I'm better now.

Me too. Coffee stirred into hot chocolate -- with extra milk powder for rich creaminess ...

Yummmmm!

As for the carol's tune... this first came into my head last year, so I don't remember exactly, but I think I was modeling it after "Joy to the World" -- the way it opens with a straight forward descending scale from high C to middle C, and uses that as the backbone for the rest of the melody.

But for some reason, the sequence of E, G, C just tickles my pleasure center... Perhaps because it reminds me of birdsong, particularly phoebes and chickadees, which were plentiful around my home when I was growing up...

I went back to listen to it again when the possibility of getting it published in a web zine came up, and realized that I had the rhythm all funkified, so I came here for help. And got it.

I love this place! Thanks, Max!

And thanks to all of you, who lent a helping hand, brain, and ear -- erm, pair of ears!