SOUNDTRACK: THE BIRD AND THE BEE-“The 12 Days of Christmas” (2011?).
I’ve heard this version of the 12 Days of Christmas twice. Once in Ulta and once on the show New Girl (in the Christmas episode, where Jess and her friend are (ew) sitting on the floor in the bathroom, you can hear it faintly behind them).
This is a very intriguing version of the song. It sounds like the Cocteau Twins–a kind of lush, waves upon waves sound. There’s a female singer (who sounds like Liz Frasier) and as the song progresses down through the numbers it almost seems to be done in a minor key or something. Of course I’ve only heard snippets of the song so I don’t have any major moments to report about. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed it.
The problem is I have no idea who sings it! (circa 2014: well now I do).
Obviously the people in Ulta were useless, and I’ve been trying to find out from TV song sources, but I still don’t know who it is.
And you know, the internet is a wonderful thing, but trying to find a song that has been covered at least 100 times and using a search term like “new girl” is not going to give you results that you want.
If anyone wants to give me a Christmas gift, tell me who sings this!
[READ: December 22, 2011] A Very Babymouse Christmas
I have caught up with the Babymouse books! And look, I finished the Christmas one for Christmas Day! Hosannah!
I set little goals for myself, most of which I never meet. But one of my little goals was to read all the Babymouse books by the end of the year (not a difficult task, admittedly), and I did it!
I really enjoyed the series (the end of the book says there’s a new one due out in August 2012 (wow, serious withdrawal) so the series isn’t over or anything. It’s funny to me that she never made a Christmas book before (the series has been around for years), but it wraps up my reading nicely.
My favorite part of the story has been the growing depth of the narrator. We find out that the narrator has parents! (although I’m still not sure if it’s a man or a woman–I assume a woman).
But really Christmas is all about the presents and the big present this year is the Whiz Bang™. I love this conceit–the Whiz Bang™ is a Kindle/iPod/techie product that does everything–it even has a calculator! And when the moment of truth comes, there’s even a surprising surprise twist. (more…)
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