2014 Holiday Song Countdown Finale: Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 by Trans-Siberian Orchestra/Savatage

Of course, we go from reflection to concluding with some bombast, high volume music.

I became a fan of progressive rock back in the early 1990s, and I still enjoy it to this day.

And so, I want to end with a prog rock interpretation of Carol of the Bells and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen told under the frame tale of a cellist playing a lost Christmas carol during the war in Bosnia. It's part of a larger narrative by the band Savatage and it was re-released when some of the members of the band formed the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Thanks for taking the time to share some of this seasonal music with me. Until next year at this time....