Name: St. Nicholas Day
Duration: P00H02M18S
Description: Evidently part of Catholic belief about St. Nicholas involves him casting demons out of possessed wells and chopping down possessed trees. Which, I mean, I had no idea trees could be possessed... Anyway, this song is about believing ridiculous things, and how that's fine.

St. Nicholas Day

by Dustin Ketterman

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Evidently part of Catholic belief about St. Nicholas involves him casting demons out of possessed wells and chopping down possessed trees. Which, I mean, I had no idea trees could be possessed... Anyway, this song is about believing ridiculous things, and how that's fine.

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Did you know demons live in trees? I didn't.
Guess what the cypress said to me? It didn't.

Thought I'd look good in purple slacks.. I didn't.
And so I took those slacks right back... No, I didn't.

Maybe that's the reason: the reason slips your mind,
you just recall a name.
It might be a madness, it might be a crime,
it might just keep you sane.

If there's a demon in your pine, you might find there isn't.
But Old Saint Nicholas sees this all the time.

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released December 22, 2020
Written, performed, and produced by Dustin Ketterman. Cover images public domain.

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Dustin Ketterman Louisville, Kentucky

Folkish singer-songwriter in Louisville, KY

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