The year-end holiday season is a busy one for professional musicians, who often have to stay up late for midnight performances. A family friend (Nina Falk) reports that the classic joke actually happened to her:

"I dreamed I was playing Handel's Messiah — and then I woke up and discovered that I was!"

TopicHumor - 2001-12-31

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