[HPFGU-OTChatter] RE: Favourite Holiday Music?

[heidi tandy]

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Now my question -- those who don't celebrate Christmas -- do
> you enjoy these songs?  Or are you just tired of the barrage? 
>  (Granted, Rudolph gets wearing after a while).  Do you have 
> favorites -- and what about you who celebrate Hanukkah?  Any 
> good Hanukkah songs?  The only one I can think of is that 
> "Dreidel" song we learned in kindergarden :).
> 


Some. I enjoy listening to most, although I am much less likely to sing
along with songs that are traditionally Christian. I like secular and/or
more recently written Xmas songs a lot - the things on the A Very
Special Xmas cds like Santa Baby, every Rudolph song, I Saw Mommy
Kissing Santa Claus - all terrific songs. And a lot of holiday songs are
winter-specific, or wishing a good holiday to others, like Have Yourself
a Merry Little Xmas (although not the version from Meet Me IN St Louis,
as it's sad), or Jingle Bells or Frosty the Snowman or Walking in a
Winter Wonderland - no mention of Xmas in those songs, and we play them
at our annual Chanukah party. And who can't adore John Lennon's Merry
Xmas (War Is Over) or Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas? 

So in my case, it's a mix, and it makes for a wonderful holiday season!

heidi tandy
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