Tag: performance
Twelve Days of Christmas: #4, Family Get-Together
White White in the Sun
Tim Minchin
According to the YouTube description: "This version is taken from the Australian 'Ready For This?' DVD. As in previous years, all proceeds from the sale of this song during the months of November, December and January will go to the National Autistic Society (NAS)."
12 Days of Christmas #3: Three or Four Ghosts
Charles Dickens was quite popular touring the country doing readings of "A Christmas Carol."
If you missed mine, the Secret Museum Reading Series at the New York Public Library invited Neil Gaiman to read from the reading prompt Dickens wrote for himself. He did so.
The Jonathan Winters version, also using Dickens's script, is still a staple of National Public Radio's seasonal programming, though it's only available online in Windows Media or RealPlayer formats, which is a nice Dickensian touch for the digital age.
There is a lot of mention of food in "A Christmas Carol."