My annual W.H. Auden tradition for 12th night.

My annual W.H. Auden tradition for 12th night.

On the 12th day of Christmas, I always read this poem from the end of Auden’s Christmas Oratorio. It seems especially good this year. Incidentally, the oratorio was never set, so if a composer is looking for an 8 hour work to write, look up the tome that is the...