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Some people forget to buy their Christmas presents until the last minute. It’s sort of amazing to forget that Christmas is coming because for a month or two before the holiday, Christmas music plays in every store and shop, much to the annoyance of most (imagine the poor people who work somewhere that plays Christmas music!).
A lot of pop stars release Christmas songs that are really good, and classics like “Carol of the Bells” and “Jingle Bells” never get old. But you have to be in a particularly festive mood to be able to stomach them, and the holiday is often more hectic than festive. Jason and Marni have almost lost their minds because of Christmas music.
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Marni: Hum hum hum. Hum hum hum. I’m sorry. I cannot get these Christmas tunes out of my head.
Jason: You have to hum them too? They’re in every store, everywhere. Every, like, radio station is playing them…
Marni: I know, I’m sorry. Everywhere I go I’m just inundated with Christmas music, and it’s like it just gets stuck in your head and you have to either just embrace it and sing it or hum it or just kinda go crazy.
Jason: There’s only one place that I actually like Christmas music, like hearing it. Any place that’s like a really, super urban spot, like if there’s tall buildings and it’s really cold and there’s tons of people in coats and Christmas lights in all the trees. Then the Christmas music feels sort of epic somehow, especially if it’s la la la, like that operatic…
Marni: And more religious-oriented?
Jason: Maybe, yeah. I mean what drives me crazy though is if I’m at, like, K Mart in the suburbs and then there’s just really hokey Muzak Christmas music.
Marni: That’s what it’s about. You just gotta accept it that in December you’re just going to be inundated with Christmas music, it’s going to be stuck in your head, you’re going to hear it all the time and then it’s just gone and you don’t hear it for a year, so…
Jason: That’s true. It’s weird when people release Christmas albums, but I guess they are kind of successful.
Marni: They are successful. Like Josh Groban...
Jason: Twisted Sister has a Christmas album that did as well as, like, their other albums did.
Marni: That’s hilarious. I love that. That’s actually really funny.
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Marni begins humming a Christmas song and Jason can’t believe it. Not only is Christmas music playing everywhere, but his friends are humming it now too!
He says he only likes Christmas music that’s sort of religious-sounding when it plays in an urban setting. He says it feels “epic.”
Marni doesn’t seem to mind Christmas music so much. She just thinks it’s strange how it completely takes over for one month and then goes away.
Even though Christmas music is only played one time of year, a lot of artists release Christmas albums. Some, like gospel-pop singer Josh Groban, you would expect to do so. But even bands like ‘80s metal drag queens, Twisted Sister make Christmas albums. A Twisted Christmas sold as well as any other album by Twisted Sister!
What’s your favorite Christmas song? Who would you most like to see make a Christmas album?
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