Friday, 19 December 2008

Bringing warmth into people’s hearts and homes for 28 years.

Listening to homeless people sing Christmas carol’s on half empty subway cars should really be a fun activity for all. But to my disappointment the last guy I was stuck listening to didn’t even know the words. All he knew was “O Christmas Tree” and everything else was filled in with “La La La’s”. One would think it would be better to stick to a song you actually know and let’s face it; O Christmas Tree is kind of a drag of a song anyway. A veteran carol singer like me doesn’t even know all the words to that one. But perhaps calling me a carol veteran is going to far, the last time I was shanghaied into caroling door to door was circa 1993, there wasn’t any money begging involved. I imagine we brought tremendous joy into the lives of the people that heard our beautiful music. Who wouldn’t want to open their door to see a gaggle of teens singing out of tune?
I equally imagine that scores more people were touched by the grandeur of the Living Nativity put on by the church I went to that was staged every year in -10 degree weather. I’ve done it all; shepherds, wise men, angels…Sadly my acting career ended after playing Mary, I figured when you’ve reached that level of success that comes from holding a doll and sitting in a fake barn there is really nowhere higher to go. Last weekend I had the pleasure of viewing another Living Nativity put on locally here in NJ, which brought the memories of my glory days flooding back to me.

3 comments:

Johnny Andrews said...

I've just noticed your name sounds like 'Christmas Carol'. Is this time of year hard for you because you think people are saying your name when really they're discussing festive songs?

Unknown said...

"One would think it would be better to stick to a song you actually know"

That holds true for karaoke as well as carols.
I was asked the other day what my favourite carol was and couldn't even remember enough of them to make a selection from. So I won't be singing on any subway trains soon.

Krista Carroll said...

I prefer to go by my real name Krista-mas Carol at this time of the year.
And I can't believe that Moo doesn't secretly know all the words several carols...

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