Messing about with empathy
It started with one video. I don’t spend a lot of time on YouTube, but I have a few music videos that I like to watch. My favorite right now is “Into the Unknown” performed by Panic at the Disco. This is the song from Frozen II, and this cover is awesome. After that, I…
I hope you have the best Christmas ever. I listened to a different Christmas CD every day of December. Some I already owned and some I got from the library. Most years, I get my Christmas music from the radio or listen to the same two or three Christmas CDs over and over again. I…
Day 13 – Go to a Christmas concert. A fun one is Tuba Christmas. Tuba players join together and play free Christmas concerts. It is a great sound. A town nearby you may have a Tuba Christmas concert soon. You can also go see the Nutcracker or your school’s winter concert, but if you have…
Day 4 – Give to the poor. Does that foodbank need some canned food? Do you have some clothes that could be donated? Donate every time you see a Salvation Army bell ringer. I thought I would find out why the Salvation Army kettles are red, but apparently, they just are. The idea of collecting…
Day 1 – Keep a Christmas tape in your car. Play it as you drive so that you remember to display Christmas spirit with other drivers. Tape? What year did I make this list? I still have several Christmas cassettes, but this year I’m transferring them into iTunes as I have done with all my…
It’s time to make some fun December goals. One of the things I want to focus on this year is Christmas music. Now that it’s after Thanksgiving, I love listening to the festive songs on the radio, but I rarely play all the Christmas CDs I have. This year I’m going to change that. I…
You probably know my feelings about Christmas music. I like it, but I prefer to listen to it during the Christmas season. I can’t help but hear it when I go into stores and even restaurants, but at home, I wait until the day after Thanksgiving. This year I gave in. Not wanting to listen…