7 small winter songs. I wrote these songs in one day and Jeff and I recorded them in three, in the middle of recording Half Hours With the Lower Creatures. It started as a kind of joke/challenge I made to a friend, who declined to participate. I suggested we each try to write 10 holiday songs in a single day. I decided to plow forward and did write 10 songs in all, but wound up recording just these seven. I had to relearn the songs just to record them, and later, to play them live. It's a strange feeling to write things so fast you forget them an hour later! I've grown to really love these little songs that started on a whim. I like the little bit of melancholy in them, but also the memories of snow, warmth, cold, and all the stuff of the holidays. p.s...Jeff's cats were, per usual, a big part of this recording. You can hear Franz in Amsterdam (big jump from the top of the piano to the floor--plop!). Ida is a sweet silent presence throughout.