Merry Christmas!

I'm afraid -- well, happy, actually -- that I'll be tied up with a lot of celebrating for the next little while. Lucky, lucky.
So I'll leave you with a Christmas song, sung by Burl Ives: I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day.
It's a bittersweet song, really, with lyrics from a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. But I find it haunting and beautiful.

I heard the bells on Christmas Day

Their old, familiar carols play,

and wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Cheers,
Vanessa