It doesn't seem like it, but today is Christmas Eve. Tomorrow is of course Christmas, and this year the government of the Autonomous Region of Kurdistan has proclaimed Christmas to be an official holiday.

Of course it is only appropriate here to post a picture of a Christmas tree. Here's a nice one I found on Google images:

What a nice set-up, so cozy-looking.

And, and as has been my blog tradition in recent years, the song of the day is: Here Comes Santa Claus. And if you want to know where he is, you can track him here, as of the time of this writing he is in Banja Luka in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

And because it's Christmas Eve, why post just one carol when I can post two. Here is O Holy Night performed by Josh Groban, the first video I found when looking for that song.