Musical Advent Calendar Christmas Day Bonus

My Mission: One holiday-themed, non-carol song every day between now & Christmas. It's my own version of an Advent calendar. I may succeed, I may fail, but there will at least be some good music posted ... music you won't hear at the mall, that hopefully won't make you end up looking like him. ----->

Christmas Day Bonus: "This Little Babe" from A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten. (A Ceremony of Carols was written for treble voices and harp; this movement is based on a text from the late 16th century.)

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Musical Advent Calendar, Day 25: Joy

My Mission: One holiday-themed, non-carol song every day between now & Christmas. It's my own version of an Advent calendar. I may succeed, I may fail, but there will at least be some good music posted ... music you won't hear at the mall, that hopefully won't make you end up looking like him. ----->

(image via www.bostonherald.com)December 25th - Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays! "Joy," Mvt III from Awakening by Joseph Curiale. (See also a YouTube video of concert band transcription.)

Best wishes to everyone for a safe, happy, and blessed holiday season!

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Musical Advent Calendar Christmas Eve Bonus

My Mission: One holiday-themed, non-carol song every day between now & Christmas. It's my own version of an Advent calendar. I may succeed, I may fail, but there will at least be some good music posted ... music you won't hear at the mall, that hopefully won't make you end up looking like him. ----->

(image via wikipedia.org)Your Christmas Eve Bonus: "Turkey Lurkey Time" from Promises, Promises, by Burt Bacharach & Hal David. (This performance is taken from their Tony Awards performance. Make sure you watch the version from the campy film Camp, which is almost completely true to the original choreography, and where I first fell in love with this song. See below for some great commentary on it from Seth Rudetsky.)

You also can't pass up Seth Rudetsky's great deconstruction of the above film clip:

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Musical Advent Calendar: Two-Fer Friday!

 My Mission: One holiday-themed, non-carol song every day between now & Christmas. It's my own version of an Advent calendar. I may succeed, I may fail, but there will at least be some good music posted ... music you won't hear at the mall, that hopefully won't make you end up looking like him. ----->

(image via www.wikipedia.org)December 24 - Christmas Eve: Two Songs - one jolly, one not-so-much. "Be a Santa" from Subways Are for Sleeping and "Winter Was Warm" from Mr Magoo's Christmas. (Again, thank you to @JoseSPiano!!!!!)

(Don't mind the hokey video!)

(Music starts around 1:00 mark)

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Musical Advent Calendar, Day 23: Put the Lights on the Tree

 My Mission: One holiday-themed, non-carol song every day between now & Christmas. It's my own version of an Advent calendar. I may succeed, I may fail, but there will at least be some good music posted ... music you won't hear at the mall, that hopefully won't make you end up looking like him. ----->

December 23rd: "Put the Lights on the Tree" by Sufjan Stevens. (Sufjan Stevens has released several Christmas albums, comprised of sparse versions of traditional songs, and some more Sufjan-esque original Christmas songs. Enjoy one of the latter!)

(You can see previous songs here. Email me or comment below if you have a tune suggestion!)