Christmas Musical, and a Musical Christmas

Our visit with my family was quite the "musical" one this year. We took in Briercrest's Christmas Musical, "Garret's Gift," which was amazing! The singing was phenomenal, and the story was really great as well. I'm impressed that the whole thing was an original, from the script to the song lyrics and musical arrangement. Though we slipped in 10 minutes late (as it an inescapable family custom), we really enjoyed ourselves.

Perhaps more significantly is the other aspect to this "musical" early-Christmas of ours. Jenn has wanted a keyboard for a long time, but it's one of those things that can't easily fit into a student's budget. Though we weren't officially exchanging presents during this visit, my parents brought in a couple of gifts. One of them was a music stand and a pedal. "What good are these?" we wondered. But then, with the same hesitant realization of a sixteen-year-old whose dad just gave a set of keys, we asked, "So... does this mean...?" Dad and I went out to the van, and sure enough, resting beneath the luggage, was the keyboard. We brought it in, and Jenn could hardly contain her excitement!

Because of its frostiness (as seen in the picture above), we had to wait a good hour before plugging it in. This is probably the best gift we could have received. The rest of the night was spent singing carols, and "make-fun-of-you" songs about Lacey's cellphone... We are now nicely equipped for plenty more musical Christmases.