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Happy Holidays everyone! Well McFreed fans, the 2007 holiday season has begun and its time to decorate!!!
This is our second Christmas and Hanukkah together, but the first living together so we are very excited! We wanted to start off celebrating our family and faith traditions right so we showed our pride with a menora and a Xmas tree.
As some of you know Sean was brought up in the Christian faith (lapsed Catholic who attends the gay-friendly Metropolitian Community Churches) and Stefan was brought up in the Jewish tradition, very much left of Reform. This means the McFreed household is inter-faith. Christmas and Hanukkah are both celebrated here!
Hanukkah this year begins at sundown December 4th and ends at nightfall December 12th.
Here is the official McFreed Hanukkah display! We plan to observe the celebration by lighting the candles together and partaking in gift giving and traditional Hanukkah foods of potato latkes with applesauce.
Your McFreeds also put together a Xmas tree! We kept with Stefan's love of a mid-century style and kept in mind the purple shades of paint in our front rooms of the condo when picking our tree. Ultimately, we went with an artificial 7 1/2 slim white Christmas tree! Never fear, Sean's "legacy" ornament know by the politically incorrect name "Chemo Girl" has made it on the tree this year - again! Check it out! We went crazy with the ornaments! Click on our pictures to get a closer look at all our decorations!
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Sean says...
Camera Obscura's video of Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken was brought to my attention right here on Vox by Brent Cox! It is such a brilliant homage to the film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg for you francophiles)! I have to chuckle though at the sad face of the lead singer in the video at the end contrasting with the happiness of the couple in the action. Notice how the woman's dress changes at certain points in the dance sequence but the man's outfit (white belt and shoes!) does not! I wonder who Lloyd is? Enjoy!
Update! Well after some searching I found out who Lloyd is! Lloyd is none other than Lloyd Cole of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions! They sang a song called Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? that also became a hit for Sandie Shaw in 1986. Versions of both artists interpretations are below, although Shaw's is closer to the time it was recorded and Cole's was done on stage in Madrid in 2006. Camera Obscura's song is a response to Lloyd's lyrics. Ta Da!!!! A music mystery (well to me anyway) solved!
Below is a video of Lloyd Cole and The Commotions most recognizable hit (at least to me), Perfect Skin.