The Ghosts of Midwinter

Описание: When I set out to write “Ghosts of Midwinter”, my plan was to begin with a verse that spoke of the fun Victorian tradition of telling scary stories on Christmas Eve. This tradition is far older than the Victorians but it was going to be my starting point and my song was going to morph into a ghost story. That was the plan, anyway.

But as I read a bit more, I decided to go back to the Pagan celebrations, the building of Stonehenge, then how the Romans embraced Christianity (starting with the upper classes). In spite of all all efforts, and even though many “lower class” Romans became Christian, the Winter Solstice traditions could not be squashed.

By the end, I had an song that whispers both history and mythology. But most of all, the very nature of the human spirit. I hope once again that everyone, however, you celebrate the season (with or without gods), finds ways to come together in peace and in love.

I’d also like to shout out into the void to anyone who reads this: The best Solstice/Christmas song ever written in the history of all songs is by Dar Williams “The Christians and the Pagans”. If you haven’t heard it, you owe it to yourself to go have a listen.

Lyrics by Dawn Wilson
Music and Video AI generated

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