34. Holiday Traditions from Canada to Finland

Whether you are hiding frozen cherries in couch cushions or singing at the top of your lungs there’s so many ways we make ourselves comfortable. I love this time of year even if it means long nights and cold temperatures here in the northern latitudes. Regardless of how religious you are I love the idea that there’s a season where we acknowledge the value of the people in our life with gifts and food. Give the gift that keeps on giving and share this episode. It would mean a lot to me!On today’s episode we have the following folks:Friends from St. John’s, Newfoundland: Marc and Angie, Andrew Smith, Andrew Draskoy, Aaron, Rohith, and ColetteFriends from HeyOrca: Jesse, Steph, JP, Steve, Peter, Joe, and FarhanFriends from OpenOcean: Tony, Toby, Raoul, Ralf, Patrik, and MirvaThis entire episode is the brainchild of my fabulous partner Suvi. To all my friends and family: I wish you a very Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays, no matter where you are and what you celebrate. Thank you for being with me on 34 episodes of Tales under the cat tree. I didn’t think I would make it all the way to a special Christmas episode. I hope you have enjoyed the episodes I have done. If you have, please take the time to subscribe, or better yet, please share the episode so I can grow my listenership. I will return with a special New Year’s day episode and will be back to whatever is “normal” for this podcast on January 12.Today’s episode featured the following pieces of music either in the public domain or under the Creative Commons license. No changes have been made to the compositions or performances beyond mixing in the podcast.* "Christmas Prelude" performed by the Concert Band of the United States Air Force Band of Mid-America — License: Public Domain* "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (for jazz piano) performed by the Diplomats of the United States Air Force Band — License: Public Domain* El Noi de la Mare, a Catalan folk song on guitar. — License: Creative Commons* Heinrich Lichner: Fantasia of Silent Night, Holy Night — License: Creative Commons 2.0* Christmas music for Orchestra and choir MaxNegro — License: Creative CommonsAll other music composed and performed by Duleepa Wijayawardhana. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tales.dups.ca