Walking the arroyo. Stretching.
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
Category Archives: Christmas
04 January 2026
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03 January 2026
Walk at Rio Grande Nature Center with Lucy, Eric, and Tricia.
Banish Misfortune – Rosemary Beland
In the Bleak Midwinter – The Many
The Son Of Mary – Harry Belafonte
I Believe in Father Christmas – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Huron Carol – Jonathan Maracle
God is a River – Peter Mayer
Asleep The Snow Came Flying – Tim Story
Christmas In The Trenches – John McCutcheon
The Sun is Rising – The Blind Boys of Alabama & Taj Mahal
No. 44 – Chorus “Hallelujah” – Sutherland/Bumbry/Mckellar/Ward/Sir Adrian Boult
First Noël – Dolly Parton
Northumbrian Lullabye – Malcolm Dalglish
O Holy Night – Mahalia Jackson
Wexford Carol – Lumiere String Quartet
Christmas Feast – Rim Banna
I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day – Burl Ives
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2 January 2026
Stretching
If You Believe – Tom Jackson
Silent Night – Harry Belafonte
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – Bruce Cockburn
O Come, O Come Emmanuel- Robin Stapleton, Michael George, BBC Philharmonic, Coventry Cathedral Choir & Lichfield Cathedral Choir
Carol of the Bells – Carpenters
Hark, The Herald Angels Sing – José Feliciano
Wexford Carol – Nightnoise
Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion – Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry, Etc.; Adrian Boult: London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
The Rebel Jesus – Seven Nations
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming – Mahalia Jackson
We Three Kings – Marion Meadows
Comfort, Comfort Ye My People – The Many
The First Noel – Ed Ames
Ave Maria – Will Galison And Toninho Horta
What Child Is This? – Julie Andrews
Joy to the World – Robin Stapleton, Michael George, BBC Philharmonic, Coventry Cathedral Choir & Lichfield Cathedral Choir
O Come Little Children/We’ll Dress The House – Liz Story
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31 December 2025 – Watch Night – New Year’s Eve – Clemente
Walk – slowly – North Domingo Baca Park
Watch Night.
Roberto Clemente death.
Farewell 2025, welcome 2026.
The World Is Old Tonight – Little Windows
Auld Lang Syne – Jersey Boys Ensemble
Auld Lang Syne – Eric Rigler
Auld Lang Syne – Shawn Lyons
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
New Year’s Resolution – Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
Kingdom Coming – Matt Glaser, Evan Stover, Jay Ungar, Art Baron & Molly Mason
Freedom – Pharrell Williams
Freedom – Richie Havens
Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens
Freedom Now – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Freedom Road – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Freedom Train – Toots & The Maytals
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around – The Freedom Singers
Oh Freedom – The Princely Players
Woke up This Morning with My Mind Stayed on Freedom – Congregation of Brown Chapel
Te Recuerdo – John McCutcheon
All Through the Night – Nancy Wilson
Auld Lang Syne – Joanne Shenandoah
The Parting Glass – The Wailin’ Jennys
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30 December 2025
No exercise.
Jesus Ahatonnia (The Huron Carol – Bruce Cockburn
We Are Christmas – Spelman Glee Club
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains
I Wonder as I Wander – Joanne Shenandoah
Detroit, December – John McCutcheon
Jesus Was Born – The Blind Boys of Alabama & Taj Mahal
Carol of the Bells – Andra Day
We Three Kings – Michael Doucet
Noche De Paz – Mary J. Blige, feat. Marc Anthony
What Child Is This? – Ed Gerhard
The Goodnatured Man / Good King Wencelas/ Good Christian Men, Rejoice – Folks Like Us
Medley: We Wish You A Merry Christmas – Harry Belafonte
Angels We Have Heard on High – Eileen Bedlington & Lumiere String Quartet
A Naoidhe Naoimh – Quadriga Consort
O Tannenbaum – Robin Stapleton, Jouko Harjanne, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa & BBC Philharmonic
Swing Low Sail High – The Wailin
Carol Of The Bells – The Bird and the Bee
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28 December 2025
River of Lights. ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden.
Refugee King – Liz Vice Refugee King
Do You Hear What I Hear? – Mahalia Jackson
I Saw Three Ships – Bruce Cockburn
The Moon Shines Bright – Quadriga Consort
The Simple Birth – Barbara Higbie
O Holy Night – The Chieftains
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen – Eileen Bedlington & Lumiere String Quartet
Room for Us All – The Many
Silent Night – Ed Ames
Christmas In New Orleans – John Legend
Star In The East 3:09 John McCutcheon Winter Solstice Christmas 0
O Come All Ye Faithful – Holiday Traditions
Rain Into Snow – William Coulter
Patapan – Julie Andrews
We Three Kings Of Orient Are – José Feliciano
Jesus Christ The Apple Tree – John Rutter: Clare College Singers & Orchestra
Like The First Time It’s Christmas Time – Tommy Sands
Angels We Have Heard On High – Nashville Christmas Orchestra
Stars and Midnight Blue – Enya
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27 December 2025
No exercise.
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
I Believe in Father Christmas – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains
Shepherd’s Rocking Carol – Philip Aaberg
I Saw Three Ships – R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton
Sweet Little Jesus Boy – Mahalia Jackson
Jehovah The Lord Will Provide – Harry Belafonte
Deck the Hall (English Traditional) – Quadriga Consort
The Wexford Carol – Eileen Ivers
In Praise Of Christmas –
This Town – Peter Mayer
Ode To Joy – Trace Bundy
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26 December 2025 – St. Stephen, King Wenceslas
No exercise.
I Saw The Star Of Bethleham – Bill Miller
Christ Was Born in Bethlehem – Darlene Silversmith
Silent Night – Jack Gladstone
Creator’s Prayer – Red Nativity
Angels We Have Heard On High – Robert Mirabal
Away in a Manger – Joanne Shenandoah
Huron Carol – Jonathan Maracle
St. Stephen’s Day Murders – The Chieftains
Good King Wenceslas / Rakes Of Mallow – The Boys Of County Bucks
Gaudete (Rejoice!) – The Buskaid
Trad: Good King Wenceslas – Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
The Wren In The Furze – The Chieftains
Good King Wenceslas – Ed Gerhard
Good King Wenceslas – Celtic Harp Soundscapes
Good King Wenceslas – The Roches
Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
I Believe in Father Christmas – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Rebel Jesus 3- The Chieftains
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25 December 2025
No exercise.
Canticle of the Turning – Princeton Seminary Choir
Happy Christmas – Angelique Kidjo
Cry of a Tiny Babe – Bruce Cockburn
Christmas in the Trenches – John McCutcheon
Christmas Must Be Tonight – The Band
The Bushes of Jerusalem – Tommy Sands
The Rebel Jesus – The Chieftains & Jackson Browne
We Are Christmas – Spelman Glee Club
Away in a Manger – The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. George Clinton & Robert Randolph
Mary’s Boy Child – Harry Belafonte
Silent Night – Aretha Franklin
The First Noel – R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton
It Came upon the Midnight Clear – Mahalia Jackson
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – Cumberland Gap Reunion
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Dolly Parton
Joy to the World – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Christmas Morning – Peter Mayer
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24 December – Christmas Eve
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
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Along the Graybeard Trail 