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I have posted a set of photos of some of my Christmas decorations on my Flickr account.
You can:
View the Christmas 2008 set, or
Click here to view the Flickr slideshow of my Christmas photos, or
Look at them here:
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
(Cross-posted to afewgoodlenses.com.)
This is one of the first Christmas House videos I ever saw and I was glad I could still find it on YouTube:
Funny thing … while I was watching it, a circuit breaker tripped in my house and the power went out. What a hoot! (Small things amuse me this time of year.)
Here’s another longer rockier vibier one:
For something a bit more intense, here’s a recording of the fourth movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, from which "Ode to Joy" is excerpted and associated with Christmas. Not sure how that came about exactly, but would like to figure it out sometime.
There was a time when I knew the entire chorus, in German, even though I didn’t (and still don’t) speak German. I guess I was younger and more bilingual then.
Hearing this always reminds me of the amazing things that human beings can do.
Just listen….
… and have a wonderful holiday season!
There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
Tears drying on their face.
He has been here.
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
Fathers lost without a trace.
A nation blind to their disgrace,
Since he’s been here.
And I see no bravery,
No bravery
In your eyes anymore.
Only sadness….
Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It’s another families’ turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.
And I see no bravery,
No bravery
In your eyes anymore.
Only sadness….
There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Yes, he has been here.
And I see no bravery,
No bravery
In your eyes anymore.
Only sadness….
It seems to have taken forever. Let’s hold back on our cheering for now, though, as only time will tell if what happens next is any better….
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