For the past 10 years, this has been my holiday celebrational anthem as I make that cherished journey back to my first and most beloved home Virginia in order to join my friends and family for the Annual Jingle Jam Benefit Concerts.

I wrote the seasonal lyrics to this old tune in that spirit back at the beginning of my participating, and we've performed it, I believe, at every one of the shows.

When I learned that this year's shows were not to happen, I felt personal disappointment-- for myself, sure...but aside from it being such a reliably soulful seasonal celebration of our community there, it indeed has also raised much needed dollars, formidable dollars, for the great work done by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. We're all touched by this epidemic, and have been for much longer than this most recently tenacious but soon to be defeated one.

So I post this new recording of the song for those folks who may recognize and perhaps find some joy and revelry in its familiarity, but please--if you would, feel free to download it after contributing what you can to the fund this year, as you have so generously in years past.

You can do so here:
https://www2.jdrf.org/site/Donation2?2376.donation=form1&df_id=2376&s_src=jdrf.org&s_subsrc=donateLP

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to One and All. We WILL SEE YOU in 2021!!

Thanks from the bottom of my heart.