December is the month of pageants and solos and chorus concerts, of orchestral evenings and dance recitals, of A Christmas Carol and Nutcracker and Messiah. It’s the month we pull out the velvet and the sparkles, shine the shoes, and show up to present what was merely a glimmer and an offering back in the warm golden light of a dusty Indian summer. We have spent the last few months unearthing and harvesting, and now we polish, prepare, and present the fruits of that labor. W