This is the original holiday card I sketched back in 1994 along with a bit of midi. I borrowed a Wacom tablet and made a few strokes with the pen - a minute's worth of work. The music took longer. The web was new so I posted it on a server under my desk at work. I didn’t have enough time or imagination to make some new the next year so it returned unchanged. The third year rolled about and I would have forgotten about it, but there were a few dozen requests. From then on it went up every year on or soon after Thanksgiving in honor of the Winter Solstice holidays. It’s a survivor having been hosted on five different servers over the years. For the silver anniversary I though about drawing something new and held a vote. The old card stays - it was unanimous.
Now it’s 28 years old.
Autoplay didn’t exist then so you’ll have to start the music yourself.
Happy Holidays! - peace, friendship, and health to all.
Steve
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