"Scatter the Darkness" is the name of the St. Olaf Christmas music festival this year. Voices of almost 500 young men and women blended together with a full orchestra. This is the concert you can see on public television during the holiday season. We sat behind the basses in the orchestra. I had a good view of the tuba player, the organist and the trombone players. I enjoyed seeing all the young adults moving with the music and singing their little hearts out. One song was new to me - "Jesus Christ The Apple Tree." What is wrong with me? Again with the involuntary snort and subsequent breath holding to abort the snort! All through the song I kept thinking of sentences that would start with "Jesus Christ the apple tree." Jesus Christ the apple tree fell over; is on fire; dropped all the apples; is beautiful this year; is dying; grew a lot; has lots of apples; has no apples this year; is full of cedar wax-wings; has worms hanging all over it. I suspect I have a deviant sense of humor. The concert was great. I can't think of a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
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