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BMD'sPeanut
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
Posted by LFitzy79
I don't know...I think the holidays hit everyone differently....a few years ago I was in Macy's...it was jammed, long lines...and Grandma Got Runover by a Raindeer came on....before I knew it I had aligator tears streaming down my face.....same thing happens when I hear the dogs bark Rudolph the Rednose Raindeer....I remember the first time I heard it...my dog got started barking back, growling at the speakers, searching for the other dogs....we were on the floor howling.....
trust me, i hear you 100% with this...
and the first person to agree...
but i was just saying that that song is annoying. maybe on another day i would have been crying my eyes out if i heard it---just didn't happen to be today.
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Posted 12/2/04 4:28 PM 
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MonkeyLuv
It's An Obsession
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
Posted by don424
yes it is
my point was there are people that still celebrate christmas that may not necessarily believe in jesus
Yes, there are. The fact remains that Christmas is about the birth of Christ. You don't have to believe that to celebrate Christmas, but you have to know that Christmas is about that.
Message edited 12/2/2004 4:31:44 PM.
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Posted 12/2/04 4:30 PM
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tourist
Beyond Obsession
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
Posted by don424
i do like it and i think songs like that are needed this time of year
it's sad but it's necessary
I don't even think its sad. It is, as my husband put it, gratuitous.
Give me Little Drummer Boy any day!
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Posted 12/2/04 4:30 PM
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BMD'sPeanut
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
who sings it anyway?
the same guy who sings: "butterfly kisses" ??
sounds like him...
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Posted 12/2/04 4:32 PM
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don424
The Quintessential Studmuffin
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
yes
and i agree even if you're not catholic, if you don't celebrate it, you need to know what it's about
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Posted 12/2/04 4:33 PM
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BMD'sPeanut
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
Posted by don424
yes
and i agree even if you're not catholic, if you don't celebrate it, you need to know what it's about
i think she meant like: 'you HAVE to know'...as in: 'you'd be stupid if you didn't know'
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Posted 12/2/04 4:34 PM
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BMD'sPeanut
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
Posted by shelzyp
Also the winter solstice, since supposedly Jesus was actually born in the spring.
 
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Posted 12/2/04 4:35 PM
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tourist
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
Posted by don424
yes
and i agree even if you're not catholic, if you don't celebrate it, you need to know what it's about
You mean Christian, right? It is a Christian holiday, not just a Catholic one.
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Posted 12/2/04 4:36 PM
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don424
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
Posted by BMD'sPeanut
Posted by don424
yes
and i agree even if you're not catholic, if you don't celebrate it, you need to know what it's about
i think she meant like: 'you HAVE to know'...as in: 'you'd be stupid if you didn't know'
well of course
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Posted 12/2/04 4:36 PM
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MonkeyLuv
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
Posted by BMD'sPeanut
Posted by shelzyp
Also the winter solstice, since supposedly Jesus was actually born in the spring.
BMD...no, that's actually true. Well I never knew when he was supposedly born, but I knew it was winter. Christianity was all wonky with its dates. There's a lot of symbolism too in the times of year for the holidays (easter, assumption, christmas).
Message edited 12/2/2004 4:39:22 PM.
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Posted 12/2/04 4:37 PM
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don424
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
Posted by tourist
Posted by don424
yes
and i agree even if you're not catholic, if you don't celebrate it, you need to know what it's about
You mean Christian, right? It is a Christian holiday, not just a Catholic one.
right, christian, catholic, you name it
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Posted 12/2/04 4:40 PM
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BMD'sPeanut
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
Posted by MonkeyLuv
Posted by BMD'sPeanut
Posted by shelzyp
Also the winter solstice, since supposedly Jesus was actually born in the spring.
BMD...no, that's actually true. Well I never knew when he was supposedly born, but I knew it was winter. Christianity was all wonky with its dates. There's a lot of symbolism too in the times of year for the holidays (easter, assumption, christmas).
gotcha! but what does that have to do with: 'i wanna buy new shoes...???'
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Posted 12/2/04 4:40 PM
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julz33
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
I don't like that song either. it is too depressing. Also I don't understand what it has to do with Christmas
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Posted 12/2/04 4:41 PM
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shelzyp
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
It has to do with the statement that people should know the reason for the season. That reason would be the sun, and the solstice!
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Posted 12/2/04 4:42 PM
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don424
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
here's what i think
yes, it's the celebration of the birth of christ, but there's more to it
it's a day for family, for giving, not just getting, peace, goodwill and sacrifice
rudolph and frosty are cool and capture the joy of the season
the shoe song depicts the message of the importance of family and sacrifice
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Posted 12/2/04 4:43 PM
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MonkeyLuv
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
Because the holiday season is a time for shmaltzy music played in the background of hermetically-sealed malls while over-worked and under-paid people get into fistfights over the year's hottest toy.
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Posted 12/2/04 4:46 PM
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don424
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
that too
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Posted 12/2/04 4:48 PM
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MonkeyLuv
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
I also hate "Winter Wonderland". So there.
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Posted 12/2/04 4:50 PM
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don424
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
depends on who sings it
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Posted 12/2/04 4:54 PM
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tourist
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
Posted by don424
here's what i think
yes, it's the celebration of the birth of christ, but there's more to it
it's a day for family, for giving, not just getting, peace, goodwill and sacrifice
rudolph and frosty are cool and capture the joy of the season
the shoe song depicts the message of the importance of family and sacrifice
That's the associatoin or conotation of the holiday, not the meaning or defintition.
Personally, I like either the religious ones or the totally goofy ones, like Christmas Rapping. I don't need the radio to tell me to appreciate my family.
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Posted 12/2/04 5:04 PM
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Janice
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
I don't necessarily disagree with you, I do find that the song tells a nice story, I don't find it christmas-y at all or that sad. The Christmas song that I do find sad is have yourself a merry little christmas...I added that as a reply to your celine dion suggestion.
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Posted 12/2/04 5:23 PM
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heidla
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
Posted by MonkeyLuv
Posted by BMD'sPeanut
Posted by shelzyp
Also the winter solstice, since supposedly Jesus was actually born in the spring.
BMD...no, that's actually true. Well I never knew when he was supposedly born, but I knew it was winter. Christianity was all wonky with its dates. There's a lot of symbolism too in the times of year for the holidays (easter, assumption, christmas).
Christianity was not at all wonky with its dates. Christmas was purposely placed where it is because Dec 25th was the biggest Pagen Holiday. It was a strategic move by the church to try and help make Christianity the only recognized religion.
As for the song. I heard it a few years ago (it has been around for longer then I thought and recorded by many people) and thought it was trying too hard to be sad. I heard it again in the car on the way home from Thanksgiving and DH agreed with my opinion. I enjoy sad songs, but that one doesn't make me sad it makes me wonder why it was written.
Message edited 12/2/2004 6:15:23 PM.
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Posted 12/2/04 5:27 PM
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kdelace
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
to be honest, none of the osngs are doing it for me this year.... I guess thats what happens when you get married and separated all in the same year....
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Posted 12/2/04 5:29 PM
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SomedayBride
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
I hate that song with a passion!! Aside from it being HORRIBLE, I figure that if you believe in Jesus, (the target audience of the song), and you truly believe that you're going to heaven, you know that Jesus could care less what kind of shoes your wearing, if you're wearing shoes at all. I just think the song is DUMB. 
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Posted 12/2/04 5:29 PM
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heidla
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Re: Depressing Christmas music...
Posted by kdelace
to be honest, none of the osngs are doing it for me this year.... I guess thats what happens when you get married and separated all in the same year....
 You should try "Merry Christmas from the Family" by Robert Keen. Cracks me up no matter what crap is going on in my life.
Message edited 12/2/2004 5:36:04 PM.
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Posted 12/2/04 5:32 PM
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