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Yuletide Carols to Keep You Merry and Bright This Season
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As promised in my Solstice Carols post, here is my list of Yuletide Carols. In creating this list, I started with the same rules as before, but there are more songs here about the traditions and celebrations of Yule (many of which later became Christmas traditions), wassails (the Yule origins…
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Wintry Solstice Carols to Get You in the Spirit of the Season
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If you’ve seen my list of autumn carols, you already know I love festive music. Last year, I stumbled upon a list of Christmas carols that purported to be secular. But “Christmas” carols, by their very name, are not secular, because Christmas is not a secular holiday. (Again, it’s in…
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This Year’s Halloween Costume: Elaine Benes
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I had been wanting to do Seinfeld cosplay for over a decade. For various reasons, it never worked out before. It’s one of those costumes that doesn’t really work as a solo look and needs an ensemble, so I couldn’t just be Elaine by myself. But I never knew the…