Blogue d'un québécois expatrié en Angleterre. Comme toute forme d'autobiographie est constituée d'une large part de fiction, j'ai décidé de nommer le blogue Vraie Fiction.
I thought we needed more Christmas songs on this blog and I was wondering what to upload here. It struck me that I had not put anything from A Charlie Brown Christmas in a long time. Believe it or not, this is Christmas Is Coming, but jazzed it up. I honestly would not have recognized it. Vince Guaraldi was a genius. Only he could turn this old nursery rhyme on its head and still make it genuinely fun to listen to and keep it in the spirit of the season.
This is a picture of the town's Christmas tree, taken from afar. They put it up and lit it at the end of November, which I think is a bit early, but at least it gave a Yuletide feel to this town. And since then, I have been wanting to have mine. This year, like in 2013 which was the last time I celebrated Christmas in England, I will buy a real one. But when is the question. I will be busy every weekend until Christmas and have little time to do it, so it needs to be done soon, but in the same time I don't want to put it up too early so it dries up before Christmas and ends up like the Christmas tree in A Charlie Brown Christmas. You know the one I mean. But I think I might try my luck this weekend, if I can find the time. With a lot of water and a lot of love, I think it will stay green for long enough. In the meantime, I will end this post with a piece of the album of A Charlie Brown Christmas. I am a traditionalist when it comes to Christmas carols and do not like modern takes (or indeed modern Christmas songs), but I love the simplicity of the arrangements of Vince Guaraldi. This is my favourite version of O Tannenbaum, maybe the only take of the song I genuinely love actually. I love how it goes from various moods, from melancholic to more upbeat. It's how I feel when I go and buy a tree and decorate it afterwards.
I didn't upload enough music recently, so I thought that I would do this tonight. And, while I am old fashioned and traditionalist when it comes to Christmas, to the point of being antique, the song I want to share is a modern one. It is even jazzy. It is from A Charlie Brown Christmas, a timeless classic. The cartoon is a seasonal favorite of mine and it didn't take a wrinkle. It is a beautifully simple Christmas story with great character and perfect atmosphere, which of course the music is a central element. The album is often played at home during the season. So here is one song for you to enjoy.
Québécois originaire du Saguenay expatrié en Angleterre à cause d'un mariage avec une Anglaise.
Quebec expatriate living in England because he married an English woman.
