Caroling Vampires and Snowmen Bring Christmas Joy to Maine

I have told you that Maine is a magical place, Modern Philosophers, and it feels even more so during the Holiday Season.

Maybe it’s all the snow, the Holiday decorations, and the way my fellow Mainers seem to be in better spirits.

Or maybe, it’s just the Otherworldly Beings.

I was feeding the kitties when the most beautiful sounds caught my attention.  I followed the melody to my front door, and discovered that I had Christmas Carolers!  This being Maine, however, meant it wasn’t just any old hodgepodge of singers gathered on the front porch of The House on the Hill.

I was being serenaded by Vampires and Snowmen!

They call themselves “The Bloody Cool Carolers”.  How’s that for a wicked fun name?

“No humans would sing with us,” Barthol, one of the brooding Vampire tenors lamented to this Modern Philosopher.  “We could explain ’til we were white in the face that we had no interest in drinking their blood, but they would never believe us.  So we just gave up.  The Snowmen don’t have blood, so it was a perfect match.”

One made in Christmas Carol Heaven I’d say.

“The humans we sang with prefered to go out during the day given how cold Maine gets at night,” Chilly Charlie (I’ll let you guess if he’s a Snowman or a Vampire) told me after the group completing a rousing version of Deck the Halls.   “We’re not keen on being out when it’s warmer and sunny, and the Vamps can’t be out in daylight, so it just made sense to join forces.”

And join forces they did.  Once word spread that the singers were in the area, porch lights went on all over the neighborhood to let the carolers know that someone was home and wouldn’t mind a little singing to brighten their dark, frigid evening.

“The response has been out of this world,” Viktor, a Vampire bass told me excitedly.  “I never knew I could feed off a human response other than fear or helplessness, so this has really opened my eyes.”

The group sings all the classics, but it’s their modern mash up of The Twelve Days of Christmas and Adam Sandler’s Hanukkah Song that is the big crowd pleaser.   “That was my idea,” shyly whispered Rachel Snow, the tiniest of the Snowbeings, whose solo during White Christmas left me close to tears.  “I didn’t want people to forget that the Holidays are about more than just Christmas.”

As for those who worry about the Vampires giving in to their thirst for blood?  “Just don’t invite us inside,” Barthol told me with a chuckle.  “You know the rules.  We can’t enter your home without your permission, so just stay on the other side of the door and all should be well.”

“Maybe wear a scarf,” giggled Rachel Snow, to the delight of all the Bloody Cool Carolers.

What song does the group most hate singing?  “Frosty the Snowman!” they answered in unison and without hesitation.

The carolers plan to spend the next two nights making the rounds in Brewer and Bangor, and then plan to head down to Portland and Augusta for the weekend.

“We really love singing with these guys,” Chilly Charlie confessed.  “They give us a bit of an edge, and we give them a softer side.  I’ve never had so much fun.”

If you’re in the area, turn on your porch light and wait.  The Holidays are here and they’ve got an amazing soundtrack.

Looks like they’re about to start up again, so I’m going to sign off.  Hope your day is merry and bright…