Hark! How readers built this year’s BiL Holiday Playlist

Scenes and sounds for this Christmas.

Merry Christmas from Based in Lafayette. I hope you got what you deserved this year.

Either way, here’s a scene from a Christmas Eve walk along Historic Ninth Street Hill in Lafayette, near the grand Ball Mansion. I love this view every Christmastime.

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REMINDER: The Annual Community Christmas Day Dinner the Friends of Downtown puts on at Lafayette Jefferson High School will be 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25, at the south entrance to the school, 1801 S. 18th St.

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BEHOLD! HOW A BiL HOLIDAY PLAYLIST WAS BORN

What a great ride it’s been, pulling together this BiL Holiday Playlist three songs at a time. The recommendation: Put it on shuffle and let it play.

For the completists out there, here’s a rundown of the fun and far-flung recommendations from Based in Lafayette readers, collected since Thanksgiving. To see how we got there, click the headline below:

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