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December 1st, 2025

Jason Kratz
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December 1st, 2025

Wrote about kids and the news today.


It’s Christmas music season right? I tend towards the stuff from the 50s/60s — in other words the stuff I grew up on. But I also highly favor early music/traditional carols these days and nobody does them better than The Sixteen.

They have a huge catalog of Christmas music but my absolute favorite is “A Traditional Christmas Carol Collection Volume II”.

It reminds me of the old choral groups from the 50s/60s but much better arrangements, singing, and production.

My favorite tracks?

Number Song Title
3 Gabriel's Message
4 Masters In This Hall
5 Past Three A Clock
8 Gloucestershire Wassail
9 In Dulci Jubilo

The whole album is fantastic though!


Oh and a bit of good news: I got a promotion! Of course now I’m responsible for managing people but it’s the first promotion I’ve had in the…14? 15?…years I’ve been working at my current job. It’s exciting!


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