Music and a Mixer

Sunday, November 15, 2020

Growing up we listened to The Wonderful Songs of Christmas by The Harry Simeone Chorale every year. It's one of my most favorite Christmas Albums. Over the last 30 years I've looked for it on CD and then eventually digital download but to no avail. Until today. I did a search for it on Apple Music on a lark this afternoon and it turned up. I had read a number of years ago that it never made it to CD due to licensing issues. Well, that must have all been worked out. I downloaded it immediately. Track 1 is Pat-a-Pan and I have vivid memories of Sam as a three year old jumping up when the whistling interlude came on and running circles around the living room. Not sure why he felt the need to do that but it sure was funny and awfully  endearing. 

In other news: Ok, so, Dale and I are pretty easily amused. We’ve had a clunky manual hand mixer for 25+ years. It takes forEVER to whip cream. After all this time we finally got an electric mixer and after one use our elation was so great you’d think we’d just purchased a castle in the Alps.