’tis the season

Somehow I’ve learned to write with the TV on, and of course, I’m usually watching PBS.  It’s pledge drive time (yes, I’m a member!), and so yesterday I watched a slew of Xmas specials.  In order to hear this duet with Mary J. Blige, I actually watched the Andrea Bocelli Xmas Special THREE TIMES…it’s one of my favorite Xmas songs, and their voices combined are just beautiful…

Of course, right after was Sting’s Xmas special where he played one of my other favorite songs with a chamber group in Durham cathedral (did you know I focused on medieval history in college?):