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Some of my favorite songs, and I thought I'd share with y'all :)

Little Drummer Boy - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (originally done on the Very Special Christmas compilation.)

I Believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake

Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Prince of Peace) - The Trans Siberian Orchestra

I love holiday mail :)

Thank you so much to ms_nerd, sunshine611, kirsten_lynch, msktrnanny, memphis86 (sad weechesters with Rags!), aynslee, and my baby girl iconis for the cards. They're all lovely, funny, cute and made me smile a really lot :)

I made a big pan of fudge this morning(ish) -- mostly sitting down, because OW. The swelling/bruising that went down last night while I slept came back full-force and then some after I put my shoe back on. So I have taken it off again, because today? It actively hurts, walking around. Ow. *whimper* Matthew was cool about running in to Kroger's to get an aluminum roasting pan, because in a fit a pure genius I used my one actual roasting pan thing to make the fudge in. *headdesk* Ah, well. This works, because then I don't have to wash it after, I can just throw it away *g* We also got some tape, picked up his prescription, grabbed a burger from McD's (all the while, me driving around with NO SHOES ON) and now we're home and I am never leaving my house again. At least not until 6a Wednesday, when I leave for work :)

I'm going to spend the afternoon and evening watching TV with Matthew, and reading holiday stories as they're posted, and responding to a huge backlog of comments. In short, relaxing. :) Matthew and I have snacks galore to fix and eat later (beef stick, cheese, crackers, jalapeno poppers, pizza bites, potato skins, shrimp -- cold and hot -- potato chips, chips and salsa, we are SET, y'all) and once it's dark we'll fix them and settle in with A Muppet Christmas Carol, and then probably another Die Hard movie.

I hope everyone who's celebrating Christmas has a very merry one. Those of you traveling, be safe (rivers_bend, I miss you already!).

Love, peace and joy to everyone, regardless of what you're celebrating.

A lot of you who've been around my journal for a while know this, but I have a lot of new folks who've friended me since last year, so. The thing you should know about me:

I adore this time of year. I'm not a religious person (though I was raised Christian, so there's the whole baby-in-a-manger thing), so that's not the draw for me. Instead, I like giving. I love to bake, and do cards, and give presents to people. I thrive on the 'happy holidays!' that so many people say during this time. I love telling people to have a happy holiday season -- regardless of what their holiday is.

I have a very special place in my heart for Band-Aid, and Do They Know It's Christmas. My senior year in high school, so many things changing all around the world, and the pop/music world beginning to get (actively, collectively) involved in things like world aid.

Twenty-three years ago ON THIS DAY, a group of musicians and singers and artists gathered together to record Do They Know It's Christmas. The mp3 I've uploaded has Bob Geldoff saying, "This record was recorded on the 25th of November, 1984. It's now 8a.m. on the morning of the 26th and we've been here for 24 hours. I think it's time we all went home."

I dunno why, but that just gets me.

Anyway! I share this song every year, along with the .mpg vid file...because Dude. It's Christmas, it's pop, it's tradition :) And it's the ORIGINAL. Enjoy :)

[ Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas (mp3) ] - .mp3 format, ~6MB

[ Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas (video) ] - .mpg format, ~42MB

Happy holidays :)