Merry Christmas, dear fellow composers! This is my second (and „official“) submission to the YCF 2025 Christmas Event. It is a Christmas Pastorale played by a small Baroque orchestra with the typical instruments of shepherds, such as flutes, violines, a lute and a „surprise instrument“. Although the instrumentation is somewhat more colorful or mixed, I think the inspiration from the famous “Sinfonia” from Bach's Christmas Oratorio is easily recognizable. The piece is bas