It's beginning to kinda-sorta vaguely resemble Christmas if you really squint

I finally put my artificial Christmas tree up on December 23. I think that's the latest I've waited to put it up. I probably should've put it up sooner so that it would feel more like Christmas and I would feel better, but I didn't.

At least it generally feels more like a normal Christmas than last year. Even though everything is still basically hopeless. :(

Medieval-style covers

There is one recent trend that I enjoy (that you probably know about already because I've been putting off writing this entry for over a year and a half): medieval-style covers of much more recent music.

Here's a few of my favorite medieval-style covers, sorted in roughly the order I first heard the original songs:

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( More under the cut! I promise they're not all Mario. They're not even all video game music. )