Feeling kind of musical today, decided to go with it . . .
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I know “Linus & Lucy” isn’t really a holiday song, but I tend to think of it as one—blame the Peanuts TV specials.
Our favorite local radio station seems to agree; they’ve played almost every day since Thanksgiving and my kids and I always converge on the radio and dance to it.
This is an excellent version by The Piano Guys, who brought us Cello Wars.
I so want to be the lovely lady in the green pantsuit someday. She’s a hoot and a half.
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I love The Nutcracker and I love unusual musical instruments.
Put them together and make the results hauntingly beautiful, and I’m all over it.
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I’ve recently discovered Tim Minchin and became an instant fan. He’s one of the most amazing pianists I’ve ever heard and I usually end up crying with laughter at his songs and irreverent, barefoot wit.
A few of his songs are a tad more sincere, though just as clever, and this is one of them. It’s my new favorite Christmas song, and I don’t say that lightly.
Someday, when I’m that lady in green, I hope my family will have holidays like this, too.
And yours, too.
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And finally, because I firmly believe that the world needs more Muppets:*
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* And that if you put these three specific ones together—with perhaps a soupçon of Fozzie—you get something that looks a lot like a map of my psyche. Which muppets are you?
Earful of Cider 