Lyrics: 
Someday I'll be able to live out my dream
Without feeling beaten, without all the fear
Sometimes I dream about when I was a girl
Back in our little bungalow
It's Christmas Morning and I've got all I want
I'd never really felt alone

I wrote Christmas Morning last July. Lyrically there’s not a whole lot there, but after writing the first verse, I realised there wasn’t any more I wanted to say. The song is about disappointment, stagnation, depression, fear - all the things we’ve been feeling after these crazy 2 years. Reflecting on simpler times, on happy memories feels good for a moment, but it’s bittersweet. Like waking up in the warm glow of a great dream, those good feelings only stay until you come round to the reality you’ve found yourself in. Back then, all it took was a Christmas present to make me feel fulfilled, all I needed was a new book to whisk my mind away, everyone I loved was right there with me.

Christmas brings mixed emotions for many people. You can’t help but remember the things you’ve lost - time, people, pets, my prized collection of Sylvanian Families (🤪) but in the end, Christmas Morning is positive. I have to carry on with the belief that someday I *will* be able to live out my dream.

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Biskee Brisht - Christmas Morning

Hop Tu Naa is the Manx equivalent of Halloween, and on the Isle of Man, we don't 'trick or treat', but instead we sing at the doorsteps of our neighbours in the hopes they'll open up and give us some pennies or sweets! We have turnip lanterns instead of pumpkins and the song we sing depends on where on the island you live!

Our version came to being when Culture Vannin asked us to arrange a 'new' version of Hop Tu Naa in 2017. We combined the regional version that I sang as a child with the Manx Gaelic song and added a spooky minor section too. We've played it live every year since and each year it grows and develops so we finally got together in the studio to record what it's become!

We've loaded the song with drums, brass, backing vocals and even timpani so I hope you love what we've come up with! Get learning the dance and take it to the streets, Hop Tu Naa is upon us!

Mixed and Mastered at Ballagroove Recording Studio
Artwork by Little Moot Studio

Arranged by Ruby Biscoe-Taylor, Matt Brewster, John Kaighin, David Kinley, Django Kinley and James Kinley

Vocals and Ukulele - Ruby Biscoe-Taylor
Guitar - David Kinley
Accordion - John Kaighin
Bass - Matt Brewster
Trombone - James Kinley
Trumpet - Django Kinley
Drums - Matt Parkes
Backing Vocals - Matt Brewster, John Kaighin, Django Kinley and Joff Whitten

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