John Lucas

So, my diligent monitoring of non-Christmas holidays and observances finally pays off today.

I realize I said the same thing yesterday, but today I mean it in a different way. You see, according to the one website I keep checking because I’m lazy, today is something called Cat Herders Day. And while that’s probably a reference that I’m not getting, it’s a great excuse to post this:

I’m not going to apologize for this. I love the Jingle Cats unashamedly. Nor will I post a second video to make up for the fact that this is really a novelty song. I have a cold and I’m tired and… okay, fine. Have this. It’s also fun and doesn’t feature samples of cats meowing.

It’s Andrew Bird’s version of Vince Guaraldi’s “Skating”, which is of course from the soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas. There’s no actual video per se, just Bird with a mug and a book and the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in the background.

I like to think he’s reading A Christmas Carol and sipping on a mug of Smoking Bishop that he heated up with a red-hot fireplace poker.

Also, yes, you can ice-skate at Rockefeller Center, as anyone who has seen the movie Elf could tell you.