December 22, 2004 - Wednesday
As wholesome as it may sound, the boys and I have been playing Christmas carols together like this for much of December. Actually, I've been playing guitar and singing Christmas carols almost nightly since early December and the boys have increasingly participated, first singing a little, then playing drums. Then, having heard of Harry's budding interest in drumming, Gramma Judy found a percussion set for Harry's birthday containing these bells and triangle and many other noisemaking instruments and we've had a regular family band every night since. OK, just so it's not sickeningly sweet, I am in the habit of fooling around with the meter; for example, playing Silent Night in triple rather than duple, Joy to the World slower and with swing eighths, etc. The boys particularly like Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Frosty the Snowman (they knew the song from last year before they saw the show this year), Rudolph, Up on the Housetop (which they sing at school), and, of course, Jiggle Bells.


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