Malacanadee and welcome to the Celtic Christmas podcast.

My name is Mark Gunn, the Celt father.

I am a Celtic musician and host of the award-winning Irish and Celtic Music Podcasts.

Now, once again, this show is going to highlight some of the bands from a Celtic Christmas.

This is a new compilation CD that I released earlier in November, and the album's

been charting incredibly well on iTunes and Amazon, and I'm getting a lot of great feedback.

So if you enjoy the music that you hear today, I hope you will consider buying a copy of this

compilation, or just visit one of the artists and

you know picking up some of their music either their Christmas music because these are all

some Christmas songs or something else you know we're going to kick it off with one of my

songs that's on the compilation this is Christmas in Scotland it is a single that I

released so the best place to get it is right here with this Celtic Christmas compilation.

Mark Gunn is a rhythm and folk musician performing both traditional and not so traditional Celtic songs with a historical and science fiction backing.

It's a satirical jam session between the Clancy Brothers and Weird Al Yankovic. It's Celtic music, the traditional, and the twisted.

Here is Christmas in Scotland.

On a cold Glasgow Eve, we wandered brisk streets like a storybook, romance from the past.

From New Orleans to Scotland With memories to spend

And your face

Let up with a laugh

Happy Christmas, my sweet, you're the reason

I awake each morning joy on my face.

Warm covers we cast off like the cold Scottish frost.

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