whitefang Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 Did you ever notice how many songs we consider "Christmas Carols" have NOTHING at all to do with Christmas? "Jingle Bells," "Winter Wonderland", "Sleigh Ride", "My Favorite Things" to mention a few? How in the hell did this come about? And can you think of any others? Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_Gould Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 I don't know about others here, but I've never considered those to be Christmas carols. Those are seasonal songs from popular entertainment - probably tied to the commercialization of the holiday by "updating" the music. It's been going on for at least 60 years, so many of these former advertizing tie-ins (like Rudolph), movie and television "special" songs & themes are now "traditional. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cup Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 Loads of music get thrown into pigeon holes that don't really suit, or give a good description of that style. People have to generalise. Ohh God, that's such a generalisation! Personally Rudolph the Red Nosed reindeer is my favourite, it's got everything, the underdog (or deer) coming up trumps after years of abuse 'cos of how he looks, a guest appearance by santa (he seems to hog the limelight in so many other tunes) and a great support team in Donner, Blitzen and.....(what's the rest of 'em called) Have a cool yule folks :wave: CupMcMali...this monkey's gone to heaven :freak: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Olsson. Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 My favorite christmas music is a CD by the Chieftains called "The Bells of Dublin". (Unfortunately, I let someone borrow my CD so I guess I'll have to buy another. Oh, well...) /Mats http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/man.gif What do we want? Procrastination! When do we want it? Later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george costanza Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 "Shopping In A Winter Wonderland" seems to me to have a lot to do with Christmas...as it is today, anyhow. "...later on we'll perspire as we stare at the fire & face so afraid the bills left unpaid--- shopping in a winter wonderland..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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