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A Davis Family Christmas (2012)

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DFC Intro (2012) 00:56
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happens only once a year christmas time is here father, son, and holy ghost are roasting chestnuts over an open fire, open fire family, christmas tree are to me staples of the holy day, holy day no matter where you are christmas will find you there mistletoe, hot chocolate, nutcrackers, candy canes, carolers in the street, silver bells most magical day of all that you really need greatest gift that one could ask for is presence of the family, christmas feast i can hardly wait for all the festivities
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Miles (2012) 00:51
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Lilya (2012) 01:40
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peaceful as a pine grove sleeping in the night. the orange glow of pre-snowstorm, silent moonlight. she rises before sunrise wonderment in eyes, for christmas has brought snowfall; soft and white. rejoice! awake! its christmas, christmas don't be late the tree! the sleigh! the family round the fireplace
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Leah (2012) 01:12
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leah, leah, leah, leah, leah, leahleahleahleahleah, leahleahleah leahleah
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Gabriella (2012) 01:00
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on rainy days she is there with your umbrella she'll read you silverstein when you're feeling low and though she'll throw a mean tantrum if you let her her disposition is foremost one of love she is sweet as could be pretty as a peach oh i treasure her and i know she treasures me
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Alex (2012) 01:31
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Clara (2012) 01:10
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in the colonies the people have no decency a bunch of savages and woodsmen in towns of tents and teepees but back at home much closer to the thrown time has refined our sense of import and we hold ourselves accordingly step into the parlor greet the guests drink your tea with pinkies out you will find that propriety will never fail and that's why england shall prevail!
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Katherine (2012) 01:42
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Meghan (2012) 01:35
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long may we lie on the northern shore nature's bed; that's what its there for. the bus never came so the ferry we board cherries and coffee for breakfast my love is sharper than sharp as the tail of a bumble bee and sweet as the honey inside but while i was away we had troubles galore and when i returned we had more we were both in a state of confusion before we were leaving the person we cared for we were passing like ships in the night but we're now seeing eye to eye and that leaves me feeling alright
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Denise (2012) 01:18
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Vanessa (2012) 01:05
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Dad (2012) 01:27
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me and my old man together chopping down the family tree to build a family fire me and my old man we love each other yeah we love each other i don't know what i'd do without my old man my dad's one of a kind a tattooed, yogi, lawyer type his scales are balanced by jurisprudence and karmic light a socialist youth turned limbaugh fan, we should have seen it coming me and my old man together chopping down the family tree to build a family fire me and my old man we love each other yeah we love each other i don't know what i'd do without my old man
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Mom (2012) 01:21
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when the path forth is foggy and confusion's at your gate by and by, oh the lord will guide the way even beacons and shepherds sometimes stumble, sometimes stray so take some time off come back when you're ready oh how things fall into place unseen treasures lie in wait of all of us lo! you've found your congregation with open arms for to lift you up

about

Davis Family Christmas would not exist without my dear friends giving their time and talents so generously. Stephanie Leke, Carah Naseem, Char Prescott, Renata Zeiguer, Andrew Mulherkar, Willem De Koch, Andy Clausen, Booker Stardrum, Zubin Hensler, Rebekah Durham, Jon Seale, Stefan Weiner, Katie Vogel, and Kris Nolte; I thank you. (I'd also like to thank Connell Thompson, Isaac Gillespie, Rob Lundberg, and Riley Mulherkar, who I wanted on this thing and who wanted to be on this thing, but our planets just couldn't align).

And a huge, huge thanks to Tom Tierney for lending me lots of great recording equipment and teaching me how to use it. Thanks to Adam Schatz for the lending of a microphone and another thank you to Stefan Weiner for the lending of two microphones and a glockenspiel.

This project is an attempt to break out of a rhythm, to meditate on my love for the people that make up my immediate family, and to introduce something positive - regardless of how few people it reaches or how insignificant it may be - into what at times can seem like an ever-expanding pool of darkness and atrocities. This is my retreat into innocence. My family is not all sugar plums and gum drops and in addition to the aforementioned descriptions of what this is, this project is a venue for me to sort through some things that are maybe not discussed as much as they ought to be as well as to reflect on my fondest memories with individual family members... And of course, it saves me a few trips to the mall around Christmas time.

Thank you all for listening and a very merry Christmas to you and yours.

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released December 25, 2012

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