FReeper Canteen ~ Merry Christmas!! ~ 25 DEC 2012

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

[FlingWingFlyer]

Merry Christmas Kathy!!!

[ShasheMac]

Thanks for posting!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Merry Christmas, Troops and Veterans!!

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[tet68]

Merry Christmas to all my Freeper FRiends.
from Tet68.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Merry Christmas, FlingWing!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

[AZamericonnie]

Palm trees wave, are you listenin'?
In the pool, water's glistenin'
A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight
Livin' in a desert wonderland.

Gone away is the blizzard,
Here to stay is the lizard,
A warm sunny day, we like it that way,
Livin' in a desert wonderland.

In the desert we will have a picnic,
Cactus, sand, rattlesnakes and sun.
Christmas dinner is an old tradition,
It's pinto beans and tacos by the ton.

Later on we'll perspire,
Temperatures rise even higher,
A warm sunny day, we like it that way,
Livin' in a desert wonderland.

[DoughtyOne]

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Merry Christmas, ShasheMac!! And welcome to the Canteen.

[Jet Jaguar]

Thanks Connie.

Merry Christmas!

HUGZ

JJ

[Kathy in Alaska]

Canteen ping....."Merry Christmas!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Canteen ping....."Merry Christmas!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Canteen ping....."Merry Christmas!!

[MEG33]

Christmas Blessings To The Canteen

Christmas Blessings To All Who Serve Our
Country And Their Families Christmas...A Time To Remember Those Far Away From Home

[Kathy in Alaska]

Merry Christmas, tet68!!

[Jet Jaguar]

Merry Christmas Ma.

Stay Warm!

HUGZ

[MEG33]

So beautiful..Thank you ,

[Kathy in Alaska]

Merry Christmas, Connie!!

[Publius]

Around 1690, Marc-Antoine Charpentier wrote a Christmas Midnight Mass where the tunes were all drawn from French Christmas carols of the era. There are several recordings from the 1960's that use modern instruments and place the piece in the early Baroque.

Then in 1997 Marc Minkowski came along with the Musicians of the Louvre and made a recording that places the mass firmly in the late Renaissance, and it's a very convincing recording. Last year all movements of the mass were available, but this year all but the first movement have been blocked from the US. So enjoy a sound that is foreign to modern ears. Catch the improvisation on the organ at the end.

Charpentier: Midnight Mass (Kyrie)