From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017122514151513252-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Church, religious themes tunes.  It all fits.   
      
   Of course it fits. Christmas is a celebration of the coming of Christ - the   
   religious parts include putting up a Christmas tree and decorations, and a   
   special church service, like we had last night.   
      
   > Old Toy Trains, we do that one also. Of your list above, we do maybe   
   > three.   
      
   That's a nice one, but who wants *old* toy trains, unless they're   
   collectors, because once you've experienced DCC technology, there's no   
   turning back ;)   
      
   > My previous duo partner, a lady, was " christmas crazy ".  She really   
   > overdid it.  One big mistake was that she thought the places we played as   
   > a duo, mostly retirement homes, were churches. They aren't.  She's been   
   > gone for 3 years and this is the first time I've even thought about doing   
   > any holiday music with the duo.  So intense was the ugly distaste I had   
   > for doing religious music in non religious settings.   
      
   What's wrong with Christmas songs? It's NOT 'religious'. Christmas is about   
   Christ. Those who aren't interested in that have no point in having anything   
   to do with CHRISTmas.   
      
   > So this year, we did finally do a few holiday tunes. And in those, a few   
   > religious ones. We didn't sing Ave Maria. And we didn't do Felice Navidad.   
   > Is that how it's spelled ?   
      
   Close, it's  Feliz Navadkd, but I wouldn't care to do Ave Maria because I'm   
   a Christian, NOT a Marian!   
      
   > Cheer up. The winter solitice happened a few days ago. So, the worst is   
   > past, as far as the seasons go.   
      
   I've observed that atmospheric and other buffering results in a delay of   
   about a month before the full effect is realized and felt.   
      
   > For whatever reason, the acutal temperatures lag a bit, but they will soon   
   > enough be trending up again. Like, in about three months :-)   
      
   Jim   
      
   I don't feel like Freezing for three months :(   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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