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RE: Christmas Songs
December 3, 2015 at 11:07 pm
Carol of the bells is my favorite Christmas song, especially the a Capella version by Pentatonix
I listen to the Manheim Steamroller Christmas album all year because they have awesome old-tymey versions of really classic songs.
Some Christmas music I don't mind or even enjoy (national lampoons Christmas vacation opening song for instance) but mostly I find it annoying as fuck because it's jammed down my throat every time I got to a store, even stores that for the other 10 months of the year don't play music at all.
I also tend to listen to Christmas music in June since that's about the time of year I'm not suck of it.
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RE: Christmas Songs
December 4, 2015 at 7:56 pm
Really don't have a choice in whether to listen to Christmas songs/music or not this time of year. I can only think of four that I actually enjoy. Pachelbel's Canon in D as Christmas Canon is my all-time favorite Christmas song, followed by O' Holy Night, Silver Bells and All I Want for Christmas is You.
I hate hearing Little Drummer Boy or Santa Baby, but Wonderful Christmastime takes the cake as the most sickeningly annoying Christmas song ever.... it's that damn repulsive.
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RE: Christmas Songs
December 4, 2015 at 8:24 pm
Sure, I listen to them. I don't like some of them. Back when I worked in retail they were the Bane of my existence. But I like listening to them so long as they're good and well done.
My husband can't listen to some of them without remarking on how confused he is by Christianity still.
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RE: Christmas Songs
December 4, 2015 at 10:10 pm
I got the Muppet Christmas carol songs stuck in my head. I've had Micheal Cane singing that song he does at the end of the film stuck in my head for a month now.
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RE: Christmas Songs
December 8, 2015 at 11:06 am
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RE: Christmas Songs
December 8, 2015 at 11:46 am
The videos of the songs mentioned in my previous post:
Pentatonix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSUFzC6_fp8
Mannheim Steamroller full album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evxxpqcQKF0
My favorite part of Home Alone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXFEpLXBbTg
This song would have been so much fun to play when I was in band... There's a huge part of me that wishes that clarinets got at least a little part of 1:13-1:19 but I have a feeling the snooty, no-good flutes would bogart that part... 
(FYI, I don't know why half of that video is silent, I chose it because it had the clearest, brightest audio of the song.)
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RE: Christmas Songs
December 8, 2015 at 11:55 am
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RE: Christmas Songs
December 8, 2015 at 11:57 am
(December 3, 2015 at 2:11 pm)Divinity Wrote: Do you listen to Christmas songs? I know many atheists celebrate Christmas. But do you listen to Christmas music? If so, is it only secular music? I mean some of the Christmas songs are pretty fucking awesome. I mean it's not like other non-jesus songs aren't about fictional characters. "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" "Here comes Santa Clause" Do you avoid songs with more Jesus-y connotations, or do you shrug off the religious associations for the season?
Also if you do listen to Christmas songs, what are some of your favorites? I sometimes like to sing along with the first few lines of Silent Night. It just feels good when Mahalia Jackson sings it. But I tune out when they songs sing specifically about Jesus being the lord or savior.
I also like the First Noel until it gets to the part about shepherds grazing their sheep in deep snow. That's just too ridiculous to sing.
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RE: Christmas Songs
December 8, 2015 at 12:01 pm
I rather enjoy the songs about winter, santa, etc., mostly because I like to sing and they fit well with my vocal style. I also think I have some nostalgia attached to the Holiday season, since it was pretty awesome when I was a kid. We weren't super well-off, but my mom and dad always worked hard to make sure we'd have a good Christmas.
So yeah, I enjoy Christmas music, and yeah, I'm probably gonna keep attending my family's Christmas celebrations because to me, family and memories are what it was always about anyway. I won't be attending church, obviously, and I revel in celebrating a "Christian" holiday while summarily taking "Christ" out of it because I know how much they hate that, and it warms my little, black, heathen heart.
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RE: Christmas Songs
December 8, 2015 at 6:58 pm
The Ultimate Atheist-Friendly Xmas Playlist
The Little Drummer Boy – The Temptations
http://rhondadenisejohnson.com/xmas/boy.mp3
This Christmas – Donny Hathaway
http://rhondadenisejohnson.com/xmas/donny.mp3
Jingle Bell Rock
http://rhondadenisejohnson.com/xmas/jingle.mp3
3 more to come
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