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Here are three for your enjoyment:<\/p>\n

On Her Majesty\u2019s Carol Service<\/p>\n

Fantasia on Keith Emerson\u2019s Fantasia on Ralph Vaughan Williams\u2019 Fantasia On Greensleeves<\/p>\n

O Come All Ye Firthful<\/p>\n

The first is the more amusing of the three, I think, and thus seemed worth a retake, and I think it turned out better as a result. Let me know if my warped egghead<\/a> sense of humor is funny to anyone else out there!<\/p>\n

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I have an appreciation for music of various sorts, and hate to do anything to spoil good music (I know someone who cannot enjoy several pieces of Rachmaninov because they were hijacked as pop songs). But I also enjoy musical satire (as my mentions of and links to Igudesman and Joo\u00a0and Victor Borge indicate). 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