I start my Christmas shenanigans early because it’s the only holiday I give a damn about.
So, what are everyone’s favorite albums for the holidays?
Mine:
Harry Connick Jr’s ‘When My Heart Finds Christmas’
A Very Special Christmas 1, 2, and 3
Aaron Neville’s Soulfull Christmas
Burl Ives’ “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”
Anything by Bing Motherfucking Crosby
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Duke Ellington’s take on the ‘Nutcracker Suite’
Oh yes there are, Sin. I myself always made a collection of Christmas music to play during The Holidays. Won’t do it anymore since I stopped illegally downloading songs after the big bug that nearly ruined my computer, but I will still hunt them down in Youtube.
Note that I do not limit myself just to sappy Christmas songs, I also listen to stuff like Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer. :hahaha;
Now, my favorites? That’s hard to tell, since I listen to nearly all kinds of styles… if pushed, I’d choose The Nutcracker Suite, I guess.
Vince Guaraldi is the only Christmas music I can listen to outside of December without smashing a sound system in a psychopathic rage. It’s not that I don’t like Christmas, don’t get me wrong…I just don’t like two and a half months of it.
The problem I have with Xmas music is that there’s only like 20 different songs played by radio stations, and most of them are either crap like ‘Santa Baby’ and the aforementioned ‘Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer’ or useless covers of ‘Jinglebells’ by modern day pop stars.
Of course, to make a bad situation worse, almost every local radio station plays these same tunes non-stop til New Years. It’s maddening.
I for one like listening to Christmas as well! Here we have an annual carols by candle light which is very nice to watch and listen to. However I do agree that listening to them 24/7 for 2 and 1/2 months can be devastating on a person’s state of mind and overall well being! xD
I like the Edge of Christmas as well as Dr. Demento’s Christmas and Nat King Cole. I attempt to wait until after Thanksgiving to listen to Christmas music because most people within earshot don’t appreciate me playing all sorts of songs for two months straight.
I’m royally pissed because my favortie radio station deciced to go 100% Christmas music this week. At least wait until after Thanksgiving damn it!
That being said I like anything from the Transyberian Orchestra or Anheim Stemaroller. I also have to play Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer at least once because I get a kick out of it for some reason.
I try to ignore Christmas Music or block it out. Used to have to listen to it on repeat during 12 hour shifts while working at my first job. Drives a man to madness.
I enjoy Christmas songs, but perhaps that’s cos I play music. The gospel music played at Christmas is particularly well-written and fun to perform, and you only get to to perform it a few times a year.