Merry Christmas Eve!

In the past, I was a church musician and my Christmas Eve was filled from morning 'til midnight with worship and song. This year I recorded 3 of my favorite Christmas Carols.

Christmas Eve is also a day of remembrance for me. In lieu of participating in the commercialism of Christmas, I opt for quiet reflection and an evening in.

This year, I am sharing three of my favorite Christmas carols.

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O Holy Night - a cappella

Christmas Eve, 2018

This is one of my favorite carols and I enjoy performing it much more in a church with an amazing organ accompaniment but I record this for you in between barking dogs, noisy neighbors and less than stellar mic using my webcam.

The Wexford Carol - a cappella

Christmas Eve, 2018

After a quick wardrobe change and another moment with quiet time, I was able to record another Christmas carol for you.

Silent Night - variation on a theme

While on my search of public domain music, I found a piece by Kevin MacLeod called Mermaid. The more I listened to it, the more I could hear kind of an ethereal, kind of creepy, variation of Silent Night.

_{VOCALS: Performed by Meredith Loughran
Mixed using Audacity}

_{MUSIC: Mermaid by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100671
Artist: http://incompetech.com/}

_{VIDEO: Dust Particles and Smoke Lighting by Simon Waldak
Attribution Creative Commons 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Source: https://www.videvo.net/video/dust-particles-and-smoke-lighting/2934/}

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