Gah!! Why is my radio playing Christmas music?!

Post Reply New Topic

those people rushing to buy christmas presents are either too busy with work to remember, too stupid to remember, very forgetful, being held hostage and being forced, for unknown reasons, to buy christmas presents, have been in a coma for awhile, or some other strange reason.

Having grown up, I cannot stand the saccharine commercialisation that is the 'Christmas' festival. It's shite. People buying each other the same crappy presents year on year. The only thing that really matters to me at this time of the year is being with my family. Of course, the eating, drinking, talking with friends and general gluttony is fun but my family is more important to me than all of them. Presents? I couldn't care less. Once you are about 16 it's pretty much a ceremonial thing only anyway. I have no use for the newest XBox or whatever the latest gadget is.

God, I sound like a right doddery old bastard!

i enjoy the gift getting and recieving part but the thing that i enjoy the most is being with family. i get to see my brothers who are always at college and come and go randomly during the summer. the food's good too, especially that green stuff with the pineapples in it. one day i'll figure what that stuff is...

I feel capable of murdering Don Henley in his sleep right about now. Oh, and Burl Ives and Karen Carpenter, if they were still alive.

That being said, I sure wouldn't mind hearing some holiday cheer from Slade.

Burl Ives ate Karen Carpenter.... sory to break the news to you.......

And he still had room for Mama Cass.

so that's what happens to all these holiday singers...they eat each other.

And not even Christmas songs, I heard a version of "Amazing Grace" that sounded like syrup ! !!


Euuughhhh ! !! !

It's Christmastime, there's no need to be afraid.
At Christmastime, we let in light and we banish hate.
And in our world of plenty, we can spread a smile of joy
Throw your arms around the world at Christmastime

But say a prayer, pray for the other ones.
At Christmas time, it's hard but when you're having fun.
There's a world outside your window, a world of dread and fear
Where the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears
And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging chimes of doom.
Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you.

And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime.
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life.
Where nothing ever grows.
No rain or rivers flow
Do they know it's Christmastime at all?

I'm sick of bloody yuletide already. Please let it go soon.

Just 34 days to go.

I like country town decoations of reindeer, santa sleigh, tinsel snowflakes etc hanging from street light poles, when its dry, dusty and 100F in the shade. Nice juxtaposition of symbols.



I hate that in the city, the politicaly correct nazi's in government do not allow any mention of Christmas because its religious. The city only has non-secular decorations.

For the 'War of Christmas' (or any other holiday neurosis) people, I prefer 'Happy Whateveryoucelebrate!'
Polite, relatively inoffensive (especially considering some of the things that could've slipped out, I'm sure), non-aggressive and not pushing anything on them. Nice and bland, yet also mocking. If I'm feeling a little less predisposed to be cordial, it may become 'Happy Whatever.'

Personally, as long as people aren't celebrating stuff like Beat Each Other To Death With Kittens Day, I'm for it. Initially, I had a bit of trouble with the Kwanzaa thing that got going in the 80's, but that was just my relatively traditional upbringing around the same time. New Years, Easter, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Birthdays in there somewhere. Had some friends that did Lent, some did Hannukah, etc. Despite its history, it just seemed too... "Make Up A Multiculural Holiday" to me. Eventually I realised that a) it didn't affect me anyway so... and b) as long as people are having a good time and not killing each other, call it whatever you like, I'm ok with that.
What I can do without, though, is the supercilious 'tude you get from some people re: whatever holiday happens to be 'theirs'. I try and avoid them when I can.

i actually love xmas music, its been playing on the radio for a few days now (dont know exact station) on air wave type.

i heard that with xm it will start having xmas music close to thanksgiving or around 25th or 26th.

my favorite songs are "deck the halls" and "oh come all e faithful" and the novelty ones many of the funny ones I heard were varients of grandma got run over by a raindeer (in novelty one, grandpa was put in and it was a john deere that was the attacker) another one (i even laugh about it off season was called "i farted on santa's lap" it was played on xm special x-mas.

sorry if that sounded very odd but there is a song called that.

I like Christmas music too. However John Lennon's "So This Is Christmas" tends to get a bit of air play and used in Carols by Candlelight functions organised by the City.

Does anyone else see the irony in using John Lennon's song? It seems to be only me.

Warning: Rant/Digression ahead

I don't mind the xmas music, but when the radio stations try to glorify the Trans-Siberian "Orchestra" and their massacres of heartwarming tunes, I just want to bash the radio into oblivion.

I figure, if you want good orchestral rock, look no further than Jeff Lynne and ELO.