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I was a Russian student in high school, and our instructor was an Orthodox choirmaster. He taught us to sing Щедрик Щедрик (aka The Carol of the Bells). What a gas to wander the halls singing, especially the very last sneaky bit.

I Love it when a favorite artists collect their favorite holiday musics, for example Bruce Cockburn's Christmas

Si Kahn evokes Christmas when you're Jewish in Detroit December

Alison Krauss & Yo-Yo Ma slay the Wexford Carol

Lou & Peter Berryman* shares the true spirit of tense families with Big Dead Bird

* Local heroes who do comedy folk cabaret -- decades more at https://louandpeter.com