depending on what we call home…. The old carol says “I’ll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams.” I am home for Christmas. I’m usually home for Christmas these days, but that wasn’t always the case. And what I called “home” wasn’t always easy to define. Especially during my globe-circling years. But home… Continue reading “I’ll be home for Christmas…”
Tag: Christmas
Christmas music
some updates My little group of kind family and friends have enjoyed the music blog, but we forgot some biggies…. Trans Siberian Orchestra is a new standard. Not everyone’s cup off the samovar, but thrilling stuff! And Vince Guaraldi — the Peanuts Christmas Special soundtrack, from 1965! There’s no way to describe that music, really… Continue reading Christmas music
Christmas songs
not necessarily “carols” I know a thing or two about Christmas carols. I am one, after all. “Carol” originally meant “joyful song,” and also was originally a “circle dance.” I learned the dance part from an historical novel, because they kept referring to the heroine being asked to “dance to the carols.” I thought that… Continue reading Christmas songs
Christmas….
random thoughts on my favorite time of year I was born within a day of Christmas. That is a mixed blessing. I’m sure it was for my Mom, too, especially that first year! When I was a child, I was a little miffed that my birthday got absorbed and forgotten in the midst of Christmas… Continue reading Christmas….