Christmas is a great time to be a piano player. Everyone wants to hear carols and noëls, and since almost everyone wants to sing along, it really doesn't matter how you play!

Piano players also tend to be the ones who know the "other" verses to carols. Most of the 4-part piano parts are pretty easy, so we have lots of time to look over the other words. Some of the carols have a lot of verses; We Three Kings and Good King Wenceslas have 7 each.

Of course, like most men, I can't hear the beginning of "We Three Kings Of Orient Are" without trying to finish it with "trying to smoke a rubber cigar.