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May you all have a happy holidays! May you great people all have a great holiday season. MetaFilter is just the best. Enjoy your people, (and listen to the Roches).
On to 2024, and what horrors that will bring. Love you all.
I've avoided making any Christmas music posts this year, which is outside the norm for me. But since you've put this thread here, I'll put up two songs that always come to my mind this year that aren't well-known carols, but that I think maybe need a bigger life. They're both by John Michael Talbot and his brother John Talbot on an advent-themed album they did a couple of generations ago. I won't bore you with the entire album, but the two tracks that live rent free in my head this time of year are Advent Suite [5m30s, says "Part 1" but is all the parts] and Jesus Has Come [4m15s]. The whole album is great if you're someone who honors this season by observing the advent and arrival of Christ On Earth.
posted by hippybear at 4:02 PM on December 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 4:02 PM on December 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
Happy Yuletide to one and all! I hope you get a piece of clothing this season or else the Icelandic Yule Cat will eat you. Anyway, all of you are the best and my life would be immeasurably poorer without you. As a treat, here’s a recording of Björk singing the old song about the Yule Cat that was translated in that post I linked earlier.
posted by Kattullus at 4:04 PM on December 24, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by Kattullus at 4:04 PM on December 24, 2023 [6 favorites]
past couple years, I like to watch Stargate universe and started off with 'visitation.' then I load up the original version of Oblivion on my PC and try to decorate my skingrad manor with any article that resembles anything from Christmas. I'm out now trying to find an oar. thrn the Charlie Brown Christmas and I like to listen to
St. Olaf's choir (Minnesota) and try to find something on the bookshelf that's non-violent, is it me or is it sorta hard to find a book that's devoid of nonviolence. come midnight there's usually some celebratory gunshots so I'm putting on my Teflon coxcomb. 47° f. foggy.
🤳🌲
posted by clavdivs at 4:28 PM on December 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
St. Olaf's choir (Minnesota) and try to find something on the bookshelf that's non-violent, is it me or is it sorta hard to find a book that's devoid of nonviolence. come midnight there's usually some celebratory gunshots so I'm putting on my Teflon coxcomb. 47° f. foggy.
🤳🌲
posted by clavdivs at 4:28 PM on December 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
Thank heavens I got some last-minute socks to save me from the Yule Cat!
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:32 PM on December 24, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:32 PM on December 24, 2023 [5 favorites]
Happy holidays, everyone, especially those who find themselves on their own this year. It can be a tough season, and if it is for you, you are not truly alone. Reach out.
posted by Capt. Renault at 4:45 PM on December 24, 2023 [8 favorites]
posted by Capt. Renault at 4:45 PM on December 24, 2023 [8 favorites]
I've been learning a nice jazzy version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" on piano, with lots of rich exquisite chords. I love me a good melancholy tune on Christmas eve. Later I'll be doing my annual listen to Diana Krall's Christmas album and Vince Gueraldi's "Charlie Brown Christmas" soundtrack - just the maudlin ballad ones though - while I have a scotch or two, then go to bed feeling properly sorry for myself. Now that's the true meaning of Christmas!
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:59 PM on December 24, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:59 PM on December 24, 2023 [6 favorites]
Happy Holidays! May all have a peaceful turning of the year.
I too received last-minute socks to save me from the Yule Cat.
The house is bustling with last minute packing and cleaning. Kiddo went to bed early - he has traveled internationally before and knows he is in for a long day on the morrow. I have not slept much in the past day, my usual travel/holiday angst. But now I’ve taken a moment to enjoy the purrs and cuddles from the void Menace.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 5:14 PM on December 24, 2023 [5 favorites]
I too received last-minute socks to save me from the Yule Cat.
The house is bustling with last minute packing and cleaning. Kiddo went to bed early - he has traveled internationally before and knows he is in for a long day on the morrow. I have not slept much in the past day, my usual travel/holiday angst. But now I’ve taken a moment to enjoy the purrs and cuddles from the void Menace.
posted by theBigRedKittyPurrs at 5:14 PM on December 24, 2023 [5 favorites]
Have not had a chance to listen to St Olaf’s Choir in a few years; it’sa lovely tradition.
posted by theora55 at 5:26 PM on December 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by theora55 at 5:26 PM on December 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
As I've mentioned before, I'm working on a card for the vintage Apple II computer series. I got my very first PCB order in on Thanksgiving weekend, and have gotten quite a ways along in getting it functioning, at least at the basic level. It's not 100% over the finish line yet, but it's close.
I have tomorrow mostly to myself so I intend to bear down and focus on it, and I have reasonable expectations of success- success being defined as "the system is able to do what the breadboard prototype could do: render the classic Apple II video modes out to HDMI (with the assistance of an external Raspberry Pi 4), and possibly also the demo we did of a 1080p video mode." Barring a showstopper issue with the hardware design, I think I'm pretty close to 100% odds on the classic video modes, and maybe 90% on the fancy stuff. The difference is that the classic video modes can work even if you have a small glitch rate, but our new video mode (which works more or less like a modern tile-rendering API) effectively requires perfection, because if you have even a single data error when uploading the fairly sizeable tile assets, you're toast.
But that's not what I'm doing tonight! I dealt with family all day, so I don't have the spoons for that kind of intense debugging. Tonight I'm doing the lower stress option, which is noodling around in KiCad to lay out ideas for the v2 version of the card. There's some placement issues in version 1, and also I think there are things that I can do better after having had the learning experience of doing the v1 card.
posted by notoriety public at 5:28 PM on December 24, 2023 [8 favorites]
I have tomorrow mostly to myself so I intend to bear down and focus on it, and I have reasonable expectations of success- success being defined as "the system is able to do what the breadboard prototype could do: render the classic Apple II video modes out to HDMI (with the assistance of an external Raspberry Pi 4), and possibly also the demo we did of a 1080p video mode." Barring a showstopper issue with the hardware design, I think I'm pretty close to 100% odds on the classic video modes, and maybe 90% on the fancy stuff. The difference is that the classic video modes can work even if you have a small glitch rate, but our new video mode (which works more or less like a modern tile-rendering API) effectively requires perfection, because if you have even a single data error when uploading the fairly sizeable tile assets, you're toast.
But that's not what I'm doing tonight! I dealt with family all day, so I don't have the spoons for that kind of intense debugging. Tonight I'm doing the lower stress option, which is noodling around in KiCad to lay out ideas for the v2 version of the card. There's some placement issues in version 1, and also I think there are things that I can do better after having had the learning experience of doing the v1 card.
posted by notoriety public at 5:28 PM on December 24, 2023 [8 favorites]
Happy Holidays! This seems like the place to share that the album Sweet Was the Song: Traditional Carols, from the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society is available online (22 songs, about an hour, with the song lyrics included.)
posted by gudrun at 5:28 PM on December 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by gudrun at 5:28 PM on December 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
I did not receive any new items of clothing this season. I did, however, find a really nice hoodie that I bought a long time ago but never found an occasion to wear, and I decided to just wear it around the house, and it's delightfully comfortable. I'll be cozied up on the couch watching The Expanse when the Yule Cat comes to eat me. I'll offer it some mint Oreos; perhaps it will be appeased.
Bruce Cockburn - I Saw Three Ships
From an episode of Northern Exposure:
Bruce Cockburn - I Saw Three Ships
From an episode of Northern Exposure:
"It's an old legend, that on Christmas Eve at midnight, all the animals fall on their knees and speak -- praising the new born Jesus.posted by MrVisible at 5:30 PM on December 24, 2023 [12 favorites]
(pausing to reflect)
Back in the winter of '68, my Dad was doing a short term for D and D. Mom was -- I'm not sure where Mom was. Anyway, I was home alone on Christmas Eve and I stayed up late to see if my dog, Buddy, would talk. He did -- at least I think he did. I don't remember Buddy's exact words, but that's not important. What matters is that a seven-year-old boy experienced his own personal epiphany.
My point? It's that Christmas reveals itself to each of us in a personal way -- be it secular or sacred. Whatever Christmas is -- and it's many things to many people -- we all own a piece of it. Kinda like Santa's bag, inside there's gift for everyone.
My Christmas wish for you tonight -- may your dog talk."
Jeans. Now get back, you vicious cat!
Marry and Happy to all the MeFi peoples. May your days be full of joy.
posted by BlueHorse at 5:36 PM on December 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
Marry and Happy to all the MeFi peoples. May your days be full of joy.
posted by BlueHorse at 5:36 PM on December 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
“Merry Christmas,” the man threatened.
posted by chavenet at 5:38 PM on December 24, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by chavenet at 5:38 PM on December 24, 2023 [4 favorites]
My parents are probably having a bunch of people, including my brother and sister-in-law and the kids over, with a seven-rib roast and a bunch of stuff and appetizers and all of that. Meanwhile, here where I am, our Christmas eve dinner was from the halal chicken place - chicken over rice for my wife and fried chicken for me, and the evening is just us, sitting around and flopping.
And I am quite sure that I happier with mine than I would be if I was sharing theirs. Which is quite a revelation.
For my book writing, I turned one sentence into a chapter of conversation, and I’m adding it more. It’s going well, I think. It’s been harder this week with my wife home with something that might be COVID and might be a terrible head cold, but it’s not like I’m on a deadline.
posted by mephron at 5:55 PM on December 24, 2023 [4 favorites]
And I am quite sure that I happier with mine than I would be if I was sharing theirs. Which is quite a revelation.
For my book writing, I turned one sentence into a chapter of conversation, and I’m adding it more. It’s going well, I think. It’s been harder this week with my wife home with something that might be COVID and might be a terrible head cold, but it’s not like I’m on a deadline.
posted by mephron at 5:55 PM on December 24, 2023 [4 favorites]
We are spending the week at grandma’s house. I am unsurprised that Tiny Monster loves all the dogs and cats here but a little sad because we are never getting either. I can’t breathe or see and I’m already eating Sudafed like tic tacs.
posted by The Monster at the End of this Thread at 6:42 PM on December 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by The Monster at the End of this Thread at 6:42 PM on December 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
This is just a reminder, that the Holiday Marathon is going now!
posted by JHarris at 6:47 PM on December 24, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by JHarris at 6:47 PM on December 24, 2023 [5 favorites]
Whamageddon!
Last Christmas on Prime for you American subscribers. Cute, shmaltzy. Wife loves it. & WHAM! Cheers y’all. Happiest of new year’s to all. & holiday wishes.
posted by GrandPunkRailroad at 7:03 PM on December 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
Last Christmas on Prime for you American subscribers. Cute, shmaltzy. Wife loves it. & WHAM! Cheers y’all. Happiest of new year’s to all. & holiday wishes.
posted by GrandPunkRailroad at 7:03 PM on December 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
Given that music from a Christmas special is inherently Christmas music, and that Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas is a Christmas special, it therefore follows that Riverbottom Nightmare Band is Christmas music. Have a happy one, y'all.
posted by phooky at 7:08 PM on December 24, 2023 [8 favorites]
posted by phooky at 7:08 PM on December 24, 2023 [8 favorites]
Just finished "How Accurate Is The Muppet Christmas Carol ?: The London History Show " Fun watch.
posted by MonsieurPEB at 7:14 PM on December 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by MonsieurPEB at 7:14 PM on December 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
Don't forget to play The Believers' gorgeous jazz Christmas album.
posted by wenestvedt at 7:20 PM on December 24, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by wenestvedt at 7:20 PM on December 24, 2023 [4 favorites]
For my entire life I spent Christmas Eve with my Italian-American (ish) extended family. We had fish galore and a giant gift swap and dozens of loud family members and it was wonderful. We missed 2020, and we declined 2021 since Covid was still popping. And we weren't invited n 2022 which honestly broke my heart and my mother's as well.
Last Christmas Eve I grieved. This year, I hosted my branch of the family tree, 2023 style. That means we're not doing seven fish dishes for eight people, 4 of whom aren't even seafood fans. So I put out goldfish crackers and swedish fish. I made fish shaped sugar cookies, and cut cheese slices into tiny fish shapes. We had a shrimp and pasta, and also chili for those who are less fishy. Coffee, cookies, and cocoa around a fully lit Advent wreath. Crepe paper surprise gift balls for the nephews. Smiling faces all around as we honored the old traditions in a new way.
From the Russells to you, we wish you all warmth, love, and the courage to make your own traditions when the old ones no longer fit.
posted by kimberussell at 7:21 PM on December 24, 2023 [26 favorites]
Last Christmas Eve I grieved. This year, I hosted my branch of the family tree, 2023 style. That means we're not doing seven fish dishes for eight people, 4 of whom aren't even seafood fans. So I put out goldfish crackers and swedish fish. I made fish shaped sugar cookies, and cut cheese slices into tiny fish shapes. We had a shrimp and pasta, and also chili for those who are less fishy. Coffee, cookies, and cocoa around a fully lit Advent wreath. Crepe paper surprise gift balls for the nephews. Smiling faces all around as we honored the old traditions in a new way.
From the Russells to you, we wish you all warmth, love, and the courage to make your own traditions when the old ones no longer fit.
posted by kimberussell at 7:21 PM on December 24, 2023 [26 favorites]
I'm Jewish. My wife is Christian. This season is always a struggle. I'm doing my best to work through my deep antipathy to this holiday that I've always been able to ignore, but even though I'd rather be left out and left alone that isn't an option. So a muddle with hard feelings large and small seems to be the way of the season. Wish me luck.
posted by 1adam12 at 7:22 PM on December 24, 2023 [15 favorites]
posted by 1adam12 at 7:22 PM on December 24, 2023 [15 favorites]
It is the holy-days for everyone, 1adam12. Regardless of your faith and/or lack of. It is about being with your people, connecting with them, and surviving the dark days of winter. Hard to suggest that Christian Christmas isn't about Jesus, but as a longtime non-believer it is about all the love that we can give to the world, because that seemed to be Jesus' prime directive. That has been ignored of late it seems...
If you can love your enemies, then you have found Heaven on Earth.
Wish I understood what Hanukkah represented, spiritually. I am probably A JEEEEW, but not by their rules, but is it just not being killed by the christians? No, that was Passover. Off to Wikipedia.
OK, it seems to be religious nonsense, just like Christmas. KK
May Metafilter enjoy their holiday with their people, (or all alone recharging). We are the fucking best, and you are all "A Part Of It"!
posted by Windopaene at 7:59 PM on December 24, 2023 [4 favorites]
If you can love your enemies, then you have found Heaven on Earth.
Wish I understood what Hanukkah represented, spiritually. I am probably A JEEEEW, but not by their rules, but is it just not being killed by the christians? No, that was Passover. Off to Wikipedia.
OK, it seems to be religious nonsense, just like Christmas. KK
May Metafilter enjoy their holiday with their people, (or all alone recharging). We are the fucking best, and you are all "A Part Of It"!
posted by Windopaene at 7:59 PM on December 24, 2023 [4 favorites]
Yes, Passover marked the time the Hebrews were not killed by the Christians. I'm glad MetaFilter is keeping historical and religious narratives concise and clear during this 2023 holiday season.
posted by hippybear at 8:05 PM on December 24, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 8:05 PM on December 24, 2023 [4 favorites]
If anyone wants to watch a very dark and spooky christmas film from scandinavia check out RARE EXPORTS.
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale is a 2010 Finnish fantasy action horror comedy film and that is all I am gonna say about it.
posted by wowenthusiast at 9:18 PM on December 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale is a 2010 Finnish fantasy action horror comedy film and that is all I am gonna say about it.
posted by wowenthusiast at 9:18 PM on December 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
Finnish fantasy action horror comedy
Is maybe the only other possible genre you could throw in there could be "musical"? Which I'm sure would have been mentioned if that's true.
Okay, I don't see "buddy" or "romantic" in there either... I'm not sure what else I could be missing though. It seems like this one film, which I have not seen and only have very minor reporting from here, in the comment directly above mine, covers a LOT of bases. But not all of them...
posted by hippybear at 9:21 PM on December 24, 2023
Is maybe the only other possible genre you could throw in there could be "musical"? Which I'm sure would have been mentioned if that's true.
Okay, I don't see "buddy" or "romantic" in there either... I'm not sure what else I could be missing though. It seems like this one film, which I have not seen and only have very minor reporting from here, in the comment directly above mine, covers a LOT of bases. But not all of them...
posted by hippybear at 9:21 PM on December 24, 2023
I spent many years working retail and that has left me unable to enjoy most commercially viable Christmas music but every year I manage to find a Christmas song I don't entirely hate and this year it is a gift from Lil Jon.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 9:27 PM on December 24, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Parasite Unseen at 9:27 PM on December 24, 2023 [1 favorite]
I read this as
but every year I manage to find a Christmas song I don't entirely hate and this year it is a gift from Lil Nas X
and was boggled as I thought of what sort of Christmas song Lil Nas X would write.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 9:50 PM on December 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
but every year I manage to find a Christmas song I don't entirely hate and this year it is a gift from Lil Nas X
and was boggled as I thought of what sort of Christmas song Lil Nas X would write.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 9:50 PM on December 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
Rare Exports is probably my favourite Christmas film, and I recommend it to everyone.
posted by alfhild at 9:57 PM on December 24, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by alfhild at 9:57 PM on December 24, 2023 [1 favorite]
The friend whose house I helped clean up just sent me a picture of her at her kitchen table playing Monopoly by candlelight with her daughter and her cat.
posted by CynicalKnight at 10:46 PM on December 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by CynicalKnight at 10:46 PM on December 24, 2023 [3 favorites]
The is not a Christmas song - but it's a perfect Christmas song all the same. Sweetly melancholic and with just the right amount of quiet sentiment.
Merry Christmas, Metafilter.
posted by Paul Slade at 12:07 AM on December 25, 2023 [4 favorites]
Merry Christmas, Metafilter.
posted by Paul Slade at 12:07 AM on December 25, 2023 [4 favorites]
'This year will be harder than last year. It will, however, be easier than next year.' -- Enver Hoxha, 1967
Merry Christmas all!
posted by Cardinal Fang at 1:34 AM on December 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
Merry Christmas all!
posted by Cardinal Fang at 1:34 AM on December 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
Merry Christmas! We had a wonderful family celebration with my extended family, about fifteen of us. There was so much turkey, so much egg nog, so many dogs chasing each other with wrapping paper around the house. Then, it's off to church for carols and Bible readings. This morning, we do presents and pastries and then we spend time driving around town for our church's shut in ministry, delivering pre-made Christmas meals to those in need. I love Christmas.
posted by fortitude25 at 3:05 AM on December 25, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by fortitude25 at 3:05 AM on December 25, 2023 [3 favorites]
Meditations for the anxious mind: People who come home for Christmas.
posted by BobTheScientist at 3:30 AM on December 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by BobTheScientist at 3:30 AM on December 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
Happy Merry Christmas to one and all!
Over the years my sense of the 'Christian" quality of Christmas has ebbed to nothingness to slowly be replaced by a feel for the solstice, and the sense that, thankfully, the year is over and a new one started. At some point on the 21-22 I feel the shift and a sense of shrugging off and then taking back on. All these later additions are a fine reason to get together and share a meal and swap gifts or what have you (got a food-prep machine! Very excited! So back off Yule cat!).
The secret boon of getting older and then older still, the evolution of our own internal cosmologies.
posted by From Bklyn at 4:11 AM on December 25, 2023 [5 favorites]
Over the years my sense of the 'Christian" quality of Christmas has ebbed to nothingness to slowly be replaced by a feel for the solstice, and the sense that, thankfully, the year is over and a new one started. At some point on the 21-22 I feel the shift and a sense of shrugging off and then taking back on. All these later additions are a fine reason to get together and share a meal and swap gifts or what have you (got a food-prep machine! Very excited! So back off Yule cat!).
The secret boon of getting older and then older still, the evolution of our own internal cosmologies.
posted by From Bklyn at 4:11 AM on December 25, 2023 [5 favorites]
Don't forget to play The Believers' gorgeous jazz Christmas album.
Can you be more specific? There's about 185 entities called The Believers.
posted by neuron at 1:18 PM on December 25, 2023
Can you be more specific? There's about 185 entities called The Believers.
posted by neuron at 1:18 PM on December 25, 2023
Only recently have I come to find that Iceland has an approved list of official baby names, carnivorous capitalist feline kaiju and that a substantial proportion of its inhabitants feast upon boiled sheep’s head, pickled ram’s testicles, and fermented shark during the festival of Þorrablót. Which Is coming up. But hey, what the hey -- what's not uncanny valley about that?
posted by y2karl at 1:43 PM on December 25, 2023
posted by y2karl at 1:43 PM on December 25, 2023
lol actually Lil Nas X came out with an absolutely fantastic christmas ish song a few years ago! it's called HOLIDAY, the video is bonkers (in the best way!) and i made alexa play it twice today.
posted by wowenthusiast at 7:53 PM on December 25, 2023
posted by wowenthusiast at 7:53 PM on December 25, 2023
My daughter has listened to so many versions of Little Red Riding Hood and Three Little Pigs today that I'm now pretty sure a big bad wolf is part of the Christmas story.
posted by clawsoon at 9:10 PM on December 25, 2023
posted by clawsoon at 9:10 PM on December 25, 2023
Bah Humbug!
A little while ago flipped on something called City Carol Sing 2023, which is put on by City TV and filmed in a Baptist church (with participation by the church minister and choir and organist) to raise money for food banks. For COVID-related reasons, plans to attend some carol-singing events got scrapped, and I was really looking forward to hearing some good, traditional Christmas carols sung properly.
No dice.
Instead, what was presented were mostly Christmas songs of the variety you'd hear on any Top 40 station that switches to "Christmas music" in December but leaves out anything too Jesusy in fear of offending anybody's sensibilities. "This Christmas" was the opener, followed up by "The Christmas Song." Okay, about every third song somebody managed to squeeze in an actual carol, but then they went and did things like sung them in a bluesy style or changed minor keys to major or butchered them in so many other creative ways. The members of the children's choir were wearing Santa hats.
It's not that I don't like Christmas music, I do, one of those Top 40 turned Christmas stations is one of the presets in my car but this was advertised as a CAROL sing. Even the Baptist minister went on about the wonderful CAROLS that were being performed. Just because something is a Christmas song doesn't make it a Christmas carol. I swear words don't have meaning anymore.
posted by sardonyx at 9:36 PM on December 25, 2023 [2 favorites]
A little while ago flipped on something called City Carol Sing 2023, which is put on by City TV and filmed in a Baptist church (with participation by the church minister and choir and organist) to raise money for food banks. For COVID-related reasons, plans to attend some carol-singing events got scrapped, and I was really looking forward to hearing some good, traditional Christmas carols sung properly.
No dice.
Instead, what was presented were mostly Christmas songs of the variety you'd hear on any Top 40 station that switches to "Christmas music" in December but leaves out anything too Jesusy in fear of offending anybody's sensibilities. "This Christmas" was the opener, followed up by "The Christmas Song." Okay, about every third song somebody managed to squeeze in an actual carol, but then they went and did things like sung them in a bluesy style or changed minor keys to major or butchered them in so many other creative ways. The members of the children's choir were wearing Santa hats.
It's not that I don't like Christmas music, I do, one of those Top 40 turned Christmas stations is one of the presets in my car but this was advertised as a CAROL sing. Even the Baptist minister went on about the wonderful CAROLS that were being performed. Just because something is a Christmas song doesn't make it a Christmas carol. I swear words don't have meaning anymore.
posted by sardonyx at 9:36 PM on December 25, 2023 [2 favorites]
I like most carols, and a lot of popular songs from before 1970, but I've had to listen to a lot of dreadful modern versions of pop Xmas songs. We were wondering what kind of producer thinks they sound good.
Some of the few I like are All I Want For Christmas Is You, Christmas By Myself This Year, and I Am Santa Claus.
The songs listed here reminded me of John Gorka's Christmas Bells, which I think is terrific.
posted by MtDewd at 6:01 AM on December 26, 2023
Some of the few I like are All I Want For Christmas Is You, Christmas By Myself This Year, and I Am Santa Claus.
The songs listed here reminded me of John Gorka's Christmas Bells, which I think is terrific.
posted by MtDewd at 6:01 AM on December 26, 2023
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posted by clawsoon at 3:23 PM on December 24, 2023 [5 favorites]