Mr. Handsome has been practicing his banjo! He came up with his own arrangement of the popular Christmas carol “O Come O Come Emmanuel,” for the sole purpose of sharing it with my blog readers. Our video is below.
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Mr. Handsome’s Christmas Carols: ‘Away in a Manger’
For those who enjoyed Mr. Handsome’s guitar rendition of “Silent Night,” you’ll be happy to hear that I have another Christmas carol video to share. This one is “Away in a Manger,” also on guitar.
If you’re wondering what’s up with the trolls, I’ll admit I don’t really know. I wanted to post something festive, and these Christmas trolls made me laugh, so I figured y’all would enjoy them, too.
Mr. Handsome’s Christmas Carols: ‘Silent Night’
My wonderful husband wanted to help me blog, so he spent several hours yesterday afternoon writing Christmas-themed guest posts and creating musical recordings of popular Christmas carols.
His first order of business was to work up a guitar version of “Silent Night” and make a YouTube video. Then he proceeded to create a tutorial on how to play it. Both clips are embedded below. I look forward to sharing more of Mr. Handsome’s work with y’all in the coming days.
What are your favorite Christmas carols?
A Trip to the Violin Shop
My husband is the oldest of seven children. His two youngest sisters are still living at home, where Mom is their full-time teacher. Two of his siblings are in college, one is in the workforce, and one is a stay-at-home mother.My in-laws also run a home business, so their lives are busy. When we go back to visit, we can always expect to be called on to run at least one errand. Over Thanksgiving, we were given the job of taking one of the family’s violins to the repair shop.
While we were there, we couldn’t help but try out a few instruments. My husband grew up playing violin but gave it up in middle school to learn banjo and guitar. But he can still pick up a fiddle and play beautifully. (Somehow that just isn’t fair.)
We came across a beautiful violin from the 1700s, and I videoed Mr. Handsome playing “Amazing Grace” (video below).