Tis the season!

Ok, call me silly. There is one main reason why I like Christmas. Yes, I love spending time with my family, seeing the houses lit up with lights, taking time off from work... but the main reason why I like Christmas is because of ::drumroll:: Christmas Carols.

I love Christmas Carols. I'm not sure where this is coming from, but I know that I love singing them. It's probably because I was in chorus for a long time, and it was so much fun to put aside the serious music that we did for the first part of the year when we were preparing for festival. The best part was when we would take the traditional carols and sing different parts to them other than the standard melody. I remember us singing O Come, O Come Emmanuel without any accompaniment... it had such a beautiful sound to it. Another really fun song to sing (although some people find it annoying) was Carol of the Bells. This one was great because each voice part got to sing a different section of the "bell". It's very difficult to explain, but it was incredibly fun to perform.

This year we are going to start a tradition in my mom's neighborhood. My family lives in an equine community called Whitelock Farms. This will be their first Christmas there, and we are going to go caroling on horse back. My cousin is part of the local Pony Club and they are going to come out and go caroling with us. It's going to be a lot of fun... nothing like a bunch of kids and adults riding around this community singing to people. I'm very much looking forward to it.