Posted by on Dec 17, 2016 | 4 comments

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No sleighbells yet?  How long do I have to wait for this guy?

Maybe I’ll just listen to the street musicians until then.

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Rome’s bagpipers from the Abruzzo, minus sheepskin pipes!  These guys look as if they could really jam, whatever that is.

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WITH sheepskin pipes!  Yes, that instrument was once a sheep.

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Well, these guys (and gals, I think) showed up today making playing all the old favorites (except What Child Is This, which mama loves, or O, Come, O, Come, Immanuel).  And just a few days ago those men  (above) from the Abruzzo who play bagpipes made from their sheepskins serenaded us royally.  I wish mama’s brother were here to see those musicians, but I think he visited long ago at Christmas and saw them then, so that’s good. I love all this music and mama goes hogwild and runs to the window and takes pictures and then throws down a little change in an envelope, which is what anthros do, I guess, at Christmas.  But if this group is out there making music for us, hey, they deserve a little thank you, no?

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I wonder if I could knock out Snoozing in a Winter Kibbleland on the old ivories?

Or maybe Chickens Roasting On An Open Fire?

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Think I’ll just be a passive audience right now.

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