FReeper Canteen ~ MERRY CHRISTmas, Troops! ~ 25 December 2015

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*

Merry Christmas!

[SandRat]

[ConorMacNessa]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO
THE FREEPER CANTEEN!



"White Christmas"
Bing Crosby
(Click)

May the Blessings of the Newborn Prince
Of Peace Descend upon You and Remain
With You During the New Year!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, my.

Merry Christmas!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...I love it!

Merry Christmas!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Good evening, My!
Come sit by the fire and have a beer!

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

Merry CHRISTmas!

(((HUGS)))

[Publius]

Ms. B!!!

(GENTLE HUG & CHASTE SMOOCH)

Good to have you here. I have a lot of great stuff coming up tonight.

[ConorMacNessa]

I have been so tied up in last-minute preparations that I have not had an opportunity to do so. It will probably be Saturday before I can get to it.


"Nolaig Shona Dhuit!"

Merry Christmas To You And Yours!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ExTex...thanks for the great link for our
troops and veterans and all to enjoy!

Hope you had a wonderful Hanukkah!

[Publius]

BRAHMS: "LULLABY OF THE SPIRIT," Op. 91/2

Although it carries a late opus number, this is early Brahms before he grew the full face beard and exchanged his four pack a day habit for top-shelf Cuban stogies. It was written for the birth of the first child of Josef and Amalie Joachim. Josef was a long time friend and musical collaborator of Brahms, but unfortunately that marriage was headed for the rocks from the beginning.

It started with a Spanish Renaissance poem by Lope de Vega about the birth of Jesus translated into German by Emmanuel Geibel. Brahms set it for contralto with piano and viola accompaniment. While the contralto sings Brahms' musical line of Geibel's poem, the viola sings a completely different German Christmas carol under her as a counter-melody.

The video has both German and English subtitles.

Brahms: "Lullaby of the Spirit," Op. 91/2

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, SkyPilot.

Merry Christmas!

[left that other site]

That is really lovely.

[Publius]

Brahms was right up there with Schubert for setting German poems to songs.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, 3.

Merry Christmas!

[left that other site]

The Cello part in that reminds me of Berlioz...Harold in Italy.

Or maybe “Harold” reminds me of that! :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mac....

[seekthetruth]

Sharing this message from a dear friend, as I always agree with her words. God Bless all our heroes, past and present.
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“That We Mattered To You As You Mattered To Us”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfp07-9YsKY

On This Christmas Eve and Every Single Day of the Year, To All Our Brave Men and Women Serving All Over The World, Please Know That You Matter To Us So Very Much!

On this Christmas Eve, and every night, please say a prayer for our Brave Warriors and their families. Until we provide to our Warriors a Commander-in-Chief worthy of leading them, I have resigned myself to the belief that the best way we can help and protect our most noble men and women is to pray for them.

And every chance you get, hug our Warriors and let them know that they MATTER TO YOU JUST AS MUCH AS WE MATTER TO THEM!

Merry Christmas To All Our Brave Men & Women & May God Keep you Safe Until You All Come Home!

My Special Thanks to LCDR Jeff Gilles for this beautiful poem!

With A Mother's Heart,

Beverly Perlson
The Band of Mothers
http://www.thebandofmothers.com/

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Prof!
(GENTLE HUG & CHASTE SMOOCH RETURNED)

Thank you!
It’s great to have YOU here, too!
Can’t wait to see what you have for us!

[Publius]

Viola, not cello.