No exercise.
Sean here.
Services at First Presbyterian and St. Andrew.
Visited the Bugg Lights with Lucy.
Holy Night/Rise Up Shepherd – Jersey Boys Ensemble
For Unto Us a Child Is Born – Core Cotton, Jamecia Bennett, James Wright, Carrie Harrington, Pat Lacy & Sounds of Blackness
Cry of a Tiny Babe – Bruce Cockburn
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band
The Bushes of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains and Jackson Browne
Uncle Carl – Aaron Lacombe
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
Midnight Christmas Eve -Trans-Siberian Orchestra
O Holy Night – Indigo Girls
Away in a Manger – Jack Gladstone
Sweet Little Jesus – Natalie Cole
The Huron Carole – Tom Jackson
Noisey Night – david m. bailey
Silent Night – Christine Anu
Christmas Eve – Robert Mirabel
Silent Night – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Category Archives: Advent
24 December – Christmas Eve
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24 December 2025 – Christmas Truce
Because I believe that justice and peace are possible.
Despite the armed violence and warfare that rips the world,
despite the silent testimony of the dead,
despite the witness of the wounded,
despite the heartache of the displaced,
despite the silent cries of creation,
despite the devastation and the rubble,
I believe that justice and peace are possible.
Because I believe, 24 December will always include a playlist focused on the 1914 Christmas Truce. I recognize that my beliefs, statements, and actions my not make a significant difference, but I stand on my right to believe, speak, and act as I choose.
Snoopy’s Christmas – The Royal Guardsmen
Christmas Truce – Sabaton
Pipes of Peace – Paul McCartney
1914, the Carol of Christmas – Military Voices & Abby Scott, feat. Flt Lt Matt Little, the Raf Spitfire Choir & William Inscoe
Let the Truce Be Known – Orphaned Land
Christmas 1914 – John McDermott
It Could Happen Again – Colin Raye
All Together Now – The Farm
Christmas True of 1914 – Joyce Cooling
The Christmas True – Carol Dowgiallo & Bob Dowgiallo
Ode to the Christmas Truce of 1914 – Marshall Hattersley
Christmas Truce – Fenya
The Christmas Truce – Gloucester Cathedral Choir, Adrian Partington, Jonathan Hope, Sacha Fullerton, Jack Parry, Deryck Webb & Nicholas Perfect
Christmas in the Trenches – John McCutcheon
Silent Night/Stille Nacht – John McCutcheo
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21 December 2025
21 December 2025. Day 7.
Rest day. Minimal walking in La Cueva Neighborhood. Making Christmas cookies with Lucy and Tricia.
Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere).
Solstice Hymn – Jay Ungar/Mary Lea/Abby Newton/Molly Mason
Western Sky – Brian Keane, Michael Manring & Paul McCandless
Joyful Times – Marion Meadows
Winter Solstice Song – Rosemary Beland
Secret Places – Todd Cochran
Solstice Prayer – R. Carlos Nakai
Northern Lights – Lisa Lynne
New England Morning – William Ackerman & Joan Jeanrenaud
Ursa Major – Michael Hedges
Winter Solstice – Robert Mirabal
Winter Solstice Sunrise – Mothertongue
A Long, Long Night – Crow Women Seasons:
The Year Is Born Anew – Jaiya Firedance:
Ring Out, Solstice Bells – Jethro Tull
The Sun Is Gonna Rise – Bill Miller
Drive the Cold Winter Away – Horslips
Night Falls on the Great Plains – Jessita Reyes
Winter Solstice – Karim Kamar
Winter Solstice – Taya Tenney
Winter Solstice – D.M.
Mountain Song – Eric Gillette
Winter Solstice Night – The Dolmen
Winter Solstice – Felt Galaxy
Winter Solstice – Sollaris
Winter Solstice – BEN WISCH
Shortest Day of the Year – Crystal Stones
Snow On The Mesa – David Arkenstone
White Is In the Winter Night – Enya And Winter Came
Now Winter Comes Slowly – Sting If On A Winter’s Night
20 December 2025
Stretching. Walk, slowly, ever so slowly, in La Cueva neighborhood.
Christmas In The Trenches – John McCutcheon
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains
What Child Is This? – Mahalia Jackson
We Are Christmas – Spelman Glee Club
Go Tell It On The Mountain – The Blind Boys Of Alabama Feat. Tom Waits
Jehovah The Lord Will Provide – Harry Belafonte
I Saw Three Ships – Robin Stapleton, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, BBC Philharmonic, Coventry Cathedral Choir & Lichfield Cathedral Choir
Las Posadas – José Feliciano
Silent Night – The Temptations
Asleep At Last -The Wailin’ Jennys
A Cradle In Bethlehem – Nat King Cole
I Wonder as I Wander – Ed Ames
O Holy Night – Jennifer Nettles
Little Drummer Boy – Peter Mayer
Carol of the Bells – Windham Hill Artists
Come Faithful Ones – Red Nativity
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19 December 2025
Walking North Domingo Multigenerational Center track. Marginally faster than yesterday.
The Rebel Jesus – Seven Nations
Once in Royal David’s City – David Briggs, Orgnn/Stephen Cleobury/Choir of King’s College, Cambridge King’s College Choir
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – Sarah McLachlan, feat. The Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach Children’s Choir and Youth Choir
We Three Kings – R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton
The Little Drummer Boy – Dolly Parton
Silent Night – Johnny Cash
O Holy Night – Frances
Magical World – Peter Mayer
The Holly And The Ivy – Alex de Grassi
Go Tell It On The Mountain – James Taylor
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Michael Manring
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
O Come O Come Emmanuel – Carpenters
O Little One Sweet – The Royal College Of Music Chamber Choi
Stille Nacht – James Galway; John Georgiadis: Munich Radio Orchestra, Regensburg Cathedral Choir
Behold, The Lamb Of God – Yellowjackets
18 December 2025
International Migrants Day. Walking 2.13 miles at North Domingo Baca Multicultural Center. Slower pace than yesterday. Stretching.
Unite 75 – Daara J Family
Immigrant – John McCutcheon
Ave Que Emigra – Gabby Moreno
The Migrant Worker – Jim Croce
Gourma – Etran Fintawa
Take Me to Cleveland – Robert Neustadt
No Geography – The Chemical Brothers
Look in Their Eyes – David Crosby
Why We Build the Wall – Hadestown
La Jaula de Oro – Los Tigres del Norte
Alien – Gil-Scott Heron
Cages – Redbait
Bad Hombres y Mujeres – Antonio Sanchez
La Frontera – Lagartijeando, feat. Minuk
Migration – Jonny Lipford
The Dreamer – Jackson Browne
My Only Home – Unchained XL, feat. Genesis Elijah & Femi Ashiru
A Safe Place to Land – Sara Bareilles, feat. John Legend
Running – Keyon Harrold, Andrea Pizziconi & Jasson Harrold, feat. Running feat. Common & Gregory Porter
Amor Migrante – Elena & Los Fulanos
Go Tell a Bird – Maya De Vitry
Beyond the Border – Bhi Bhiman
Godspeed – Radney Foster
Where We Are – Diana Jones
Migra – Santana
Immigrant Eyes – Willie Nelson
The Immigrants – Gabby Moreno & Van Dyke Parks
Deportees – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) – K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC & Residente
Refugee King – Liz Vice, feat. Hannah Glover
No Human Is Illegal – The Wakes
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17 December 2025
Walking 2.25 miles on the track at North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center. Would post the time but I can’t figure out how to read the sundial that was used. Stretching. The slow start continues.
For Unto Us A Child Is Born – Core Cotton, Jamecia Bennett, James Wright, Carrie Harrington, Pat Lacy & Sounds of Blackness
O Holy Night – Musiq Soulchild
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – Celtic Woman
I Believe In Father Christmas – Glòria
Away in a Manger – Joanne Shenandoah
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear -8 Julie Andrews
Celebra – Black Violin, De La Ghetto, Kevin Marcus Sylvester, Phil Beaudreau & Wilner Baptiste
In dulci jubilo – Choir Of St. George’s Chapel
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – John Legend, feat. Esperanza Spalding
The Longest Night – Peter Mayer
Carol of the Bells 3:15 Pentatonix
Cherry Tree Carol – Sting
Angels We Have Heard on High – Karla Bonoff
The Bushes Of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy – Anthony Rapp & Everett Bradley
Silent Night – The Temptations
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16 December 2025
The comeback begins. Walked slowly in the neighborhood. Did morning stretching.
Beautiful Star of Bethlehem – Darlene Silversmith
Uncle Carl – Aaron Lacombe
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 – Comfort Ye, My People – Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry, Etc.; Adrian Boult: London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Gower Wassail – Quadriga Consort
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – Sam Levine
Snowfall – Liz Story
O Little Town Of Bethlehem – Bruce Cockburn
Carol of the Drum / Peace on Earth – Christine Anu, feat. Jay Laga’aia
Feliz Navidad – Daphne Rubin-Vega
We Wish You – Black Violin, Kevin Marcus Sylvester, Phil Beaudreau & Wilner Baptiste
Carol Of The Bells – Natalie Cole
Cradle Song – John Rutter: Clare College Singers & Orchestra
I Wonder as I Wander Joanne Shenandoah
Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Irish Christmas Folk Music
The Stockford Carol – Loreena McKennitt
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4 January 2025
Morning movement. Walk in the neighborhood. Chair yoga.
Old City Bar – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Three Elders – Red Nativity
Breath Of Heaven – Glòria
Wexford Carol – Quadriga Consort
Silent Night – Lindsey Stirling
Quiet Time – Jim Brickman
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – BeBe & CeCe Winans
This Rush of Wings – Metamora
We Three Kings – Michael Doucet
Do You Hear What I Hear – Ed Ames
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
Good King Wenceslas – Ed Gerhard
Merry Christmas! – The Blind Boys of Alabama & Taj Mahal
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day – Johnny Cash
Uncle Carl – Aaron Lacombe
Mary’s Little Boy Child – José Feliciano
What Child Is This – Jonathan Maracle
Holy Is Your Name – The Many
Circle of Love – Jennifer Nettles
Christmas Is Coming – Harry Belafonte
The First Noel – Charles. T. Cozens
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Sarah McLachlan
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Irish Christmas 2024
O Come, O Come Emmanuel – Enya
Seven Days Before Christmas – The Lost Brothers
Christmas Mode – Kean Kavanagh
Vultures of Christmas -The Mary Wallopers
Home For the Holidays – The Divine Comedy
Christmas in Your Arms – Ryan Mack
The Magic Of Christmas – LYRA
Silent Night – Sinéad O’Connor –
Christmas Song – Gaze Is Ghost –
Christmas Past – Mick Flannery –
Lovely Time of Year – Owen Lamont
christmas morning – Luz
Uncomfortable Christmas – CMAT & Junior Brother
Together at Christmas – Irish Women In Harmony
Christmas Once Again – ROE
Joy To The World – Moya Brennan
O Holy Night – Eileen Ivers
Christmas In Killarney – The Irish Rovers
The Sussex Carol – Craig Duncan
The First Noel – Patrick Ball
O Little Town of Bethlehem – Three More Tenors
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
The Bushes Of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
Once In Royal David’s City – The Chieftains
The Season’s Upon Us – Dropkick Murphys
Along the Graybeard Trail 