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sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2024-12-19 02:25 am

Wrapped in metal, wrapped in ivy

Driving around on errands, I seem to have discovered that my tolerance for Christmas music has zeroed out unless it falls into the class of traditional carols, i.e. can be used for wassailing, first appeared in Latin, was arranged once by Benjamin Britten. I relayed this sentiment to [personal profile] spatch and he promptly broke out SNL's "I Wish It Was Christmas Today." When we saw the news of the death of Dave Mallett, I played him my favorite version of the "Garden Song," from Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger's Precious Friend (1981). I remain entertained that the official website of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had to put up a short post attesting to the historical reality of the Massachusetts Bay Colony's Penalty for Keeping Christmas 1659. The catchiest music I have heard on the radio lately—WHRB, natch—is almost certainly Auntie Christ's "I Don't" (1997). I am all for amending our still-critical drought, but these 100% chances of rain could be snow any time now.
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[personal profile] theseatheseatheopensea 2024-12-19 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
What falls into the category of songs your grandmother liked?

Mostly these. During the holidays, she used them as lullabies too!

I have never heard it! I don't know how I would even recognize if it happened to me!

Haha, then this means that you automatically win the game every year! The "tradition" is that you lose the second you hear and recognise the song. After you lose, you can keep playing by adding a point each time you hear it! (This year it was nominated for Yuletide, which I find delightful!