Not All Christmas Music Is Terrible (2022, 2023 Music Links)

[Hussar]

Probably my favorite Christmas song:

 

[CleverNickName]

If you go through a Christmas season without playing copious amounts of TSO, then you're just Christmas-ing wrong.

It wouldn't be Christmas without egg nog, gingerbread cookies, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

 

[billd91]

It wouldn't be Christmas without warm brandy and Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" by the Vince Guaraldi Trio is also excellent.

 

[CleverNickName]

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" by the Vince Guaraldi Trio is also excellent.

Indeed! Here's a link, for the uninitiated:

 

[RealAlHazred]

Exhibit 1: David Bowie and Bing Crosby, "Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth," 1977

Wait, I thought this was Bowie and Crosby?

 

[MarkB]

Way back when Simon Mayo was still on Radio 2, it was never truly Christmas until this was played for the first time.

 

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[Dannyalcatraz]

I like a lot of Christmas music, old and new. And I maintain my enjoyment of it by minimizing overdosing on it by:

1) not working in retail
2) staying out of most stores with piped-in music unless absolutely necessary from mid-November to the end of the year
3) not listening to radio stations that binge on Christmas music until mid-December at the earliest
4) not playing any Christmas music from my own (small) assortment unless I’m jonesing for a particular track.

All that said, “Skating” from the aforementioned Charlie Brown Christmas score is one that never seems to bug me. I even started teaching myself the piano part on guitar (tuned to Robert Fripp’s New Standard Tuning- CGDAEG).

 

[trappedslider]

It's not christmas till i hear