Saturday Music Hall: It's Comin' on Xmas

While I was having my coffee this morning Joni Mitchell's song, River, came into my conciousness -- the one that starts out, "It's comin' on Xmas, they're cuttin' down trees, they're puttin' up reindeer and singin' songs of joy and peace." So I searched YouTube for the song but couldn't find any videos of Joni herself performing it.

The vid above has Joni singing the song, but features clips from Gus Van Zandt's film, My Own Private Idaho, with the late River Phoenix. Next best thing. Beautiful images in its own right. I also found the vid below, with Sarah McLachlin performing another luscious version of the song, which is a cut on her new album of holiday music called Winter Songs. The holidaze season is indeed upon us. Let's hope it brings some peace, or some peaceful beginnings, or at least some peace in our hearts.