home from putting together a bunch of christmas carols (which will, with luck, actually be performed at some point this year, and possibly bartered for food of the homemade and chocolatey variety), i loaded up xmaslist.b4s on winamp with the intention of internalizing the tempo of the swingle singers' and is it true. ended up listening to most of the take 6 album as well, and the manhattan transfer christmas songs and recalling fondly the story of how anything remotely associated with the yuletide is strictly forbidden from the grillo household until the first advent candle is lit, how kristen's parents used to hide the xmas cds and candy canes and how no tears or tantrums could ever get them to cave.

Currently reading:
Surfacing - Margaret Atwood