#38 - Christmas Carols

Hot Chocolate and Piano

​We leave for Thailand in 2 days, so I've been busy. But I gave myself a break today and made some hot chocolate. (It is 80 degrees in Houston, after all!) Then I sat down to the piano and played carols.

I loved it when my mom played Christmas carols on the piano. We 4 kids would gather around with what we called,  "rhythm instruments". They were kept in a little straw suitcase, beside the piano. We'd crash cymbals and tap wooden sticks and ring bells while we sang all the traditional favorites. My secret favorite was "Friendly Beasts" because it wasn't one that we sang in school or heard on the radio very often. I have always associated with our own little home caroling.

​Sadly I couldn't find it in any of my books. But I hummed it later. I'm afraid I couldn't remember many of the words.