Singing the Seasons

Just back from the B'stoke, where I took my old'uns to their early Christmas present - Waterson: Carthy singing a variety of weird and wonderful seasonal stuff, interluded with a 'mummers' play, featuring 'that Dutch boy' dressed as a Victorian quack. Lovely. It was all quite unexpected, but thoroughly entertaining. Even my cynical ol' Dad was moved into mumbling something about how we should celebrate Christmas, with more respect for English traditions, before falling asleep in the second half!