And you thought YOU were gonna have a lot of holiday company! Poor Mary, who’s only given birth a week or so ago, now faces this onslaught of unexpected visitors in today’s episode.
We’ll find out who exactly all those folks are, their connection to one of the most powerful families in Europe, and what’s up with the peacock. Pretty sure that wasn’t one of the animals at the Nativity...
SHOW NOTES
“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/
Episode music
“Joy to the World” and “We Three Kings” performed by John Sayles
http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/holidaymusic.htm
“Mass for 4 Voices,” composed by William Byrd, performed by Ensemble Morale. Courtesy of musopen.org
https://musopen.org/music/44138-mass-for-4-voices
“Suite in F Major” composed by Michael Praetorius. Performed by Michel Rondeau. Courtesy of musopen.org
https://musopen.org/music/43633-suite-in-f-major
Artwork information
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.41581.html
https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/angelico-lippi-the-adoration-of-the-magi.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi_(Fra_Angelico_and_Filippo_Lippi)
https://www-jstor-org.dclibrary.idm.oclc.org/stable/20074684?seq=6 (JSTOR article, may need to log in through your library)
Magi gifts
https://uscatholic.org/articles/202212/why-did-the-magi-bring-jesus-gold-frankincense-and-myrrh
Medici information
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Medici-family