The chilly weather is helping me to deal with the yearly early onslaught of Christmas mania.
Personally, I don't get that tingly feeling until a) there's white stuff on the ground, preferably having fallen in big, fat fluffy flakes b) there's a live tree in my living room, c) there are hand-baked cookies in tins in my kitchen and d) I've listened to Nat King Cole sing The Christmas Song.
It's a given, of course, that I've shared all of the above with my family, including torturing their acoustic sensibilities by singing along to said Christmas Song.
It's a given, of course, that I've shared all of the above with my family, including torturing their acoustic sensibilities by singing along to said Christmas Song.
Singing Christmas carols strikes me as one of the least co-opted of Christmas traditions, which must be why my favourite annual party is a caroling one and why I'm mournful that every year I have a conflict with the neighbourhood caroling tradition.
If you feel the same way, two upcoming events might interest you.
On Wed., Dec. 1 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., the Palmerston Public Library is hosting a free Jingle Bell Time: Christmas Sing-a-long.
And on Mon., Dec. 13th, Royal St. George's College is hosting a Neighbourhood Carol Service at Walmer Road Baptist Church. It begins at 7 pm and everyone is welcome.
Happy singing,
Vanessa
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