This is a recording from 2007, one of those years where life seemed to be collapsing around me, when there was no solid ground underneath to stand upon. Bendi Records of Sweden asked me to make a Christmas record, and I recorded four tracks for them. This one was my favourite, because it was so unexpected that it happened. I recruited the choir by emailing all my contacts, booked the studio and hoped for the best, without knowing who would turn up. Thus the He-mails and She-mails came into existence, and it was a wonderful reminder of how people will just be up for a laugh, and be willing to jump on a bus to an unknown destination. Music to the rescue again!
The film is from an archive and has been edited by Naimad to fit in the right places. We are all having an unusual Christmas this year, just as we did last year: we are discovering that we are surprisingly resilient. It's not nice, it it? But we improvise, and understand that we have often been remarkably lucky in past years. Let's hope for a kinder and more tolerant New Year, and until then, Merry Christmas, compliments of the season and as many greetings as there are people in the world.
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