I have been getting together some music for the Christmas piano recital. I was very fortunate to find a place to hold it in December, since most churches do not rent out their buildings in December. Anyway, I found some really fun sheet music. One of them is called, “A Pachelbel Christmas,” and is a clever medley of Christmas music interspersed with Pachelbel’s Canon in D. Very cool. I love Pachelbel’s canon. The other one is called, “Christmas Time is Here,” (Play music) and if you are old enough to remember the Peanuts Christmas specials, you know this song. I absolutely love to play it. Vince Guaraldi is the guy that wrote it–he wrote a lot of the music on their specials–including the famous “Linus and Lucy,” that you hear when Linus is playing the piano. The song is so fun to play. I’m hoping that my highest student can do it, otherwise I will keep the music for myself. Anyway, I have most the of music assigned and we are good to go. I know it is nowhere near Christmas, but in order to have a recital, the kids need to be starting practicing now. My husband jokingly told me he was ready for Christmas when he heard me going over a couple of the songs. I’m not quite ready–it still seems like fall to me. I know it will be here soon enough.