This is dance #19207 in The Caller's Box, a contra dance database.

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Christmas is Coming

by Traditional

interpreted by Kate Van Winkle Keller and George Fogg

Permission: full

FormationBase: Triple Minor
FormationDetail: Proper
Progression: Single
Music: Christmas is a-coming

Figures:

A1

(8) Ones go down outside

(8) Ones go up outside
A2

(3) Ones pass through across (1R)

(3) Ones cast down || Twos move up

(3) Ones pass through across (1R)

(3) Ones cast down (past threes)

(4) Ones lead up (past threes)
B1

(16) Ones set to contra corners:

(4) Ones set to first contra corner, moving forward

(4) Ones fall back to place

(4) Ones set to second contra corner, moving forward

(4) Ones fall back to place
B2

(16) Lead out sides:

(4) Turn alone

(4) In lines of three, lead out

(4) Turn alone

(4) In lines of three, lead in
Appearances: Contra Dances from New Hampshire 1783, p 58