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hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:37 PM Oct 2013

Christmas carols: I know people get really sick of Christmas music being played on the radio

and in every store from Halloween to Christmas. As it happens, I sing in two choirs. What I'd love to do is sing a nice arrangement of traditional carols. Instead, every music director feels compelled to dig up the latest and greatest. Ironically, these are often not very "christmasy" at all, just sort of generic Christian rock.

The set of contemporary carols I really like and have never sung are the ones John Williams wrote for the Home Alone movies.

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Christmas carols: I know people get really sick of Christmas music being played on the radio (Original Post) hedgehog Oct 2013 OP

I'm Pagan, but I admit to TDale313 Oct 2013 #1

Its like a Pavlov's bell reminding you to buy, buy, buy NoOneMan Oct 2013 #2

John Williams' music from Home Alone is great around the Holidays. Drunken Irishman Oct 2013 #3

3 words... Trans Siberian Orchestra. SomethingFishy Oct 2013 #4

The one song that gets sung every year is the Alleluia Chorus - hedgehog Oct 2013 #5

I love the old Christmas Carols but not 24-7 for a month. Just Christmas Eve and Day. appleannie1 Oct 2013 #6

I hate hearing religious music in a store - hedgehog Oct 2013 #7

It really should not be played in stores at all. There are customers of many faiths that shop in appleannie1 Oct 2013 #9

Do you differentiate between secular and sacred Christmas music? hedgehog Oct 2013 #11

Christmas won't be the same when Letterman retires. lpbk2713 Oct 2013 #8

Pretty much all the music they play in chain stores & malls sucks. Mariana Oct 2013 #10

There should be an OSHA regulation forbidding placing novelty hedgehog Oct 2013 #12

I can't stand hearing holiday songs in stores LiberalEsto Oct 2013 #13

I love it and soon as december first comes around Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #14

I have a huge number of Christmas CDs - classical, operatic (recordings of Caruso!) hedgehog Oct 2013 #15

TDale313

(7,820 posts)

1. I'm Pagan, but I admit to

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:42 PM

Oct 2013

Having a soft spot for many of the traditional Christmas Carols. I know, sounds strange.

NoOneMan

(4,795 posts)

2. Its like a Pavlov's bell reminding you to buy, buy, buy

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:54 PM

Oct 2013

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

3. John Williams' music from Home Alone is great around the Holidays.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:56 PM

Oct 2013

Most modern Christmas songs suck.

A few I like, though:

Among others.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)

4. 3 words... Trans Siberian Orchestra.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 03:03 PM

Oct 2013

They made Christmas music listenable again...

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

5. The one song that gets sung every year is the Alleluia Chorus -

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 03:11 PM

Oct 2013

which is really an Easter Song! Because we sing it every year, our choir director thinks we don't need to practice it!

appleannie1

(5,067 posts)

6. I love the old Christmas Carols but not 24-7 for a month. Just Christmas Eve and Day.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 03:12 PM

Oct 2013

That is enough until the next year. I am not into shopping to them.

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

7. I hate hearing religious music in a store -

Reply to appleannie1 (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 03:15 PM

Oct 2013

there's lots of secular Christmas music out there. Hearing religious music in a store confuses people who think they are at church!

appleannie1

(5,067 posts)

9. It really should not be played in stores at all. There are customers of many faiths that shop in

Reply to hedgehog (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 03:24 PM

Oct 2013

those stores and they really should not be bombarded like that. Not even with Christmas music. People that want to hear Christmas music can do so by turning a radio dial, putting a CD into their player or going to church or a recital. It should be by choice. Not forced on people.

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

11. Do you differentiate between secular and sacred Christmas music?

Reply to appleannie1 (Reply #9)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 04:27 PM

Oct 2013

For me, as soon as Jesus is mentioned, it's rather sacrilegious to be playing it in an attempt to get people to buy things.

lpbk2713

(42,759 posts)

8. Christmas won't be the same when Letterman retires.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 03:16 PM

Oct 2013

Darlene Love, Jay Thomas and all.

Mariana

(14,858 posts)

10. Pretty much all the music they play in chain stores & malls sucks.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 03:34 PM

Oct 2013

They play it way too loud, too. The crappy Christmas music is only slightly more annoying than the usual fare.

I do try to shop at locally owned stores, for the most part. The shitty music in the chain stores serves as additional motivation.

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

12. There should be an OSHA regulation forbidding placing novelty

Reply to Mariana (Reply #10)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 04:28 PM

Oct 2013

Christmas items that play the same thing over and over and over where the store clerks are forced to listen!

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)

13. I can't stand hearing holiday songs in stores

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 04:37 PM

Oct 2013

and I refuse to listen to them on the radio until a few days before Xmas.

Niceguy1

(2,467 posts)

14. I love it and soon as december first comes around

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 01:09 AM

Oct 2013

,I'll be playing at Pandora Christmas station at work. Well I meant the other day I accidentally hit a Christmas one left it there for like 20 minutes can't wait for the holidays

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

15. I have a huge number of Christmas CDs - classical, operatic (recordings of Caruso!)