THOuGHTS WHILE STARING AT A WALL
sokay...brilliant one. i was wondering why we have all of these winter songe...."winter wonderland", "frosty the snow man", "chestnut roasting on an open fire"... and for the most part, they are only sung during Christmas time! do they not have any meaning other than Christmas? in reality, winter doesn't even start til literally right before Christmas! so what the heck? same with actual "Christ-being born" songs. there are few that i know that will sing those songs "out of season." yeah like there's a time when Christ's birth is out of season. anyway... riddle me that! unitl then---
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Actually, I continued to sing winterland and frosty when i lived in MA and the snowfall happens until April or sometimes May. As far as the chestnuts song....that is a christmas song, so it's weird to sing it other times of the year....:)
And as far as the more sacred Christmas songs...think of it as carrying on older church traditions. Different songs for different days, like gregorian chant, when each saint had their own day, you know? But instead of it being a different saint every day, in some churches there are hymns for every day that celebrate a different facet of Christ. Almost like the same thing. Am I making any sense? Even though I'm not religious I think it's interesting.
If you think about it, we don't really have too many songs that you automatically connect with any other season or holiday. Thanksgiving songs? Easter songs? I mean there's Alde Lang Syne (ooh, I butchered that, didn't I?) for New Years, but I don't think ANY season or holiday has anywhere near the number of songs attached to Christmas. Plus, Christmas and winter have become somewhat synonymous.
I think we should write songs for other holidays and only sing them during those holidays.
Any ideas for a boxing day song?
maybe the boxing day song is synonymous with the Hawaiian Punch song!? idunno...and i think that you got the new years song right... anyway...
keika, good observation, but that's just my point. there are none of those saints if it weren't for Christ's coming, so the "Christmas songs" should be more universal... besides, he wasn't born in winter anyway!
Well i know who certainly WASN'T born on December 25th! Ed! ...or something?
you have a point....but in essence, it is like celebrating Christmas every day kinda...it doesn't really matter what day Jesus was born on....our calendar is too messed up anyway!!
i also know some folk who listen to "Christmas music" (at least the popular culture brands such as "Chestnuts..." and "Frosty" for 24/7 days out of the year, or like 365 minutes. i even find myself getting these and other tunes "out of season" stuck in my head. This is not really an answer to your riddle, just an addition or amendment i guess. i ought to do some more research on what historians and others have to say about the actual birth time/day/season/whatever of Christ...
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