Month: November 2009

• Number 26: First Snow (Instrumental) by Trans-Siberian Orchestra

  I think Mannheim Steamroller was the first orchestral group to perform Christmas songs with an edge that really caught my… Read more.

• Number 27: Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town by Bruce Springsteen

  Just last week, Bruce came to Baltimore and took requests from the audience for songs to sing. One of the… Read more.

• Number 28: Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas by Burl Ives

  I’ve already mentioned it once in the early stages of this countdown, and undoubtedly, I will mention it several times… Read more.

• Number 29: White Christmas by Bing Crosby

  For this classic, I share with you a story I wrote in 2000 that was published in Baltimore’s Child. Enjoy!… Read more.

• Number 30: Variations on the Kanon by Pachelbel

  Number 30: Variations on the Kanon by Pachelbel, as performed by George Winston I’ve always been a big fan of… Read more.

• November’s Muse: 3 Stories…which to pursue?

  I don’t know what it is about November and the Muse, but I wish I had the magic potion to… Read more.

• This Is It

  I was talking with a very good friend of mine the other day about where each of us will be… Read more.