An annual Fox Chapel Garden Club fundraiser will soon make its return to a familiar location. After a year outside in the cold due to covid-19 pandemic protocols, Glitter & Glow comes back to the Fox Chapel Golf Club on Wednesday, Dec. 7. The fundraiser was canceled in 2020 due
Greg lake performing I Believe in Father Christmas
I have long felt that Greg Lake (melody) / Pete Sinfield s (lyrics) I believe in Father Christmas is one of the more creative modern Christmas songs created in my lifetime. I have never been a huge fan of
Emerson, Lake and Palmer, but I am a big fan of Greg Lake s carol, which is much more than just an ode to the British Santa Claus.
The song is a short statement on the Commercialization of Christmas juxtaposed against the known world conflicts of that time: Vietnam War, Six Day War, various Communist influenced halocausts, etc. It was a most difficult period as evidenced in John Lennon s So this is Christmas as well. A significant component of this song is the Lieutenant Kije Suite by Russian composer