Night Elf Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Yea or Nay? I think I'm the only one in my immediate family that likes to listen to Christmas music. I've got my favorite medley album in now, enjoying it before DH gets home from work. He said he'll listen but he doesn't love it. FWIW, we're not a religious family, but I've become very fond of all Christmas music. I don't have to be religious to enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Love Christmas music, especially the old traditional carols. Probably the most important part of making Christmas feel like Christmas to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Some of the stuff they play for Christmas on the radio though... I would be quite happy to never hear "Santa Baby" ever again. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I love most of it. There are some songs that grate on my nerves though. :P 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) We love Christmas music. I have three playlists -- religious/hymns, carols/classic (like White Christmas), and rock/pop (similar to Home Alone soundtrack). Edited December 19, 2016 by Alessandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I like some and hate some. I do not like listening to it from black Friday through Christmas day though 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meena Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I do like a lot of different Christmas music. But there are some that I'd be glad not to ever hear again--the one about the Christmas shoes definitely tops that list. So cheesy--ugh! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I only like it to get into the holiday spirit - when we're decorating, if I'm wrapping, and on Christmas/Christmas Day. Otherwise, I'd rather listen to something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 LOVE love love Christmas music. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeLovePassion Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I love Christmas music! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I love Christmas music the most Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 (edited) Depends. Everything in moderation. I love music, am a singer, enjoy good recordings of traditional carols sung by people who can actually sing or played by people who play their instruments well. I detest being inundated with cheesy popular Christmas music whenever I enter a store (feels like it starts after Halloween...) Edited December 20, 2016 by regentrude 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Depends. Everything in moderation. I love music, am a singer, enjoy good recordings of traditional carols sung by people who can actually sing or played by people who play their instruments well. I detest being inundated with cheesy popular Christmas music whenever I enter a store (feels like it starts after Halloween...) The kids' drama class is held in a church building. One night while I was waiting I could hear Christmas music over the loud speaker. It was beautiful traditional songs turned into pop tunes. TERRIBLE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 We all love it. Pandora has excellent holiday stations. Something for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 christmas music comes in different flavors. santa claus/frosty traditional religious. my favorite is the messiah - but I'll also listen to traditional. the rest of the year - my music of choice is baroque or piano, etc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reign Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I really like Christmas music but my kids are obsessed! It is constant around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I do enjoy any music played well. I've noticed a lot of traditional Christmas songs all hacked to bits by modern artists lately. It's ridiculous how badly they can mess up a wonderful song. Even my dc are complaining. It's the contemporary Christian artists who are doing the worst of this. I've had to change radio stations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnE-girl Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I love Christmas music. I can't stand some of the songs on "LiteFM" station that's all Christmas from mid-November to midnight Christmas Day. I always turn off Santa Baby as soon as it comes on, along with a few others. Bing Crosby Christmas songs have been a favorite since we used to listen to his record at my grandparents' house when I was a kid. My kids have developed an appreciation for his Pandora station too. I haven't purposely put on a religious Christmas music station, but I love religious music too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Love it! BUT, wow there is a lot of bad stuff out there. We have the Amazon Echo thingy, and I tell her to play Christmas music but then tell her to skip a bunch, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 my favorite is the messiah - but I'll also listen to traditional. the rest of the year - my music of choice is baroque or piano, etc. I love Handel and baroque music in general. Btw, originally the Messiah was not intended to be performed at Christmas, but at Easter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 (edited) I've had a hard time with winter weather the past couple of years and I noticed today that my Christmas playlist is heavy on Beach Boys holiday songs and my favorite is Kenny Chesney's All I Want for Christmas is a Real Good Tan. ( And I told dh and the kids tonight that one year soon I'm going to skip Christmas and spend it on the beach in south Florida) So yeah...I do love Christmas music. I do not want to hear Santa Baby or Baby it's Cold Outside ever again, though. Edited December 20, 2016 by Annie G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I love MY Christmas music! We like the GRP CD's (more jazzy instrumental stuff), Nat King Cole, Harry Connick Jr., Johnny Mathis, Diana Krall, a few others. I can listen to the Christian Christmas radio station for awhile, but the other station I had been playing during the fall (classic 80's tunes) has horrible stuff. No traditional carols, nothing religious, plenty of songs you've never heard before (Christmas in the Northwest--ugh!, Kelly Clarkson). It seems like they own less Christmas music than we do because they play the same songs over and over. I finally had to change the station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeepa Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I'm a fan and my kids are super-fans! We have 4 or 5 Pandora stations that are our favorites. If you like instrumental, check out the Michele McLaughlin holiday radio station. Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Make. It. Stop. But somebody the other day mentioned that they considered Ode To Joy a Christmas thing, so maybe if I heard beethoven's 9th once in a while, it would be better. Heck, I'll take messiah, too, I'm not picky :p 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Religious Christmas music is ok. Grandma got run over, Jingle Bells, Happy Holidays all get on my last nerve. I tend to avoid it at all costs outside of church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 We all love Christmas music in our house. It's all we play starting the day after Thanksgiving, and we have it on almost constantly. :D I love the old traditional songs by Perry Como, Andy Williams, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, etc. I also like modern singers like Michael Buble. Often we'll just have classical Christmas music on in the background (instrumental only), or NPR's sacred Christmas music as it gets closer to Christmas. The Nutcracker is nice too. I do get tired of Santa Baby! We rarely just play the Christmas radio station here because they keep playing songs like Santa Baby over and over and over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I love to sing ALL THE VERSES, though sometimes I selectively mumble if the song gets too religious for this atheist. (Baby being born - okay, fine. Actual scripture? Only if it's general enough that I think we can all agree on it.) I like the religious carols, I like the non-religious ones, I like the cheesy ones. Don't always like hearing them played. Some singers, I don't know, it's like they have no idea what the point is. I think my kids don't like it though - the older one has spent the better part of two days writing a song entitled "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder". (Then again, it's hard to tell with her some times. She only recently admitted to us, aloud, that she's actually not a vampire.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Also: Obligatory XKCD now with bonus Maccabeats! (Can't let Christmas have all the fun! Anyway, Hanukkah this year starts the same day, doesn't it? I always try to remember. I'm not even a little bit Jewish, but if you think for one second that I'm going to pass up an opportunity to gorge myself on potato pancakes and doughnuts, you've got another think coming!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I like some, dislike some. I don't like to hear it till about 2 weeks before Christmas, and I wish it didn't disappear from the radio on December 26. Of course I can play it at home or in the car whenever I like. It's not really Christmas to me till I hear Brenda Lee singing "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." Brenda only. That is one song that should never have been redone by anyone. I like religious carols, but prefer it when they are done simply, not by massive choirs. Stupid novelty songs like "Grandma Got Run Over..." make me want to cry. Hate that kind of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinnia Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I love it! Every town has "that" radio station that plays it from Thanksgiving to Christmas, and I listen to it every minute that I'm in the car, plus lots of minutes at home. So much wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I celebrate the Christmas season (Christmas to Epiphany aka the Twelve Days of Christmas) and I hate when the Christmas music goes away at the end of Advent before Christmas even gets started for real! Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Nay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaraby Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 My kids like it. We're atheists so we're not really into carols. There are a couple playlists on Amazon Music that I don't mind, but they're heavy on the crooners and oldies type music. However, if I never hear Mariah Carey's song, "Do They Know It's Christmas," and whatever one Paul McCartney sang it will be too soon. They make me feel stabby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 My kids like it. We're atheists so we're not really into carols. We're atheists who are into carols. They are very much cultural music here. Calvin and I normally go to church at midnight on Christmas eve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaraby Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 We're atheists who are into carols. They are very much cultural music here. Calvin and I normally go to church at midnight on Christmas eve. Yeah, after Bible college, seminary, and working at a church on top of dh growing up in a church three times a week and any time the doors are open family I'm afraid we've had our fill. :p 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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