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88 Keys + 500,000 Lights + Three Ships = Christmas

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88 Keys + 500,000 Lights + Three Ships = Christmas

Jon Schmidt of The Piano Guys replays an old favorite from a long ago solo-album and gives it a fresh spin with, oh, half a million Christmas lights. Take a look and a listen: I Saw Three Ships is an old English carol that makes almost no sense. How can three ships sail into Bethlehem when it is so far away from any body of water? Some believe the song is actually a nod to the Three Wisemen. Regardless, it’s a Christmas tune and it has long belonged to Jon Schmidt who takes it to bouncy new heights in thisRead more

Christmas with 32 Fingers and 8 Thumbs

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Christmas with 32 Fingers and 8 Thumbs

Music can be created in so many different ways. In this fun version of Angels We Have Heard on High the noises the Piano Guys make with a — well, piano, of course — will surprise you. And it is great music to boot. “We wanted this to be a fun music video full of ‘Christmas Spirit.’ While the video primarily presents the ‘fun’ side of Christmas, we wanted the music to portray what, to us, is the true meaning of the holiday season.” Many viewers have commented and expressed their same enthusiasm for the video and gratitude for theRead more

The World’s Largest Living Nativity

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The World’s Largest Living Nativity

It took 1039 people and a lot of talented musicians on a cold November evening last year to pull off this incredibly beautiful rendition of “Angels from the Realms of Glory”. If there is a word to describe this Christmas gathering it would be pure joy: