December 8

The theme for this year's Christmas Festival was "On Christmas Night," taken from this verse of the Sussex Carol: "On Christmas night, all Christians sing, to hear the news the angels bring. News of great joy, news of great mirth. News of our merciful King's birth." We sang Vaughan William's "Fantasia on Christmas Carols" when I was a senior (I think); hearing it again brought back fond memories. It was also neat to hear my friend Matt Brown sing the baritone solo!

Meanwhile, this is my favorite shot from earlier in the day:

December 7

Last night we had our pastor (Doug) and his wife (Glee) over for dinner. As you can see, I made chicken! Glee is trying out the Paleo diet, which I like (Well, I like it in theory. There's no way I could give up bread and pasta!!!), so I found this recipe for Balsamic-Glazed Drumsticks. They were pretty good!

Tonight is the Christmas Festival concert at Doane--something I look forward to every year. I'm hoping it'll put me in the Christmas spirit! The concert will end with Ralph Vaughan Williams's "Fantasia on Christmas Carols." Have a listen: