Hi!

So, tonight’s my family’s annual Christmas Caroling Party. In honor of that, I thought I’d share a fantastic arrangement of the “Wassail Song”. It’s gorgeous.

Also, fun fact. It turns out that “Wassail” doesn’t just mean “hot cider”. It does, in fact, mean “caroling” at this point. I thought the connection between the two definitions was kinda funny. You can basically understand the whole history of that word. First, you have Wassail as the alcoholic warm cider.

Then you have people going around town singing drunkenly. Since Cider is especially a Christmas-y drink, the singers (or those going “Wassailing”) would probably primarily try for Christmas Carols.

Hence, “Wassailing” now also meaning Christmas Caroling.

So, yep. Have a lovely Friday!

Hi!

I recently encountered another lovely piece of music. (I think it might be part of the mix I shared Monday. But this is an individual piece I like.)

It’s a kinda trailer-esque feel semi-mashup of a variety of Christmas songs, called “without end.” It’s got some very interesting dissonances, and a lovely singer. So, enjoy!

Hi! Happy Monday!

As I’m sure you’re aware, it’s Holiday Music Season, where one-time favorites get replayed over and over again in their stale form until you can’t stand them. And it’s a Monday.

Worry not! I’m here with a semi-solution to both those problems!

Well, I can’t actually fix it being a Monday. But I might be able to help improve it! You see, I recently came across a lovely 2 hour playlist of Epic Holiday-ish Trailer-ish music! It’s got some fantastic orchestrations of some of the old favorites, but in a delightfully exciting way. Perfect for both your holiday and Monday woes!

So, yep. Enjoy!

Hello!

So, as you know, yesterday was Thanksgiving. That makes today “Black Friday.” More importantly, though, it’s now ok (from my and others’ perspective) to start playing Christmas music in America. I know that those outside the US get to start early since they don’t have the same late-November holiday. But here, it’s more appropriate to wait until after Thanksgiving before putting up Christmas decorations, or singing (or playing) Christmas music.

A lot of stores ignore this, but oh well.

Anyway. So, that means that now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s fine to play Christmas music! So, I’m reminding everyone that this epic piece of epicness exists.

Enjoy!