mithras hadn't even been INVENTED in his lifetime! Or that's the impression I get from a loutish barge through Wiki.
He was born Jewish all right, saying he'd had the snip on the eighth day (after birth). Well again, he came along a bit too early to be a Muslim.
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by nicholas
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
"If you do believe in god, go practice what he allegedly preached you hypocrites." ~ Strayaway
Who?
I just like the community of it all, call it what you will, it's in the cold Mid-Winter, wet, long nights, short days, and what more could you want for collecting wood, setting a fire, and inviting folks in for a little celebration so being ~ maybe a hot spiced something to drink, or just a few tunes and a bit of laughter to warm things up? I can't say "BAH HUMBUG!" to that, but I enjoy it most times, whatever the season. However ~ cold, wet, Mid-Winter ~ yeah, it is extra special around then. It just happens to also be around a date called Christmas.
We even enjoy decorating a tree I grew from seed, for a deceased friend, a Yew. It's odd and scraggly and we get a joy out of decorating it and we keep it up till January, the 12th day of this thing called Christmas. It is about 'spirit', and it is a spirit we quite enjoy... Like with anything, it is what you make of it. For us, part of that joy, is sharing that time with others, and if you throw music into the mix, great, and dance too, brilliant, that will warm us all up nicely... Laughter and smiles are as good as burning coals...
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
I like what I understand used to be the tradition in North America ~ the 'Colonies'
~ that they didn't think about Christmas until after the Harvest Festival / Thanksgiving Day, the 4th Thursday in November, though in Canada it comes along much earlier, October... We were told that they didn't used to see anything Christmas until late November, early December...
We were with a dear friend in the U.S. of A. this Summer and saw some Christmas displays as early as August, in a shop window. I looked for that usual sign ~ '-- days till Christmas', but didn't find one. Somewhere over here we saw that they had put up street decorations for Christmas in September. That aspect of it all ~ Daft!
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
I'm just looking forward to Walpurgis Night. It's always a gas here in Leitrim and 'The Leitrim Hotel' fills up quickly afterwards!
[If you don't get the reference, then read Sebastian Barry's truly wonderful 'The Secret Scripture'.]
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by Floss the Tethers
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Too deep here. Maybe too cynical.
I am in the states. And yes-all the criticisms are spot on. I would like to say that most of the folks in the states are a bunch of Philistines, but that would be assume to great deal of thoughtfulness on most people's part. As I get older I just write off the whole exercise to most folks being a bunch of consumerist sheep directed by a very sophisticated advertising. You know. Beer, big bums, and viagra will solve all the worlds problems.
Christmas is a bit like playing in a loud, chaotic bar. You have to really ignore the baloney in order to focus on the music.
98% of the Christmas is hype and noise. Its the 2% that has the value. Problem is, most of the world ignores that 2%.
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by zippydw
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Ah, Zippy, you can come over to our place for the season and we'll keep you in homebaked things and hot drinks and music. We'll wrap you up and get you p*ssed till Christmas and the added B.S. of the New Year have passed by unnoticed. We'll keep you away from the media of it all too. No Christmas shows on the tele or radio, just old Star Trek, Cheers and Friends reruns...
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Well, there's always - http://www.thesession.org/events/display/1769.
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by Floss the Tethers
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
YES!!! ~ That's positive temptation. And this is a good time and place to drum up interest in what will surely be a good time...
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by ceolachan
Frankie Kennedy Winter School ~
That would be a wonderful way to warm up the Winter.
Floss, I couldn't find a price on it for this year?
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
I don't think they've put up the price for the classes yet (I've just downloaded the booking form and it shows them as €0.00 in toto), but a ticket for all the concerts is €108.
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by Floss the Tethers
Re: November ~ time to consider the Frankie Kennedy Winter School!
I had trouble opening the form, but now I've got it.
THAT IS VERY REASONABLE!!!
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
I can manage to get p*ssed quite well on my own thank you. But the invite sounds quite nice. However, I have to keep up appearances here in the Toddlin' Town. Responsibilities you know.
Us church organists are a vanishing breed...maybe that's why so many of us play accordion...but we are in such demand at least a few days per year. When people want to feel like they been 'good n churched'. Christmas, with a rousing 'O Come All ye Faithful' (at least occasionally). Also in Demand around Easter. I always say a bit of Protestant schmultz organ goes a long way.
Herself has to put up with me during the high holy days. When I accompany her church choir, the last practice before the big day, I wear my favorite green shirt with the red letter -"Bah Humbug". Usually the time I start making snide remarks about Amy Grant Christmas music.... Just this side of a 'Charlie Brown Christmas'.
Then we go home and she gets mad at me for my lack of exuberance for the Holiday.
I know...I will get her Bob Dylan's new Chirstmas Carol collection CD as a stocking gift!
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by zippydw
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
I will be all Xmassed out by the time it gets here,goin by the way the shops are gearing up.So I am going to spend it in Glen Uig,in a static listening to some good Scots / Irish tunes and practicing on my fiddle, and hopefully find a session somewhere in the area!
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by sandy2
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Zip ~ I wasn't serious about the Star Trek, Cheers and Friends reruns...
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
ceolachan, not referring to anybody on here in particular, sorry if it came across that way, bad phrasing by me. Personally, I'd much prefer to celebrate the birth of Woody Guthrie, a true man of the people.
zippydw, the Dylan CD is not bad, buy it, it's for charity and that allegedly is in the spirit of xmas!
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by strayaway
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Charity is a good thing. No worry, I hadn't taken anything you'd said badly strayaway. I'm not necessarily in disagreement with the negatives. I don't care what it's called, I just see the cold Winter as a good excuse for doing anything that might warm things up, and we enjoy some of the ritual, which includes remembering old friends, including through music.
It's cold and wet here at the moment and I'm looking forward to the craic of some music with friends in the week...
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by ceolachan
That should have read more simply ~ I'm not in disagreement with the negatives...
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
I think I could deal with the reruns.....except maybe for Freinds.
Different generation there. I saw the Star Trek and Cheers when they first appeared. Long before Captain Kirk got into shilling for internet business and Spock became a recording star
I like your vision. I tried to get herself to do Christmas in Ireland. I thought we could find some warm spirit (and spirits) there.
But there are the Kids...... Herself didn't buy the idea of Family Christmas in January. And she was worried that the choir might miss my skillfull accompaniment of some very forgetable Amy Grant composition.
Didn't Dylan record with Paddy Maloney once? I would love to hear Dylan sing with a brogue!
# Posted on November 4th 2009 by zippydw
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
I think it's fair to say that the bould Paddy has recorded with everyone, even the great grizzled one himself. I thought Dylan had a brogue these days! Personally, I love all of his recent stuff and Tell Tale Signs is surely one of the greatest releases of recent years, must put it on now and silence Townes Van Zandt, no mean songwriter himself.
# Posted on November 5th 2009 by strayaway
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Mr. C, I'm afraid I was conditioned over the years. My father would never left my mother take out the music and trimmings until after Thanksgiving.
OK, actually, I'm more like him, it's too early for me too. I'm no Grinch, I just save it up. Charging my battery, so to speak.
That being said, this for me is still the greatest Christmas album of all time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Denver_and_the_Muppets:_A_Christmas_Together
# Posted on November 5th 2009 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
Time to pull out my favorite Christmas song--Christmas in Killarney, sung by Bing Crosby!
# Posted on November 5th 2009 by AlBrown
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
The one I always get a kick out of playing is Leroy Anderson's "Sleighride", and for dance too ~ but you need friends and some jingles to really get a hoot out of it, and something hot . spiced and alcoholic can help too, but isn't a necessity ~
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/8036
# Posted on November 5th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: November ~ time to start thinking about music for Christmas?
And a whip, too!
# Posted on November 5th 2009 by tacoman