December

[TANIA OPLAND]

The celebrations have begun. The last bounties of the growing season have been marked by harvest festivals of Thanksgiving. Now, a seemingly unending trail of holiday candles and lights guide us through the growing darkness, to the Solstice and beyond. We greet a new year with hope, and a bit of trepidation.

Some find comfort in old family traditions, others find new ways to center their journey round the turning of the year. Each of our many and diverse customs helps us in some way to focus and be at peace with ourselves so we can reach out to share light and cheer, warmth and acceptance, with each other.

Our Winter’s Return concerts with William Pint and Felicia Dale are on a temporary hiatus, but we’d still like to share this tradition of ours with you and yours. We’ve put our three years of online performances (2020 - 2022) back on YouTube for the months of December and January, and this year we’ve folded in a couple of “bonus tracks” to add even more music to your celebrations.

🕯️❄️🎄 Winter’s Return — the online years and beyond 🎄❄️🕯️

People have asked us where they can get recordings of our holiday music. Well, as far as studio productions of Winter’s Return go, you can’t, but throughout the holiday season we’ll continue to make these concerts freely available to view online as often as you like! That makes them truly seasonal, like “It’s a Wonderful Life” or “Love Actually” or “The Nutcracker” or “A Dolly Parton Christmas” along with an ever growing pantheon of great entertainment specially created to fill the void left by not talking politics!

If your desire to own a CD derives from a Yuletide wish to contribute to our Christmas stockings, then Bless You! The handy donation button is ever present, tips are always much appreciated, and both duos (Pint & Dale, Opland-Freeman) have seasonal CD’s available.

Wishing you all the best of the season, and a joyful New Year,

🕯️❄️ Tania & Mike ❄️🕯️

www.opland-freeman.com   🎄   www.wintersreturn.com