Christmas is coming!

I know that Christmas is coming for three very important reasons.
1. The Carol Service at Huron College last night. It really means that Christmas is coming for me despite the fact that I spend much of the service worrying about playing and then the rest of it recovering from playing. It was absolutely there last night and I'm tempted to say magical. The bishop showed up to do the last reading and I went out with a great group after the service to blow off some steam I think.
2. Tuba Christmas! This is when the whole of the music faculty is crowded into the music lobby and we sing Christmas carols, first to the accompaniment of the tubas and then to Scrooge, one of the most talented men that I have ever met. It was really fantastic and nice to see all of the red hats that come out for this day.
3. Semi-Casual. This will happen tonight which I'm currently trying to make myself look spectacular for, but that may or may not happen in the next two hours. I feel like I have too many other important things to do to worry about that too much.
All these things and the fact that there is finally a little bit of snow on the ground mean that Christmas is indeed on it's way.
If only there was a way to make it come faster . . . .