Depressing Christmas music...

Because the holiday season is a time for shmaltzy music played in the background of hermetically-sealed malls while over-worked and under-paid people get into fistfights over the year's hottest toy.

that too

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Posted by don424

here's what i think

yes, it's the celebration of the birth of christ, but there's more to it

it's a day for family, for giving, not just getting, peace, goodwill and sacrifice

rudolph and frosty are cool and capture the joy of the season

the shoe song depicts the message of the importance of family and sacrifice

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That's the associatoin or conotation of the holiday, not the meaning or defintition.


Personally, I like either the religious ones or the totally goofy ones, like Christmas Rapping. I don't need the radio to tell me to appreciate my family.

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Posted by MonkeyLuv

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Posted by BMD'sPeanut

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Posted by shelzyp

Also the winter solstice, since supposedly Jesus was actually born in the spring.

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BMD...no, that's actually true. Well I never knew when he was supposedly born, but I knew it was winter. Christianity was all wonky with its dates. There's a lot of symbolism too in the times of year for the holidays (easter, assumption, christmas).

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Christianity was not at all wonky with its dates. Christmas was purposely placed where it is because Dec 25th was the biggest Pagen Holiday. It was a strategic move by the church to try and help make Christianity the only recognized religion.

As for the song. I heard it a few years ago (it has been around for longer then I thought and recorded by many people) and thought it was trying too hard to be sad. I heard it again in the car on the way home from Thanksgiving and DH agreed with my opinion. I enjoy sad songs, but that one doesn't make me sad it makes me wonder why it was written.

to be honest, none of the osngs are doing it for me this year.... I guess thats what happens when you get married and separated all in the same year....

I hate that song with a passion!! Aside from it being HORRIBLE, I figure that if you believe in Jesus, (the target audience of the song), and you truly believe that you're going to heaven, you know that Jesus could care less what kind of shoes your wearing, if you're wearing shoes at all. I just think the song is DUMB.

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Posted by kdelace

to be honest, none of the osngs are doing it for me this year.... I guess thats what happens when you get married and separated all in the same year....

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You should try 'Merry Christmas from the Family' by Robert Keen. Cracks me up no matter what crap is going on in my life.

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Posted by heidla

You should try 'Merry Christmas from the Family' by Robert Keen. Chracks me up no matter what crap is going on in my life.

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I am listening to his live CD right now - I love when the crowd sings along in parts. That song is hilarious!

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Posted by heidla

Christianity was not at all wonky with its dates. Christmas was purposely placed where it is because Dec 25th was the biggest Pagen Holiday. It was a strategic move by the church to try and help make Christianity the only recognized religion.

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Heidla... Thank you for the correction! I couldn't figure out how to word it! I didn't mean they were wrong, but that they did move the dates.

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Posted by BMD'sPeanut

Can someone please explain to me the appeal of: 'I wanna buy new shoes for my Mamma...blah, blah, blah...'

WTH is that???

That's not happy. That's not Christmasy...

And Celine Dion's 'O Holy Night' ...I wanted to slit my wrists right there in the nail salon.

How annoying.

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I HEAR YA!!!!!

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Posted by don424

here's what i think

yes, it's the celebration of the birth of christ, but there's more to it

it's a day for family, for giving, not just getting, peace, goodwill and sacrifice

rudolph and frosty are cool and capture the joy of the season

the shoe song depicts the message of the importance of family and sacrifice

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I completely agree. And I happen to like that song. It's not too often a song can bring out such strong emotion, and when it does, you have to appreciate that. I know that I do.

Okay - I actually like the song - it gives me a sense of what I have and that there are other people in the world who aren't as well off.

Also I thought Jesus was RESURRECTED in the spring. Correct me if I am wrong though.

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Posted by MonkeyLuv

I was stuck on the 135 in an unholy snowstorm last year and that freaking 'christmas shoes' song came on the radio. I wanted to eat broken glass.

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I can't stand the song b/c it's just so BAD!

I'll take John Lennon's Christmas-Peace-on-Earth song as a 'let's remember how fortunate we are and make the world a better place' type song any day over the offensive shoe song.