Why Christmas Music is Annoying
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86829)
United States
November 28, 2015 11:33am CST
'Tis the season for Christmas music, fa la la la la. 
I have a theory as to why people balk at Christmas music.
There are two reasons, in my opinion. First, of course, is that they start playing the stuff before the strains of "Monster Mash" have faded out on Halloween. That's two months of being subjected to "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer." 
But there's another problem. I was at my aunt's house yesterday. She stuck a Christmas CD in the player while we were decorating. Sure enough, it was pretty much the same old songs: "White Christmas," "Silver Bells," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and "Silent Night."
We get 10-20 new Christmas CDs released every year, but the problem is they're loaded with the same old songs.
So, in the end (at least to me), it's not so much that it's two months of Christmas music, but that it's two months of the same 18 songs. The last "new big hit" Christmas song we had was probably "Mary Did You Know," and even that has been recorded a hundred times.
So, music groups and singers and bands, if you're going to record Christmas albums, could you at least give us some NEW songs for the holidays?
I have a theory as to why people balk at Christmas music.
There are two reasons, in my opinion. First, of course, is that they start playing the stuff before the strains of "Monster Mash" have faded out on Halloween. That's two months of being subjected to "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer."
But there's another problem. I was at my aunt's house yesterday. She stuck a Christmas CD in the player while we were decorating. Sure enough, it was pretty much the same old songs: "White Christmas," "Silver Bells," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and "Silent Night."
We get 10-20 new Christmas CDs released every year, but the problem is they're loaded with the same old songs.
So, in the end (at least to me), it's not so much that it's two months of Christmas music, but that it's two months of the same 18 songs. The last "new big hit" Christmas song we had was probably "Mary Did You Know," and even that has been recorded a hundred times.
So, music groups and singers and bands, if you're going to record Christmas albums, could you at least give us some NEW songs for the holidays?8 people like this
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@Drosophila (16568)
• Ireland
29 Nov 15
Good god! this reminds me of working in a high street entertainment retailer one xmas. We had "return of the king" on the loop, by the end of my contract, I could recognise every scene when an orc was killed just from the background sound".
Oh and that god awful pan-pipe theme tune was driving me up the walls.
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@FourWalls (86829)
• United States
29 Nov 15
I can't blame Phil Spector for "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." It was written by a British songwriter (Tommie Connor) and recorded by a 12-year-old kid (Little Jimmy Boyd). If you're going to blame anyone, blame the Boston archdiocese: they originally banned the song for being "immoral" (this was 1952, remember 
) then lifted the ban, subjecting us all to the torment of the original and subsequent covers (although the Homer & Jethro parody is marvelous -- and also was banned ).
I'd rather think Spector could be condemned to a musical prison for what he did to "The Long and Winding Road."
) then lifted the ban, subjecting us all to the torment of the original and subsequent covers (although the Homer & Jethro parody is marvelous -- and also was banned ).
I'd rather think Spector could be condemned to a musical prison for what he did to "The Long and Winding Road."@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
29 Nov 15
@FourWalls I can assure you that the song was on the album and I doubt that LIttle Jimmy was as screechy as the Ronnettes.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records Compilation album by Phil Spector Released November 22, 1963 Recorded September–October 1963 Studio Gold Star Studios, Hollywood Genre Christmas
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@xFiacre (14794)
• Ireland
28 Nov 15
Well said @fourwalls Personally I'd rather have root canal work done than hear anymore Christmas music.
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@Castlerock34 (2255)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
28 Nov 15
Thank you I feel the same way. Christmas music makes me want to stick pencils in my ears.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
28 Nov 15
I only like it when I want to hear it - I can't be forced into listening to it.
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
28 Nov 15
I love Christmas songs but I do understand that not everyone does.
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@Drosophila (16568)
• Ireland
29 Nov 15
Tbh I quite like Rat Pack's Xmas cover. But I do hate "the band-aid" cover of "let them know it's xmas time".
