I like Christmas Carols

[livingdeb]

My favorite part of the day was catching those folks from Admissions who sing Christmas carols on the stairwell during lunchtime twice each December.

I had thought that I got my fix for this sort of music at the Wildflower Center when I heard a brass band doing four-part harmony. With horns instead of vocals, you get the added bonus of no lyrics!

But it turns out I don't care about having to hear the words. There is something about all those voices together that seems almost magical.

I was imagining farmers from the olden days going to church: the biggest, most beautiful and solid building with stone and stained glass. And then the inside would sometimes fill up with these very same sounds. This was all created to inspire awe. It works.

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[pamwheatfree.livejournal.com]

I, too, have rediscovered Christmas carols this year. J put the radio on the all Christmas songs all the time station and we listened to it for days. Of course we found out that new songs get written every year. So we got to hear the new ones and the old, also some in French since we are in Canada. Now, I find myself humming them almost constantly. It is kind of nice.