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One More Song!
...because we all need more Music in our life!
- Larissa Rose Fernandes
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How do ‘Ships’ tie into the Nativity Christmas Story? Why 12 days of Christmas?
Nicolette Brielle DSilva playing ' I saw three Ships' (Lyrics: William Sandys ) | OneMoreSong Jr. Choral Ensemble singing ' The 12 Days of Christmas ' | Nina Gomes (Piano) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 24 - December 24, 2025 : “I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In)” is one of England’s most beloved traditional Christmas carols. Its history is surprisingly tangled, whimsical, and full of folklore. The earliest printed versi
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Dec 25, 20254 min read


The ‘Wassail Song’ - its 1,000‑year journey from a Toast to a Carol!
Vianne Dsouza playing ' Wassail Song ' (' Here We Come A‑Carolling ') 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 21 - December 21, 2025 : “ Wassail Song ” and “ Here We Come A‑Carolling ” is a traditional English carol , that represents one of England’s oldest winter traditions, ‘ wassailing ’ . It is sung while going door‑to‑door offering good wishes, blessings, and requesting small gifts or food — a practice tied to both caroling an
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Dec 21, 20252 min read


A French Folk Carol VS an English Folk one!
Rafael Almeida (Violin) and Larissa Rose Fernandes (Piano) playing ' Angels we have heard on high ' (Lyrics: James Chadwick ) | Samuel Dsouza (Piano) playing ' A child this day is born ' (Lyrics: William Sandys ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 20 - December 20, 2025 : “Angels We Have Heard on High” - The 18th‑Century “Glooooooria” Melisma courtesy the French! “ Angels We Have Heard on High ” is originally a traditional Frenc
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Dec 20, 20254 min read


‘Carol of the Bells’ – a haunting melody with a dark, beautiful history!
Jeevika Siddharth Yadav playing 'Carol of the Bells' (Music: M ykola Leontovych | Lyrics: Peter J. Wilhousky ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 15 - December 15, 2025 “Carol of the Bells” is based on the Ukrainian folk chant “ Shchedryk ” , arranged by composer Mykola Leontovych sometime before 1916. “Shchedryk” was not originally a Christmas song at all — it was a New Year’s carol sung to bring prosperity and good harvests.
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Dec 16, 20252 min read


'Mary, Did You Know?' — The Untold Story Behind the Modern Christmas Classic!
Mirika Noronha playing ' Mary did you know ' (Lyrics: Mark Lowry | Music: Buddy Greene ) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 9 - December 9, 2025 : “ Mary, Did You Know? ” is one of the rare modern Christmas songs that has become a global classic — and its creation story is surprisingly recent. It was written by Mark Lowry (a Christian comedian and singer) in 1984, while preparing a Christmas program for a Christian university in
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Dec 9, 20252 min read


“The Christmas Song That Was Almost Too Sad to Sing”
Andrea Correia Serpes (Voice) | Larissa Rose Fernandes (Piano) ( Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 5 - December 5, 2025 : “ Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ” is a warm, bittersweet timeless holiday classic that blends gentle nostalgia with heartfelt hope, but behind its warm melody lies a surprisingly emotional dramatic backstory. It was written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane , for the fi
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Dec 5, 20253 min read


A sprinkle of Tchaikovsky’s sparkling “Nutcracker Sweets”
Ethan Avner Almeida playing 'Waltz of the Flowers', 'Arabian Dance', 'Trepak' from The Nutcracker Sweets (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | arr. Dan Fox) 🎄 Welcome, to ‘Christmas around the Piano’…a nostalgic musical journey!🎄 Day 4 - December 4, 2025 : “ Nutcracker Sweets ” refers to the Nutcracker Suite , a selection of eight pieces from Tchaikovsky’s full-length ballet The Nutcracker (1892). These pieces were arranged into a concert suite that became wildly popular — often ev
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Dec 4, 20252 min read
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