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November 27 Vincent - by Don McleanStarry, starry night Paint your palette blue and gray Look out on a summer's day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul Shadows on the hills Sketch the trees and the daffodils Catch the breeze and the winter chills In colors on the snowy linen land Now I understand What you tried to say to me How you suffered for your sanity How you tried to set them free They would not listen they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen now Starry, starry night Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in violet haze Reflecting Vincent's eyes of China blue Colors changing hue Morning fields of amber grain Weathered faces lined in pain Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hands Now I understand What you tried to say to me How you suffered for your sanity How you tried to set them free They would not listen they did not know how Perhaps they'll listen now For they could not love you But still your love was true And when no hope was left in sight On that starry, starry night You took your life as lovers often do But I could have told you Vincent This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you Starry, starry night Portraits hung in empty halls Frameless heads on nameless walls With eyes that watch the world and can't forget Like the strangers that you've met The ragged men in ragged clothes A silver thorn on a bloody rose Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow Now I think I know What you tried to say to me How you suffered for your sanity How you tried to set them free They would not listen they're not listening still Perhaps they never will November 20 Sway - the beauty of danceby Rosemary Clooney
When marimba rhythms start to play
Dance with me, make me sway Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore Hold me close, sway me more Like a flower bending in the breeze Bend with me, sway with ease When we dance you have a way with me Stay with me, sway with me Other dancers may be on the floor Dear, but my eyes will see only you Only you have that magic technique When we sway I go weak I can hear the sounds of violins Long before it begins Make me thrill as only you know how Sway me smooth, sway me now November 16 圣尼古拉斯降临日 公元4世纪，圣尼古拉斯（荷兰语称“Sinterklaas”或“ Sint Nicolaas”）是玛雅的主教，玛雅位于现在的土耳其境内。据传说他将玛雅城从饥荒中拯救出来。并使三个孩子死而复生，他还赠送嫁妆给贫穷的女孩。同时，他还是航海者的保护神。圣尼古拉斯送嫁妆给贫穷女孩的传说形成了在12月6日（即前夜）给孩子们礼物的习俗。他会与黑人侍从彼得一起探望孩子们并惩恶扬善。在节日前几星期，圣尼古拉斯和彼得带着礼物坐蒸汽船来到荷兰，到达城市的水道并在那里受到市长的欢迎，然后他和彼得将在市中心游行给孩子们带来欢乐和礼物。简单来说，圣尼古拉斯，应该就是荷兰版的圣诞老人了。刚才的话基本上引自google。
昨天去参观了乌特勒支的乐器博物馆，当天正好是本市的圣尼古拉斯降临日，于是去顺便去感受了一下。圣尼古拉斯先乘船到达渡口，渡口上人山人海，很多家长带着自己的孩子出来看，市长也出来助兴。之后圣尼古拉斯和随从上岸开始游行，两边很多人夹道欢迎，他的随从会不停的从口袋里掏出糖来给小孩子们。小孩子特别兴奋，很多小孩抓着很多糖不知道塞到哪里。最后大家一起到教堂边广场听尼古拉斯讲一些祝福的话，然后大家一起唱歌。歌曲的旋律很欢快，大人小孩都会，圣尼古拉斯也在阳台上指挥。这一刻让人感受到他们对于传统的尊重和传承，以及对于美好事物的赞颂。
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