Have you ever noticed how many versions of "12 Days of Christmas" there are out there? About a billion. And still people get confused about who is dancing, who is leaping, and which type of bird is which.And Holiday specials are the same. Yes, there are some really good ones, but there are also so many stupid ones out there.
This year Andrew has discovered a book called "The Night Before Christmas." Also known as "A Visit From St. Nicholas," it was written in 1823, attributed to a Clement Clarke Moore, and is generally responsible for the way we think about Santa Claus to this very day. The version we have is This Papercut Edition, which is just beautiful and classic.
Andy also picked out some holiday music at the library. I was directing him towards something a little more modern, but he chose The Nutcracker. I think he thought it had something to do with drums, based on the cover. We've listened to it three times in the car. Composer: Tchaikovsky. As a ballet, it was not successful. Not at first. But the music caught on.
I know it's just a phase. Next year he'll be begging for the dogs barking jingle bells, I know it!
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The tree looks great! A masterful job done by all.
Andy obviously has the "classical" tastes in the family. Nate is definitely the dog version of jingle bells. And Nick is for anything as long as Zoobles or transformers or aliens sing it! Ah! The joy of choice.
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