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Hope is more important that ever. The Wheel of the Year closes and it's time for renewal.  This is my entry for **I-TALENT round 14** @i-talent powered by @gtg and @curie  as we continue with the Yuletide/Christmas mood fom YIDNETH studio with my version of "The Closing of the Year" (cover from the soundtrack TOYS (1992)) a very underrated fantasy movie from the early 90s. I made this one for last Yuletide/Christmas greetings but stay tuned because a brand new Christmas song will premier very soon (working on the edit right now). This version is very one minute long but I performed all instruments and vocals and edited the video myself filmed last December.

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I think all my my fellows here will feel identified with the lyrics of this one. HOPE is more important than ever... the Wheel of the Year is ending and yes, there have been some mishaps, but hope is the light, the guide and the key... and be grateful for what we have... what is really *worth*... *us*

*If I cannot bring you comfort
then at least I'll bring you hope
For nothing is more precious
than the time we have and so
we must all learn from small misfortune
Count the blessings that are real
Let the bells ring out from Christmas
At the closing of the year*


## Renewing our resolutions at the closing of the year

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A cycle ends, we keep  what made us happy and we let go the things that frustrated us. We start with fresh resolutions as Winter *the dark season* brings back the light... Isn't that a lovely contradiction, that the darkest  colder season is precisely the one that is bringing back the light... let's think about that. 

>If I cannot bring you comfort then at least I'll bring you hope

As for me the whole year has been full of ups and downs but I will try to cover that in a separate post following the prompt of @anomadsoul though I'm probably scattering ideas here already.  Just want to say only that this is is a very special time not only I am a December Child (My birthday is 16th of December), the Winter's Solstice, longest night of the year also means the return  of Light (little by little and day by day) and of course it's the perfect time to renew old resolutions and dream and hope for new ones. And yes I do get "moody" around this time of the year thinking about what I haven't accomplished but also hopeful of the reset and fresh start that approach. And then I hold on to what I have done and what I need to be grateful for. So I wish you all the very best and happy holidays, and thanks immensely for your support. For those interested I've also opened now a Patreon (It's all about opening windows) at http://patreon.com/yidneth

I will be sharing this days all the Christmas specials I've done so far (check previous post with  "Carol of the Bells")  as I'm also preparing a brand new one that will be out before Yule (21st of December). This is a little excerpt of one of my favourite Christmas Carols, The Closing of the Year¨ from the movie Toys (1992) a very underrated fantasy movie from the early 90s. The movie was indeed strange but had the most curious score featuring different artists, I remember vividly this song (I know it was  part of a longer song  I only cover the little part that was sung in the movie) and I think I've sung it every Christmas since :). So instead of humming it at home I decided to do this very simple and short version dressed in Yuletide colours. 


## Yuletide Spirit: Reds and Greens

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I made the wreath myself using fake christmas ornaments with   led lights operated by batteries and evergreen elements (holy and fir needles) which meaning I explained in my previous post (at the end of the article I post a list of all Christmas/Yule articles). I  matched all the garments in green and reds. The beautiful green cloak was a gift made by my friends from fantasy clothing brand El Costurero Real. 

We filmed most of it in Quinto Real Forest. It was very windy and there wasa blizzard... so if you ask if I was cold... it was absolutely freezing but the mist, the blizzard and the blustery day added a lot of the mood. 
The song ends with twelve bells, one for each day of Yule, or maybe the last twelve bells of the year...


## Guest appearance of Peti the robin

During the video you will see a tiny little European Robin spreading its wings and taking flight...

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Above, photography of "Peti" that's how we call all European Robins, @hedac and I always joke it's the same one that comes to greet us every hike and we film footage of them,  somehow he has become one of my birdie starlets and he's even featured in some of my drawings. I have loved Robins ever since I read "The Secret Garden" as a child. You will see more of "Peti" (from Petirrojo, robin in Spanish) in future works.

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<center>Above: Still of the Robin birdie starlet while we wre filming</center>


## Credits

Credits in this version:  Priscilla Hernandez: vocals, synths, tin and low whistle "The Closing of the Year" belongs to TOYS (OST) movie soundtrack. Most of the footage filmed by Héctor Corcín, December 2017, Quinto Real, Navarra Spain


## Forthcoming  Yuletide concert 

To celebrate Yule (Winter's Solstice) I will offer a small concert next 22nd in Navarra, Spain featuring this Christmas songs. I will try to get it filmed to share video afterwards. We may even be able to stream but I am not sure yet if technically possible.  Also we want to premier our brand new Xmas greeting for this year very very soon, meanwhile more seasonal related posts are being shared to build up the moods.

## Special thanks to I-TALENT contest: 

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 Powered by witnesses @gtg and @curie      
iTalent Judges:
@ivan.atman | @antminer | @megy.fine.arts | @bil.prag 
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## Visit my previous Christmas/Yuletide/Winter posts: 

The Origins of Christmas Trees and Evergreen Worship

- https://steemit.com/photography/@yidneth/the-origins-of-christmas-trees-evergreen-worship-legends-stories-a-sad-fairy-tale-and-my-opinion-about-live-christmas-trees

Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) Traditional Christmas Carol
- https://steemit.com/dsound/@yidneth/20181130t162436827z-shchedryk-carol-of-the-bells-ukrainian-traditional

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**Priscilla Hernandez**
singer-songwriter & illustrator
http://yidneth.com
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