December

Music: The Huron Carol (Jesous Ahatonhia)
Sequenced by Barry Taylor

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December finds himself again a child Even as he undergoes his age. Cold and early darkness now descend, Embracing sanctuaries of delight. More and more he stares into the night, Becoming less and less concerned with ends, Emblem of the innocent as sage Restored to wonder by what he must yield.