our own solstice vigil, of a sort

[topaz]

Earlier this evening, keyne's MacBook was playing random selections from her catalog of Christmas songs, when a very distinctive rendition of  "O Holy Night" came on.

qwrrty: You put that in iTunes??
keyne: Yep.
qwrrty: Holy hell.
...
qwrrty: You're my kind of sick.
keyne: I think that may be the most romantic thing anyone has ever said to me.

If there is a right time and place to be listening to this song, I think that three days before Christmas when you're frantically wrapping Christmas presents at two a.m. is probably it.

Thanks, folkmew. We owe you one. (One what, I'm not actually sure.)

Comments

[cruiser.livejournal.com]

We couldn't get the link to play. Somehow, I think I'm glad.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

No, I think you should actually hear this. Google "awful o holy night" (http://www.google.com/search?q=awful+o+holy+night) for eleventy-leven other links to the song. Like eating durian or haggis, it is an experience that every human should have at least once.

[harimad.livejournal.com]

Ouch.

For the record, haggis isn't that bad. It's the description of haggis that's so awful.

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

Yeah, truth is, I agree. I had haggis in a three-star restaurant in Glasgow and it turned out to be quite good. Like a very peppery sausage. Confessed to the server that I only ordered it because all of the Yanks back home were ribbing me about it, but that I actually liked it a lot. He answered, "You can tell your friends at home that you beat the Scots at their own game. Personally, I can't stand the stuff."

And, in any event, it is among those dishes that I think all meat-eaters should have at least once. :-)