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I think my favorite Christmas song is The 12 Days of Christmas just because there are so many fun variations.
HOWEVER
I get irrationally upset when a song uses the traditional days but fucks up the order. There are just a few versions out there I've heard that mix up 9-12 and it irks me.
The correct order is:
12 drummers drumming
11 pipers piping
10 lords a-leaping
9 ladies dancing
8 maids a-milking
7 swans a-swimming
6 geese a-laying
5 gooooooldddd riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiings
4 calling birds
3 french hens
2 turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree
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I am glad that we came to a consensus: Christmas music is Good.
i bounce off of religious christmas music pretty hard
some of it is very pretty, but by and large, i can't think of a religious christmas song that sticks with me half as much as I Wish It Was Christmas Today or Darlene Love's cover of Marshmallow World
but that's largely because i've never been a religious person, but i have been a person who gets sad during the winter
so songs about being super happy and cheerful and being kind to people speak to me on a personal level much more than any religious story does
i bounce off of religious christmas music pretty hard
some of it is very pretty, but by and large, i can't think of a religious christmas song that sticks with me half as much as I Wish It Was Christmas Today or Darlene Love's cover of Marshmallow World
but that's largely because i've never been a religious person, but i have been a person who gets sad during the winter
so songs about being super happy and cheerful and being kind to people speak to me on a personal level much more than any religious story does
As a recovered Catholic, I also feel odd about the religious songs. I mean, I don't mind them playing, since religious aspects definitely are part of the history of the holiday. Trying to remove them completely would be historically dishonest. But I would feel weird singing along with "oh come let us adore him, Christ the lord," so I don't.
I am glad that we came to a consensus: Christmas music is Good.
These poll results say OTHERWISE
Not after you skew for Electoral College results.
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i can't decide whether this cover of wonderful christmastime is better than the original by virtue of simply being less aurally corrosive,
or worse because in what world would someone think covering 'wonderful christmastime' would be an okay and acceptable thing to do
The easy listening radio station has turned into the Christmas music station. I'm a bit sad, as it was the third best music station near my work. And now when the other two have commercials, I don't have this one to turn to.
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
I think my favorite Christmas song is The 12 Days of Christmas just because there are so many fun variations.
HOWEVER
I get irrationally upset when a song uses the traditional days but fucks up the order. There are just a few versions out there I've heard that mix up 9-12 and it irks me.
The correct order is:
12 drummers drumming
11 pipers piping
10 lords a-leaping
9 ladies dancing
8 maids a-milking
7 swans a-swimming
6 geese a-laying
5 gooooooldddd riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiings
4 calling birds
3 french hens
2 turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree
Christmas music is good and fine but why is Last Christmas so popular? It's bad.
Last Christmas I confessed my love to you and you dumped me but THIS YEAR I'm going to confess my love to an actually good person, fuck you.
That song always made me especially grumpy, because Christmas doesn't seem to have anything to do with the actual subject. It's just a pretty ordinary pop song on its own merits, kind of dull, not doing anything exciting with lyrics or music... but they knew that by mentioning Christmas they could guarantee it two months of play a year. And then people keep covering it, so that there are always multiple versions in Holiday Music Hell radio rotation.
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The words were by an English guy
The music, Scandinavian
Wenceslas was five-foot-six
He kept his face unshaven
Though just a duke throughout his life
He always ruled so justly
His kingly title was conferred
Upon him posthumously
I think my favorite Christmas song is The 12 Days of Christmas just because there are so many fun variations.
HOWEVER
I get irrationally upset when a song uses the traditional days but fucks up the order. There are just a few versions out there I've heard that mix up 9-12 and it irks me.
The correct order is:
12 drummers drumming
11 pipers piping
10 lords a-leaping
9 ladies dancing
8 maids a-milking
7 swans a-swimming
6 geese a-laying
5 gooooooldddd riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiings
4 calling birds
3 french hens
2 turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree
We had a holiday party last week and we were UP IN ARMS over trivia getting this wrong
Christmas Music, like anything, has it's great and crappy. On the whole, it's not too bad. Especially because I feel like most of it at least tries to foster the spirit of the season, which is to not be dicks to each other so we can survive the winter and maybe figure out how do that the rest of year too.
Also, no one's posted the 2nd best Muppet Christmas Carol song yet
I never worked in retail before, but this is my first christmas in the store and I played christmas occasionally, and then I was exasperated with it and stopped.
Then people would ask why I didn't have christmas music on, so I put it back to christmas stations.
Christmas music is not good.
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Sometimes I wonder if I'm the only person who noticed when they changed the VA for Santa in this to Jim Cummings.
Sounds like Barney changed slightly too.
HOWEVER
I get irrationally upset when a song uses the traditional days but fucks up the order. There are just a few versions out there I've heard that mix up 9-12 and it irks me.
The correct order is:
12 drummers drumming
11 pipers piping
10 lords a-leaping
9 ladies dancing
8 maids a-milking
7 swans a-swimming
6 geese a-laying
5 gooooooldddd riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiings
4 calling birds
3 french hens
2 turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree
some of it is very pretty, but by and large, i can't think of a religious christmas song that sticks with me half as much as I Wish It Was Christmas Today or Darlene Love's cover of Marshmallow World
but that's largely because i've never been a religious person, but i have been a person who gets sad during the winter
so songs about being super happy and cheerful and being kind to people speak to me on a personal level much more than any religious story does
As a recovered Catholic, I also feel odd about the religious songs. I mean, I don't mind them playing, since religious aspects definitely are part of the history of the holiday. Trying to remove them completely would be historically dishonest. But I would feel weird singing along with "oh come let us adore him, Christ the lord," so I don't.
Not after you skew for Electoral College results.
We're doing it electoral college style.
We're in Trump's America now
Enjoy your Christmas music
Blank I would like you to know that I am laughing at your suffering
or worse because in what world would someone think covering 'wonderful christmastime' would be an okay and acceptable thing to do
Last Christmas I confessed my love to you and you dumped me but THIS YEAR I'm going to confess my love to an actually good person, fuck you.
And also because it makes my grandma happy.
Christmas is always a family get-together for me so there's a bit of an incest vibe to it as well.
What do you want for Christmas?
Your ridiculously hot distant cousin sitting on your face?
Uh okay, jut don't mention that to Gran, yeah?
That song always made me especially grumpy, because Christmas doesn't seem to have anything to do with the actual subject. It's just a pretty ordinary pop song on its own merits, kind of dull, not doing anything exciting with lyrics or music... but they knew that by mentioning Christmas they could guarantee it two months of play a year. And then people keep covering it, so that there are always multiple versions in Holiday Music Hell radio rotation.
The music, Scandinavian
Wenceslas was five-foot-six
He kept his face unshaven
Though just a duke throughout his life
He always ruled so justly
His kingly title was conferred
Upon him posthumously
We had a holiday party last week and we were UP IN ARMS over trivia getting this wrong
A list of things, should you be of the gifting persuasion
Also, no one's posted the 2nd best Muppet Christmas Carol song yet
starts at around 9:10
#Sorry #NotSorry
Then people would ask why I didn't have christmas music on, so I put it back to christmas stations.
Christmas music is not good.