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LeeAnna says

music soothes the harried season!

tell us your favorite songs.... and especially fave albums/discs or
youtube videos... are there any songs you do not like? Do any songs
bring up memories of times from the past? What songs do you know by
heart? Do you attend any musical theatrical events each year or do you
remember one that was wonderful? Did you ever participate in holiday
shows?  Tell us a little about you....

I LOVE the Michael Buble Christmas album.  I usually listen to it while wrapping presents.  I also love the music from Vince Guaraldi.  He did the music for the Charlie Brown Christmas show.  I so love the way Snoopy dances to that music.  It makes me happy.

Musical theatre is a big yes!  Before kids, my DH and I always went to see something at Christmas. I will never forget the year we went to see Handel's Messiah and DH fell asleep!  I think we were in the front row so it would have been pretty obvious to the choir.  ugh!  We have seen the Nutcracker Ballet a few times.  In the last number of years, a Canadianized version has been making the rounds.  It has a lumberjack instead of a Nutcracker.  It isn't nearly as pretty as the classic version.  I only know about it because I worked at the theatre for a while.  I would never pay to see it.  Does that make me a bad Canadian?  I don't think I care.  

My family used to be very involved in an outdoor Christmas pageant with live animals.  It was a huge production and very well attended.  I helped paint the backdrops.  DH and the boys helped build the set. Two of our sons usually had a role in it as a soldier or sometimes Joseph.  I was also a greeter or helped with the food.  I think we all have fond memories of that.